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The following editions are currently available:

• Remaining Responsible - "General Disclaimers Don't Work"
• Color Coded Features - "The Vanishing Information"
• Shipyard Safety Concerns - "Put it in Writing"
• The Flow of Contract Information - "Content, Form and Timing"

• Contractually, is it a Good Deed or a Misdeed? - “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”

• Definition vs. Controversy in Ship Repair and Construction - Which do you prefer?
• Hurricane Losses
• Seven Signs of a Troubled Project
• Improving Shipbuilding Specifications

• The Second Translation of Technical Requirements - Understanding Both Purposes of Specifications
• Owner Furnished Equipment - Multiple Opportunities for Contract Risks
• The Risks of FPSO Conversions - Multiple Interests Lead to Challenging Coordination
• VLCC's for FPSO Conversions - The Risks of Muti-Type Assumptions

• $340 Million Award -- With Our Help - Shipyard's Performance Bond in Dispute
• Floating Drydock Module Replacement - Fisher Maritime Coaxes Resolution of Repair Dispute
• Understanding Shipbuilding Contracts and Specifications - Fisher's Definitive Text Published by SNAME
• Specialized Contract Requirements for Super Yachts - Insightful Paper Presented for RINA

• Repaired During Construction: Is It 'New'?
• Vessel Sinking Analysis Shallow Water Hydrodynamics and Fragmented Analyses
• Are Naval Architects Indemnified Against Errors and Omissions?
• Growing Demand for Training Programs

• Fisher Maritime Celebrates 25 Years: Finding why some things work out so successfully and others don't work out at all.
• Asbestos: Examining the Shipyard's Responsibility
• Contracting Strategies Central to Success of Project
• Casualty Analyses Identify Underlying Causes
• Unusual Contracting Brings Risks to Owners and Builders - Risks Also Incurred By Subcontractors and Design Firms

• Damage Due To Erroneous Docking Plans Symptomatic of a Larger Problem
• A "No-Change" Ship Conversion Project
• Prevailing in Litigation
• Change Orders and Final Invoices
• Emergency Project Management
• Ranging the Anchor Chains
• Asserting & Defending the Contractual Rights of a Shipyard
• Asserting & Defending the Contractual Rights of a Vendor
• Asserting & Defending the Contractual Rights of a Supplier
• Asserting & Defending the Contractual Rights of a Ship Owner
• Environmental Issues: Shipyard Site Contamination

• Sisters, Not Twins (A Source of Specification Errors)
• Emergency Response -- Restoring Contractual Relationships
• Asbestos in Ship Building and Repair
• Contamination of Shipyard Sites
• Mismanagement of Ship Conversion (the 1% solution)
• A Second Multi-Ship Contract

• Equipment Integration and Interfaces: Contract Mismanagement by Assumptions
• Testing Safety Devices
• Inappropiate Reliance on Regulations: Small Craft Design
• Identifying All the Contract Deliverables

• Recreational Boating: Design for Discomfort
• OFE in a Design Build Contract -- Confusion All Around
• Asbestos in Ship Construction

• Contaminated Shipyard Sites
• Identifying Risks of Injuries
• Costly Consequences of Casually Developed, Loosely-Managed Contracts
• Design Completion Responsibility -- Whoose Naval Architect?

• Claims Avoidance: An Ounce of Prevention
• False Economies Prove Costly: Independent Design/Safety Reviews are Cost Effective
• Ship Owner's Check List
• Spanning the Gaps: Technical - Engineering - Contract - Legal
• Amatuer Contracts a Cause of Disaster
• Analyze Facts vs. Argue Opinions

• LNG Technology -- Some Didn't Look Before They Leapt
• Casually Developed and/or Loosely-Managed Contracts Have Costly Consequences

• Washington State Ferries Selects Fisher Maritime for Contract Development
• Two Research Institutions Call on Fisher Maritime for Ship Modification Contract Development
• Litigation Support Saves A Shipyard Over $60 Million
• Cost-Effective In-House Training

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