WorkBoat Magazine's U.S. Fleet Size Report Provides the Industry with a Comprehensive Resource; First-Ever Report Delivers an In-Depth Reference Source and Tool for Shipyards, Operators and Analysts

PORTLAND, ME, August 20, 2012 (Press-News.org) The WorkBoat Size of Fleet Report, a first-ever in-depth review of the total number and composition of active, in-service, workboats and barges that operate on the North American coastal and inland waterways, has been published by WorkBoat magazine and is now available for purchase.

"The report provides an excellent snapshot of the range of workboat categories covered by WorkBoat and offers a strong overview, including certain vessel specifications, of today's working brownwater-workboat fleet," said David Krapf, WorkBoat's editor in chief. "Until now, no such comprehensive resource has existed."

The new report, which includes vessel fleet data through July 2012, is an excellent reference source and tool. "Based on the number of requests we have received from industry officials, analysts and others seeking such information over the past decade, we believe this is a resource that the industry demands and wants," Krapf said.

For companies and others in the workboat industry, this information can help:
- Gain intimate knowledge of industry market sectors
- Assess future manufacturing needs and plans
- Assess vessel fleet sizes to better evaluate current operations and business models
- Target and guide current business efforts and plan for possible future expansion programs

The WorkBoat Size of Fleet Report is available for download and purchase. The price is $1,695 for WorkBoat.com members. The regular price is $1.995.

Basic WorkBoat.com membership is free. To become a member visit WorkBoat.com Membership.

To download a free Executive Summary, which provide highlights of the full report, describes what information is included, provides a list of vessels that are covered along with the list of what's excluded and how the report can help impact a business, click on the link here.
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The WorkBoat Industry Size of Fleet Report
To create the new report, the WorkBoat research team had multiple discussions over the past year with officials from the U.S. Coast Guard, the Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, industry associations and scores of cities, counties and states, as well as commercial vessel owners and operators. The result is a comprehensive report that includes traditional workboat categories such as tugs, towboats and pushboats, offshore service vessels, patrol boats and barges.

Just as WorkBoat's Annual Construction Survey does not include every U.S. workboat construction yard and every delivered or contracted vessel in the U.S., the WorkBoat Size of Fleet Report does not claim to provide the definitive total number of workboats in the U.S. "After over a year of research, we have come up with a U.S. workboat report that is by no means 100 percent inclusive, but it is one that no one else can match," Krapf said. "We have gathered and verified thousands of pieces of data and distilled the results down to a single report that can be used as an asset and reference tool for the industry."

Pulled from hundreds of data sources, the report includes detailed information on the following vessel categories: Barges, Dredges, Fireboats, Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), Naval Vessels, NOAA Vessels, Oceanographic Research Vessels, Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs), Oil Spill Response Vessels (OSRVs), Passenger Vessels, Pilot Vessels, Towboats/Pushboats, School/Academy Training Vessels, State-Owned Police, Patrol & Fishery Patrol Vessels, Tankships, Tugs, U.S. Coast Guard Boats, and U.S. Coast Guard Cutters.

The report focuses on four classifications (and capacity where applicable) within each category:
1) Type
2) Size
3) Horsepower
4) Year built

The full list of vessel categories and subcategories is available for free at Size of Fleet Report Vessel Categories.

For more information:
Denielle Christensen
Marketing & Emedia Director
Tel: 207-842-5596
Fax: 207-842-5509
E: dchristensen@divcom.com

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