MarEx Newsletter - June 14, 2007

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June 14, 2007 Vol. 5, No. 24 Subscribe to Newsletter In this issue: NTSB Issues Safety Recommendation to Pilot Commissions of 14 States Tanker Company and Second Engineer Indicted for Dumping Oil and Obstruction of Justice Coast Guard Announces Rear Admiral Ronald J. Rábago Takes Over Deepwater Program MarEx Readers Continue to Provide Input on Proposed Dismantling of Coast Guard Bulker Still Grounded on Nobbys Beach Federal Ballast Water Management Standards May be Inching Closer to the Finish Line Law Introduced in Kenya to Boost Maritime Business NTSB Cautions U.S. Coast Guard over Improper Buoy Redeployment Apparent Maltese Inaction in Search and Rescue Efforts has all Sides Upset Oil Giant Total Presents Defense in Erika Oil Spill Trial American Salvage Association Forms Quality Partnership with United States Coast Guard Canada's New Government Announces New Marine Personnel Regulations MITAGS to Provide Sponsorship for T/V Kings Pointer & Midshipmen Baltimore Visit Senator John McCain Will Give Keynote Address at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Graduation Panama Canal Authority Announces Global Search for Top-Tier Firm to Assist Panama Canal with Management of Expansion

Featured Maritime Executives NTSB Issues Safety Recommendation to Pilot Commissions of 14 States 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 Read More>   Back to top Tanker Company and Second Engineer Indicted for Dumping Oil and Obstruction of Justice June 7 Department of Justice Press Release announces indictment of Greek Tanker Operator for pollution violations from M/T KRITON Read More>   Back to top Coast Guard Announces Rear Admiral Ronald J. Rábago Takes Over Deepwater Program Rábago relieves RADM Gary T. Bore as program executive officer Read More>   Back to top MarEx Readers Continue to Provide Input on Proposed Dismantling of Coast Guard Responses flow in from both sides; new perspectives shed light on possible scenarios and reasons for them to happen Read More>   Back to top Bulker Still Grounded on Nobbys Beach Salvage preparations are underway to move the Pasha Bulker, but a hole in the outer hull may thwart efforts Read More>   Back to top Federal Ballast Water Management Standards May be Inching Closer to the Finish Line OceanSaver Ballast Water Treatment System makes its debut at Nor-Shipping, clears the DNV testing bar and now aims for IMO approval Read More>   Back to top Law Introduced in Kenya to Boost Maritime Business Once the bill becomes law, the nation's maritime sector will be governed by internationally-accepted standards Read More>   Back to top Click Here For Corporate News NTSB Cautions U.S. Coast Guard over Improper Buoy Redeployment June 12, 2007 Safety Recommendation (M-07-02) by National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the Coast Guard take better care in verifying proper buoy redeployment Read More>   Back to top Apparent Maltese Inaction in Search and Rescue Efforts has all Sides Upset Spain says Malta is not fulfilling its international obligations; Malta says it can not deal with a large influx of illegal immigrants Read More>   Back to top Oil Giant Total Presents Defense in Erika Oil Spill Trial Total's defense arguments began last Wednesday in the first criminal trial in France against a business for an oil spill at sea Read More>   Back to top American Salvage Association Forms Quality Partnership with United States Coast Guard The American Salvage Association (ASA) and the United States Coast Guard have formally executed the Marine Salvage and Firefighting Quality Partnership with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the association and the Coast Guard Read More>   Back to top Canada's New Government Announces New Marine Personnel Regulations New measures designed to align Canadian seafarers with international labor standards Read More>   Back to top MITAGS to Provide Sponsorship for T/V Kings Pointer & Midshipmen Baltimore Visit 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) Read More>   Back to top Senator John McCain Will Give Keynote Address at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Graduation Commencement Exercises at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point) will take place on Monday, June 18, at 1000 hours Read More>   Back to top Panama Canal Authority Announces Global Search for Top-Tier Firm to Assist Panama Canal with Management of Expansion ACP requests proposals for the expansion program manager Read More>   Back to top

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