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January 23, 2014

Video: Three WorkBoat questions for the PVA's Ed Welch

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Ed Welch, the Passenger Vessel Association's legislative director, answers questions about the challenges of merchant mariner credentialing, the effect of sequestration, and some of PVA's major concerns for its membership in 2014. Welch talked to Senior Editor Ken Hocke at this week's PVA Annual Convention held in Houston.

 

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