CONTENTSMarineNews January 2019 • Volume 30 Number 1INSIGHTS16 Admiral Karl Schultz Commandant, United States Coast GuardFERRIES: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVEFeaturesFeaturesCredit: Cross Bay Ferry24 Making a Difference: Interferry acts on industry’s major issues 34 FerriesInterferry CEO Mike Corrigan re? ects on the Tampa Bay’s Cross Bay Ferry a winner for HMS Ferries. global trade association’s hectic year of involve-By Rick Eyerdamment in three key areas of concern. 38 Inland River Cruising: 2019 Will Be Busy Heartland cruises centered among the ports of New Or-TRAINING & EDUCATIONleans, Memphis and St. Louis also loom large for a lot of smaller cities in between. 26 MarTID 2019: The Global Survey of By Tom EwingMaritime Training Practices is Open The second annual global Maritime Training 42 Inland Docking Infrastructure 101Insights Database (MarTID) survey is of? cially When it comes to docking and protecting your most valu- ‘open’ for a period of approximately six weeks. able assets, there is no room for compromise. By Joseph KeefeSAFETY ON THE COVER4HE