Comment sharp end

The devils
in the detail
EDITORIAL
Editor: Juliet Benning
t: +44 (0)203 148 4935 | e: juliet.benning@timeinc.com
Group Managing Editor: Ed Slack
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Journalist: Belinda Snell
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Art Editor: Madeleine S Fitzsimons

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Publishing Director: Nick Hopkinson he newly launched Registered Marine Coatings Inspector
t: +44 (0)203 148 4942 | e: nick.hopkinson@timeinc.com
Group Magazine Editor: Garry Coward-Williams (RMCI) course that seeks to bring an end to the blame
Managing Director: Paul Williams game that often surrounds paint applications is a step in
Publishing Director Simon Owen
CONTRIBUTORS the right direction, but the devil remains as always in
Jake Kavanagh, Rachel Redhead, Simon Greaves, Maria Hart, Murielle
Gonzalez Oisel, David Robinson, Robert Wielaard, Peter Franklin, Malcolm the detail.
Kerr, Joop Ellenbroek, Daniel Crockford, Gerry Herman
With few sectors more prone to litigation than
ADVERTISING/ PRODUCTION
Associate Publisher: Philip Pereira coatings, both ICOMIA and SYBAss realised that the industry was badly in
t: +44 (0)203 148 4931 | e: philip.pereira@timeinc.com
Group Advertisement Manager: Laurent Subra need of more control and structure if the vicious circle of blame was to
t: +44 (0)203 148 4936 | e: laurent.subra@timeinc.com
Production Manager: Paul Quieros be halted. Picture the cycle owner rejects paint job on his brand new
t: +44 (0)203 148 2684 | e: paul.quieros@timeinc.com
Personal Assistant: Monica Fyfe yacht, blames shipyard, who blames contractor, who blames supplier
t: +44 (0)203 148 4941 | e: monica.fyfe@timeinc.com
Head of Marketing: Richard Shead
t: +44 (0)203 148 4283 | e: richard.shead@timeinc.com

The key is getting everyone

INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES
Italy
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Netherlands, Belgium
onboard the owners, the
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shipyards, the contractors; all
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China
those in the blame game
CHC Expo Service (Shanghai ) Co Ltd | Mr Simon Ding & Ms Tracy Jin
MiraGarden Business Center | Rm. C307 No. 2633 Yan An Rd. (W)
Shanghai 200336 | China
t: + 86 (21) 6270 6717 | f: + 86 (21) 6270 0363 | e: simon@chcbiz.com
Taiwan As part of the ongoing drive towards greater
Hur Hur Chou | Alpha Trading Company
7F-2, No 176, Sec 1, Chung Hsiao East Rd | Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. professionalism in the industry its hoped the new coatings
t: +886 (22) 351 2225 | f: +886 (22) 394 1138 inspectors will be able to endorse and measure coatings
e: transpac@ms2.hinet.net
Japan standards across the board a welcome move certainly
Yukari Media Inc | YMI Bldg 3-3-4 | Uchihirano-machi | Chuo-ku
Osaka 540 0037 | Japan and so far industry reaction to the RMCI has been
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positive. The key, however, is getting everyone onboard
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Juliet Benning
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