TEC Inc wins Hawaii Ports Contract - HM Teams!

U.S. DOT MARAD
Jul 31, 2009 - 2016

The Maritime Administration has awarded a contract designed to streamline development efforts that modernize Hawaii’s commercial harbor facilities. A partnership between the Maritime Administration and the State’s Harbors Division was established in 2005 to facilitate the redevelopment and expansion of Hawaii’s port system -- efforts that are critical to the economy of Hawaii.

Harbour Mastery, Inc. will team with TEC Inc. to support Intelligent Transportation Systems solutions.
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2012

12, January 2012: Harbour Mastery begins NetSuite 2012.1 upgrade review and testing process The NetSuite ERP CRM platform for 2012 release 1 contains a large number of improvements that i-Seaports(tm) ERP users can benefit from. Harbour Mastery will begin testing January 18th and enhance its own components to take advantage of these improvements. NetSuite provides twice annual upgrades to its users at no additional cost and Harbour Mastery provides twice annual testing and review prior to upgrade to insure all i-Seaports ERP components integrity.

2011

30, November 2011: i-Seaports Advanced Job and Project Management component in beta - The Advanced Job Tracking component beta is now ready for testing with two ports who have defined these requirements. "We are excited about the Gant chart and time table graphics for these features" says one port. The second port expects to focus this use on their "maintenance projects" and take advantage of the ability to maintain recurring scheduled maintenance, parts and labor. "NetSuite Advanced Projects Module and Resources Allocation Component have greatly enhanced the i-Seaports ability to schedule, manage and deliver projects while controlling vendor costs, meeting work schedules, and maintaining payments against budgets in any part of the port's operations - equipment maintenance, dredging, repair and construction projects, etc." says i-Seaports product developers.

31, October 2011: i-Seaports rolls out Intermodal Cargo Location Tracking in Release 2011.2 - Intermodal (ship, truck, rail and air) cargo billing has long been a feature of i-Seaports whether across the docks (ATD), truck scales or throughput. With the new Cargo Location Tracking Module developed specifically for a Africa Port client, users can now check containers, bulk cargo, RO-RO and cattle in and out of storage areas while tying the product directly to a load/unload schedule, storage costs/billings, etc. whether for ship, truck, rail or pipeline. Location reports show what is in each area in real-time complete with detail level of location is needed as in large container yards or warehousing. Reefer (container or truck) hookup locations can be identified and tied to billing for electricity usage.

30, September 2011: NetSuite Release 2011.2 testing complete for i-Seaports - NetSuite Release 2011.2 testing with i-Seaports components was completed this month making ready for client upgrades. New components are being incorporated into the next release of i-Seaports for enhanced Location Tracking and Job Tracking that flows seamlessly into the billing and vendor payment processes.

31, August 2011: Harbour Mastery establishes Africa Partnerships - Harbour Mastery has established two new marketing and i-Seaports delivery partnerships with firms in Namibia and Somaliland. Dramatic improvements in internet capabilities in these countries and many others in Africa are opening the doors for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) i-Seaports ERP delivered by Harbour Mastery.

31, July 2011: Canada Firm Exclusive Marketing Agreement Inked - Harbour Mastery has inked an exclusive marketing agreement with Enabled Success Inc. in Ottawa to market i-Seaports to Canadian Ports. The agreement will give Enabled Success, also a NetSuite Partner, exclusive rights to market and deliver i-Seaports in Canada and also rights to market on a non-exclusive basis anywhere Canada has markets for their goods and services.

30, June 2011: eBizNet NetSuite-based Warehouse Module ready for integration with i-Seaports - eBizNet's presentation of its warehouse module at "SuiteWorld was a highlight of the conference. eBizNet and i-Seaports have a long standing agreement that was only awaiting getting their vertical fully integrated on the NetSuite platform. Principals of Harbour Mastery and eBizNet are now looking for opportunities to deliver their integrated solution in the seaports market.

31, May 2011: i-Seaports represented by EBS-RAD LLC at NetSuite "SuiteWorld" conference in San Francisco - The 2011 NetSuite "SuiteWorld" Annual Conference is the first to combine partners and users from around the world and the largest (over 1200) by far gathering of the NetSuite community. New partners like "Accenture", "GroupOn", "Google" and McGladry" were among the major presenters.

30, April 2011: i-Seaports Presentations in the APAC Market Show Promise - In response to requests through NetSuite Channel Sales in the Asia Pacific market, i-Seaports has now made two major presentations. Increased interest in the huge savings that the i-Seaports / NetSuite based SaaS solutions can offer for a full-scale ERP system serving seaports is driving new discussions resulting in these presentations. "Feedback is exceptionally positive" says Harbour Mastery sales.

15 March 2011: Tampa Port Authority praised for Fiscal Accomplishments in a Down Economy - "The Tampa Port Authority is pleased to announce that New York-based Fitch Ratings has affirmed an ‘A’ rating of the port authority’s approximately $136 million revenue bonds. Additionally, Fitch provided the port authority with a Ratings Outlook of “Stable.” see Maddux News Wire, March 15, 2011.

"In a March 11 release issued by Fitch Ratings, the firm stated that financial operations at the port are stable and are supported by long-term leases and strong minimum annual guarantees in addition to an expanding revenue base—underscoring the port authority’s adaptability during the economic downturn. Historically, the port relied on high-volume, low-value bulk cargoes such as phosphate and petroleum for the majority of its business. However, the port’s diversification over the last decade, including cruise activity and increased container operations, has enabled the port to expand its revenue mix, as well."

“We continue to be committed to strong fiduciary responsibility and to ongoing investments that make the most sense for the Port of Tampa, both in the short term and the long term,” Richard Wainio, port director and chief executive, said. “It is fitting that Fitch Ratings has again recognized this commitment, and we are pleased to yet again share this great result with the port community and our stakeholders.”

One of the nation’s largest and most cargo-diverse seaports, the Port of Tampa is the largest economic engine in west-central Florida, responsible for nearly 100,000 jobs and $8 billion in annual economic impact. For more information about the Port of Tampa, visit TPA Website

1 March 2011: NEW: i-Seaports Management ERP SaaS Release 2011.1 - Harbour Mastery announced today its release 2011.1 of i-Seaports Management ERP SaaS. With this release Harbour Mastery is again first-to-market with totally new functionality for both internal port operations and external online 24/7 client services. Clients using Harbour Mastery may now integrate their logins for their customers online through there own seaports website giving their customers a simple URL like www.seaport.com/reservations or www.seaport.com/myaccount.

The Agents Online service has now been expanded to "Customers Online". For Agents Online, once the customer has logged in they can make new reservation or estimate requests, see reports on their pending requests, and see information provided to them by the port such as berth times in use, berth metrics and services, and the port tariffs. Agents and all customers such as a Terminal Operators and Lease Holders who do not have Agent rights, can run reports directly on their account, reprint invoices, print their own statements, review estimates, etc.

This new release maintains the seamless flow from traffic management to billing, collections and accounting that Harbour Mastery products are famous for while offering unprecedented SaaS savings over traditional networking/hardware and client/server licensing costs.

28 February 2011: Tampa Port Authority CFO Awarded for Excellence - The Tampa Port Authority (TPA) is pleased to announce that Michael Macaluso, chief financial officer, has been recognized with two awards in the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s annual CFO of the Year awards program.

Macaluso, a Tampa native, has served as CFO of the port authority since 2001, and today was recognized for a pathway of solid financial performance and excellence in leadership. He was awarded as top government agency CEO nominee in the Tampa Bay area and was presented with the Judges’ Choice Award.

With more than a decade of accomplishments as CFO of the TPA, Macaluso’s leadership, vision and organizational skills underpin the agency’s ongoing commitment to fiduciary responsibility. Mike’s leadership and financial knowledge have helped to shape the Port of Tampa’s success and ability to weather the economic downturn in recent years. The TPA received an A rating from New York-based Fitch Ratings, with a “Stable” outlook and an A2 rating from Moody’s Investor Service for the TPA’s $150 million of revenue bonds. Such distinctions are increasingly rare for port authorities to achieve in the current economic climate. Maddux News Wire, February 28, 2011

1 January 2011: 20th Anniversary Year - Harbour Mastery Principals began as consultants to Tampa Port Authority in 1991 delivering their first port management product in 1992. Twenty years later they have now moved into the global market place as IT and security solutions consultants with over 20 alliance partners world-wide under Harbour Mastery Inc., formed in 2004. "It has been a long and rewarding road that has taken us to several countries to do our R&D and finally resolved itself into a suite of products on the NetSuite ERP, CRM, Accounting SaaS platform" says M. George Walters, President and CEO.

2010

2 November 2010: SecurLinx Biometrics joins Harbour Mastery Alliance Barry Hodge, CEO of SecurLinx Holding Corporation, a biometrics security access control and background checking company with advanced facial recognition software, announced today that they will join Harbour Mastery Alliance Partners as an aspect of their marketing strategy to provide their services to seaports and maritime industries. "We are pleased to have SecurLinx join with us. Their integration tools will allow us to provide our clients with a way to manage access control for employees, vendors and their customers at a very reasonable costs" says M. George Walters of Harbour Mastery. View SecurLinx

1 November 2010: Tampa Port Authority to implement "Agents Online" Harbour Mastery announced a new engagement with Tampa Port Authority to implement its "Agents Online" functionality in i-Seaports Management ERP. The process will streamline the vessel calls process by allowing agents to make their reservation requests online 24/7 and give agents advanced notice of arrival berth availability. Visit Tampa Port

1 October 2010: Criterion Capital LLC engaged by Harbour Mastery as Investor Relations Management Harbour Mastery announced today that Mr. Kirti Patel of Criterion Capital LLC headquartered in Sparta, New Jersey with offices in Atlanta Georgia has been retained as the CFO and Manager of Investor Relations. Contact Investor Relations

3 September 2010: Information Access Systems, Inc. joins Harbour Mastery Alliance In support of Harbour Mastery's efforts to provide services to port that help streamline their document management, archiving, imaging, storage and recovery systems Information Access Systems (IAS), Inc. has joined the Harbour Mastery Alliance Partners. IAS specializes in providing the OnBase systems for both on-premise and web-based services to all types of government agencies and businesses who have complex document management systems. Vince Hanson, VP of Sales, will represent IAS on the Harbour Mastery Global Advisory Board. View IAS Inc.

28 July 2010: i-Seaports Management ERP SaaS Implementation at Tampa Port Authority Complete: A success story is to be published soon. The story will focus on results of the implementation in integrating functions once spread over several separate applications. The end to end work flow from time of reservations request to billing and collections has not only eliminated redundancies but also accelerated revenue collections, improved accuracy of reporting and provided more real-time business analytics for traffic analysis, financial accounting and business trends. Visit Tampa Port

2 February 2010: Safety Council of Texas City (SCTC) joins Harbour Mastery Alliance Partners: SCTC has joined the Harbour Mastery Alliance Partners in an effort to broaden their base of support for national seaport security through personnel surety, safety training, and craft training programs. Jim Gossett, SCTC Ex. VP will represent the Council on the Harbour Mastery Global Advisory Board, "We are honored to join as a member of this Alliance and share industry-proven best practices in the area of background screening and safety training, currently an industry standard in over 30 cities across the nation in the Petrochemical and Maritime verticals" says Gossett. "This adds an important new dimension to our Alliance that we can offer the maritime industry partners at seaports" adds M. George Walters, President of Harbour Mastery. View SCTC Services

2009

15 December 2010: Tampa Port Authority kicks-off i-Seaports Implementation At a meeting today with Tampa Port Authority, the Harbour Mastery Project team headed by M. George Walters, Rick Walters and Chris Barber and joined by Paul Ashe, CEO of Securance Consulting met with Tampa Port Authority's Mike Macalusa, CFO and Ken Washington, CIO to launch the implementation project. The project focus is on an integrated Seaport Vessel Reservations, Billing Statistics, and Reporting Solutions (see 21 July 2009 press release below). New traffic analytics will provide agents and operators with alerts and warnings regarding potential arrival berth conflicts and vessel metric fits (beam, operating draft, LOA). New extensive Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG) management with give current statistical analysis of all terminal operator and leasing agreements status across multiple levels of rate guarantees and type of services (wharfage, dockage, throughput, cruise vessel calls, parking, miscellaneous billings and shortfalls) New integrated Business Analytics will provide the marketing division current analysis of all across-the-docks commodity tonnages, vessel call statistics, and throughput (truck, rail and pipeline) not across the docks previously managed in separate systems. "We are excited about getting started" said Walters, President of Harbour Mastery, "and expect to live up to and exceed all expectations. Visit Tampa Port

31 July 2009: Hawaii Port Infrastructure Contract Awarded to TEC Inc:: The Maritime Administration has awarded a contract designed to streamline development efforts that modernize Hawaii's commercial harbor facilities. A partnership between the Maritime Administration and the State's Harbors Division was established in 2005 to facilitate the redevelopment and expansion of Hawaii's port system -- efforts that are critical to the economy of Hawaii.

The seven year "Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity" contract with a maximum value of $400 million was awarded to TEC, Inc., through a competitive procurement process. The company has a major presence in Hawaii and has been active for many years in the fields of engineering, environmental planning, architecture, infrastructure development, and energy management. The Maritime Administration will oversee TEC's personnel as they manage and complete all phases of the port redevelopment project.

As the lead federal agency for the Hawaii Port Infrastructure Expansion Program, the Maritime Administration will partner with other federal agencies, the State, and local Hawaiian governments to implement time sensitive and cost effective infrastructure improvements that stimulate sustained economic growth. These efforts are expected to be completed within the timeframe of the contract and will ultimately transform Hawaii's port system to improve transportation efficiency, air quality, and create jobs.

Note: Harbour Mastery, Inc. is in a teaming agreement with TEC Inc to provide "Intelligent Transportation Systems" including support for IT technologies to be identified and deployed during the term of the contract. See US DOT MARAD Website

21 July 2009: Tampa Port Authority awards “Seaport Vessel Reservations, Billing Statistics, and Reporting Software Solution” top Ranking to Harbour Mastery, Inc:

At the TPA Business Meeting on June 16, 2009, Mr. Richard Wainio, Port Director and CEO, announced that in response to the Request for Proposals international solicitation for qualified firms, from the three proposals submitted and presentations to the evaluation committee "...the Evaluation Committee selected Harbour Mastery, Inc., as the best qualified firm to provide Seaport Vessel Reservations, Billing, Statistics, and Reporting Software to the TPA. In addition to having considerable experience in the field of software development, Harbour Mastery is a certified SBE firm, headquartered in Tampa. Due to the substantial up-front investment cost and conversion schedule, the proposed contract will be for a term of five years "....(from: TPA Business Meeting Minutes, June 16, 2009.)

Mr. M. George Walters, President of Harbour Mastery, Inc. said "We are most happy and excited to be able to extend our support and services to Tampa Port Authority through our i-Seaports Management solution as part of our global effort to both provide "state-of-the-art" ERP solutions to seaports of all sizes and to provide the basis for more effective collaboration among ports with their customs, clients, security, environmental and global trade partners on a 24/7 basis."

About Tampa Port Authority: TPA is the 16th largest port out of 360+ seaports in the USA and a highly ranked international port of call for all types of commodities including liquid and dry bulk, general cargo, containers, petroleum, fertilizer and the cruise industry with over 1 million+ sq. ft. of covered storage and transit facilities. As Florida's largest tonnage port it has an economic impact of $8 billion annually and over 100 thousand jobs. TPA's Gulf, Caribbean and Latin American Trade makes it one of the most strategic ports of call for both import and export of over 250 major commodities. It is also strategic security zone port due to its proximity to U.S. Central Command, Strategic Operations Command, and the MacDill Air Force Base (for more info on TPA Website.)

1 July 2009: Acutrek Systems and Harbour Mastery Announce Alliance: Acutrek Systems LLC of New York and Harbour Mastery®, Inc. of Tampa announced today their alliance partnership agreement aimed at drawing a tighter web of surveillance and security management around seaports, airports as intermodal nexuses for the movement of people, cargo and vehicles (ships, aircraft, rail and trucking).

Mike Fleisch, President/CEO of Acutrek Systems, will serve on the Harbour Mastery Global Advisory Board. Mr. Fleisch has extensive background in system design and integration for large systems-of-systems. Currently, Mike is involved in industry advisory roles involving Department of Homeland Security programs such as the US Secure Border Initiative (SBI and SBInet) as well as past roles for the New York Trojan Horse Project to prevent and deter terrorist perimeter intrusion in New York City. "Our participation in the Harbour Mastery Alliance will give us wider scope and access to both delivering our products to the security market, and bringing to our clients state-of-the-art solutions from other alliance partners that are affordable and scalable in today's tightening economy" comments Mr. Fleisch.

M. George Walters, President of Harbour Mastery, will serve as an advisor to Acutrek Systems for maritime industry related port centric and intermodal security systems integration. Mr. Walters currently works in an advisory capacity to multiple small vendors who constitute the Harbour Mastery Alliance and several larger companies such as ICF International. He also regularly presents and moderates Homeland Security / Maritime Doman Awareness conferences in advanced systems solutions for cyber security, virtual vision (Command and Control), and intermodal commerce management and security along with other alliance partners. "We are pleased to have Acutrek join our ranks as a new company whose principals have a proven track record of experience in forward looking approaches to surveillance and security and a trail of satisfied customers behind them" adds Mr. Walters. More

1-3 June 2009: SecurePort 2009, Detroit, Jun 1-3 The HALO Corporation, VODA LLC, and 7Hills Cargo Logistics join Harbour Mastery Inc. at booth #12 : The HALO Corporation , represents a new generation of advanced training conferencing for security professionals of all types including maritime industry. HALO works closely with ASVACO expert systems assessment software and services they will also represent. 7Hills eBizNet , represents advanced web-based cargo logistics management technology that integrates to Harbour Mastery ERP, CRM i-Seaports management solutions. VODA LLC , represents the intelligent air and water quality monitoring for i-GreenPorts solutions an also has communications technologies that integrate to security solutions.

27 - 30 April 2009: PlanetData does press coverage at 7th Annual Maritime Homeland Security Summit, Jacksonville: Tucker Greco of PlanetData secured press coverage for the 7th Annual Maritime Homeland Security Summit. Headliners in the summit included Gen. Gene Renuart, USAF, Commander, USNORTHCOM and NORAD; ADM Harry Ulrich, USN (Ret.)-Executive Vice President, Enterra Solutions; VADM Robert J. Papp, Jr., USCG Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander, Defense Forces East; RADM Wayne Justice, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Capability, USCG; RADM Gary Blore, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Acquisition and Chief Acquisition Officer, USCG; Dana Goward, SES Director, Assessment, Integration and Risk Management, CG-51; Dr. Michael Bruno- Feiler Chair Professor and Dean, School of Engineering and Science, Stevens Institute of Technology; Andy Farrar- Special Assistant to the PEO for Maritime Domain Awareness, PEO C4I, US Navy; RADM Stewart O'Bryan, USN, Director, N3/N5 U.S. Navy Maritime Domain Awareness; RADM Joseph Kernan, USN, Commander, US Naval Forces Southern Command, Commander, US 4th Fleet; Janis Nagy, Principal, US Government Security, Booz Allen Hamilton; Timothy A. Phillips, SNIS, Chief Technology Officer, Global Maritime and Air Intelligence Integration. George Walters of the HM Alliance represented PlanetData and secured commitments for a series of forthcoming articles to be published by PlanetData at www,PlanetData.net.

30 March - 3 April 2009: The HALO Corporation holds Maritime Security and Counter-terrorism Conference, San Diego: Rick Walters represented co-sponsor Harbour Mastery, Inc. at the first bi-coastal training conference headed up by Brad Barker, CEO, The HALO Corporation. The conference focused on a broad range of maritime security, defense and counter-terrorism training services including ISPS/MTSA FSO and SSO credentials. More

30-31 March 2009: Elbit Systems and Harbour Mastery join forces at SAR, Washington DC: Eran Mor, HM Alliance Partner representative from Elbit Systems presented their cutting edge technologies for land, air and water rescue at the annual Search and Rescue Conference (SAR) in Tyson Corners. George Walters represented the HMI alliance to help present Elbit products and their relationship to maritime industry's participation in Search and Rescue Processes.

18-20 March 2009: Harbour Mastery teams with Maritime Executive Magazine at Annual Miami Cruise Trade Convention : George Walters represented Harbour Mastery as an Assistant Editor working with Brett Keil in the Maritime Executive Magazine Booth at the Annual Cruise Trade Convention in Miami. Harbour Mastery helps direct qualified maritime industry companies to the services of Maritime Executive Magazine and frequently joins forces with them to promote the Magazine's stellar presentation of the edge thinking and developments in the industry to maritime executive leadership.

26 February 2009: The Memorial Service held in Dallas for Greg Millet: Rick Walters, represented Harbour Mastery at the Memorial Service for Greg Millet, early architect with Rick and George in defining HMI's web-based product development strategy. Greg, age 50, died unexpectedly while on a cruise with his wife Camille of 25 years. They have three children Micah, Noah and Naomi. Rick, George and Greg worked together at IBM/Lotus Professional Services and had developed strong family friendships. He will be greatly missed as a person who always sought for ways to help anyone he met and lived his faith as a strong churchman.

23 February 2009: The HALO Corporation and Harbour Mastery to Co-sponsor Maritime Security Training and Counter-Terrorism Conference IN San Diego, March 30 to April 3, 2009 The HALO Corporation , is a new alliance partner focused on a broad range of maritime security, defense and counter-terrorism training services including ISPS/MTSA FSO and SSO credentials. View Press Release

29 January 2009: VODA LLC of St. Petersburg, FL joins Harbour Mastery Alliance: VODA and Harbour Mastery reach agreement to market cutting edge environmental and security solutions. "We see VODA as filling a serious gap in affordable and scalable solutions available to national governments world-wide to address environmental security under our i-GreenPorts solutions" says Mr. Walters, President of Harbour Mastery, Inc. "Harbour Mastery offers us a new gateway into the international marketplace and a common philosophy of staying ahead of the demand with solutions we know will be needed tomorrow" said David Fries in the two companies meeting on Feb 29th at the Marine Research Center labs in St. Petersburg View

29 January 2009: Engineering and Consulting (EAC) Ltd of Bangladesh join Harbour Mastery Alliance. Harbour Mastery is pleased to have EAC Ltd Headquartered in Bangladesh join its global marketing alliance partners. Their firm brings a history of engineering and architectural services expertise in the Bangladesh region and is a leading defense technologies supplier to Bangladesh. The immediate focus will be on vessel traffic surveillance systems (radar, AIS and IR Cameras). The agreement was executed by Mr. Mahfuzul Hannann Managing Director of EAC Ltd and M. George Walters, President of Harbour Mastery, Inc. EAC has already launched preparations for response to business opportunities in Bangladesh. Mr. Zakiruddin Chowdhury Manager for International Trade represent EAC Ltd. in Harbour Mastery liaison in Bangladesh. View

21 January 2009: Alliance Partner Strategy Conference in Tampa: Executives from twelve of the 20+ Harbour Mastery Alliance partners engaged in a day-long global strategy conference hosted by Troy University. Across the USA, Canada and as far away as Ukraine, partners presented on-line and live their current products, clients and market strategies. Open sessions discussed the market demand and identified some 17 strategic market opportunities in which partners will collaborate to amplify their products and services delivery.

Company CEOs like Brad Barker of The Halo Corporation, Micah Hoevelman of the Global Protection Group and John Weber of ICF International focused on training delivery while others like Howard Gordon of ASVACO, Bob Kennedy of 7Hills and Jeff Trudnack of Spatial Networks identified collaborative potential for delivering their new technologies.

The "closed-door invitation-only" session offered an alternative conferencing approach for small companies to discuss the critical issues in both maritime industry and homeland security needs across the many countries where they are currently delivering technology, training and strategic planning solutions. Charles Towsley of Maritime Directions Management Corp. presented clear images of how ports like Miami where he was director for 8 years are challenged with the increasing security risks and demands impacting their commercial operations requirements. Buck Holly of CTG in Washington brought focus to the "real needs assessment" process. Guest participants like Adam Montello of Previstar brought perspective to emergency response and continual preparedness as hallmarks to any good strategy.

Big Companies' Perspectives: John Weber, VP of ICF International said "I almost didn't come to this event given the incredible workload my company has the first day after the inauguration, but it was very worthwhile." Ted Ralston, the Advanced Systems Division at the Boeing Company in California hit the conference line at 5 AM PST for the 8 AM EST start. "I call these guys the ground-truth squad" said Ralston, "because they call it like it is in meeting the challenges for security solutions and are willing to work with each other to deliver real change, not just good ideas. These are good people to work with."

15 January 2009: Harbour Mastery completes State of Hawaii Cruise Industry Study The year-long 9 module 1500 page study was a multi-company effort conducted during 2008 through a teaming agreement with ICF International. The HMI portion of the study conducted by Chares A.  Towsley and M. George Walters focuses on Module 4A that analyzes the cruise industry infrastructure and operations impacts on both Commercial and Small Boat Harbors; and Module 9 that identifies global resources for best practices for the consideration by the State of Hawaii Legislature as they pursue updating district master plans and implementing the 10 Year Hawaii Harbors Infrastructure Modernization effort 2010-2018. The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation Harbors Division will be managing much of its future maritime development efforts through a MOU between State of Hawaii Harbors Division and the US DOT MARAD Division. View

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