42 DECEMBER 2018 • FOGHORN MEMBERNEWS ADVERTISERS’INDEX LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 Convention at MariTrends 2019 will feature numerous seminars and workshops aimed at engines, hybrid systems, and lithium ion battery tech- nology. Each presentation will be given by industry experts with an eye toward giving you up-to-date information that you can use in your business. I hope that you will attend the PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends 2019, January 17-20, in New Orleans to take advantage of all of the informa- tion, tips and tactics that await you. If you haven’t already registered, I encourage you to do so before December 29 to receive a discounted rate at www.passengervessel.com/ SitePages/maritrends.html. Please note that if you plan to register more than four people for the convention, an additional special discounted rate applies. In the meantime, please contact me if we can ever be of assistance to you. Sincerely, John R. Groundwater Executive Director n All American Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Aon Risk Management . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Arcadia Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Bay Ship and Yacht . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Blount Boats, Inc,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Burger Boat Company. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Carus Ferry Ab Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Caterpillar Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Centa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Crowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 DBC Marine - Survitec. . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Dejong and Lebet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Driveline Service of Portland, Inc. . . . 31 ePayment America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Fareharbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding . . . . . . . . 9 Flagship Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Freedman Seating Company. . . . . . . 19 Furuno USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Galley Design and Sales. . . . . . . . . . 36 Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding . . . . . . 21 GPLINK LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Hamilton Jet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 HUMPHREE® USA LLC. . . . . . . . . . . 16 IMTRA Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Incat Crowther. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 John Deere Power Systems. . . . . . . . . 42 Kobelt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Marine Group Boat Works . . . . . . . . 18 MCM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 MER Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Metal Shark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Motor Services Hugo Stamp . . . . . . . . 7 MTU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Navico Americas - SIMRAD. . . . . . . . 40 Nichols Bros.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Passenger Vessel Foundation. . . . . . . 21 Pole Star Maritime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Propspeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Rigidized® Metals Corporation. . . . . 32 Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine. . . . . 31 Scania USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Springfield Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Starboard Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Torqeedo, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Trans4media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Transfluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Twin Disc, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 UES Seating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Volvo Penta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 West Marine Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 WheelHouse Technologies, Inc.. . . . . 38 American Cruise Line’s Second Modern Riverboat Launched in Maryland Ahead of Schedule In November, American Cruise Lines launched its second new modern riverboat American Harmony at PVAAssociate member Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, MD. American Harmony is the second of five planned ships in American Cruise Line’s new series. When it launched, the American Harmony was four weeks ahead of schedule. American Harmony will have the same modern design and state-of-the-art technical features of its sister ship American Song, including a unique opening bow and retractable gangway. The vessel will have six decks, all-balcony cabins and a five-story glass atrium in the center of the ship.   Immediately after the launch, the ship was positioned in Chesapeake’s East Outfitting Basin to receive its upper decks and outfitting. The inaugural season aboard American Harmony will begin in Summer 2019 on the Mississippi River. n