 Baltimore Sun investigative piece depicts wholesale bias against mariners and violations by Coast Guard Administrative Law Judges; Coast Guard HQ disputes statistics and their use within the article Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Unexpectedly convened public hearing on Senate Bill 1349, "An Act relative to Port Security," draws testimony and support from Executive Director of the New Jersey Pilot Commission Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Four survivors are rescued by a fishing boat while corpses are discovered by the Armed Forces of Malta Read More>>>Back to Top |
| Summary of CITGO Minority Report/Position Paper (Dated: June 18, 2007) Issued to Calcasieu River Waterway Harbor Safety Committee (CRHWSC); Report goes apparently unheeded by local and national regulatory bodies Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Louis Cruise Lines claims that raising the sunken Sea Diamond would be too dangerous; Santorini Port Authority representatives will appoint a salvage company if the shipowner does not comply Read More>>>Back to Top |
 U.S. Senate rejects proposal to give state governors more power over LNG projects; federal judge in Maryland upholds local law barring Sparrows Point LNG facility Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The nations work together in operation Frontier Sentinel, the most complex domestic security exercise ever staged in Canada Read More>>>Back to Top |
| Oil to keep pumping in Venezuela -- for now... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and the Indian Ports Act, 1908 are one step closer to being amended to fulfill ISPS Code standards Read More>>>Back to Top |
 PMI's Workboat Academy Quarterly Newsletter available here Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Eight (8) new patrol boats will be nearly identical to the past 67 vessels delivered from Bollinger over the past 11 years Read More>>>Back to Top |
| Building Partnerships to Assist Developing countries to Reduce the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms in Ships' Water (GLOBALLAST) to cover 14 developing sub-regions and include 13 Lead Partnering Countries (LPCs) and over 40 Participating Countries (PCs) Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Massachusetts to have opportunity to defend the merits of its Massachusetts Oil Spill Prevention Act (MOSPA) in court Read More>>>Back to Top |
| Far-reaching legislation authorizes $8.3 billion for U.S. Coast Guard in FY-08; bill also proposes to establish national invasive species standards. MarEx analysis follows text of press release Read More>>>Back to Top |
 MITAGS (second) Workboat Mate Program to start October 1, 2007 and STCW95 AB to MATE Training is now also available Read More>>>Back to Top |
Indictment returned against Canal Barge Company and employees for criminal violations of the Ports and Waterway Safety Act and U.S. Oil Tanker Firm Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) to Pay $10 million as part of largest-ever penalty for concealing vessel pollution 
As container transport from China to Europe increases, congestion is expected to worsen; the ECMT has held a meeting to devise a plan to deal with it 
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced that it has modified the tender for the dry excavation of the new Pacific Locks access channel and extended the bid submission date to July 6, 2007. 
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a decree founding the fully state-owned corporation on Friday, June 15 
VT Halter Marine Inc. and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are celebrating a construction milestone 
The World Health Organization implements new regulations to contain disease; most significant to the maritime industry is the new Ship Sanitation Control provisions 
The booming global economy and high oil price have led to strong demand for seismographic ships 
IBEA says the campaign by Intertanko for all shipping to switch to burning MDO flies in the face of common sense 
BISSO MARINE recently salvaged the first of two abandoned barges from the Mississippi River in the Port of New Orleans for the United States Coast Guard 
The first of the series will be co-sponsored by The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies and held at their facilities in Baltimore MD on August 15th 2007. 
Chairmen of the Roundtable associations and association chairmen (BIMCO, ICS/ISF, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO) review and stress urgency of moving forward on a myriad of international maritime issues 
National Transportation Safety Board recommends that pilot commissions require harbor and docking pilots to take part in recurrent joint training exercises that emphasize the concepts and procedures of bridge resource management 
Salvage preparations are underway to move the Pasha Bulker, but a hole in the outer hull may thwart efforts 
OceanSaver Ballast Water Treatment System makes its debut at Nor-Shipping, clears the DNV testing bar and now aims for IMO approval 
Once the bill becomes law, the nation's maritime sector will be governed by internationally-accepted standards 
USMMA Alumni Foundation (Chesapeake Chapter) to provide 2-Day Hosting of the USMMA Training Vessel T/V 'Kings Pointer' in the Port Of Baltimore (June 20-21, 2007) 
Commencement Exercises at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point) will take place on Monday, June 18, at 1000 hours