MarEx Newsletter - June 21, 2007

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June 21, 2007 Vol. 5, No. 25 Subscribe to Newsletter In this issue: Mass. Maritime Academy Graduation Heralds the Continuation of Good Times in the Maritime Industry Department of Justice Press Release(s): Barge Company and Key employees Indicted for Benzene Leak; Another Firm Assessed Largest Penalty Ever for Concealing Vessel Pollution U.S. Coast Guard Seeks Mariner Feedback Cummings, Oberstar Introduce Act to Reform Deepwater Congestion in European Ports Expected to Worsen Panama Canal Modifies Dry Excavation Tender for Expansion, Extends Bid Deadline Russian Government Founds United Shipbuilding Corporation NOAA And VT Halter Marine Celebrate the "Laying Of The Keel" for NOAA's Two Newest Ships WHO Implements New Ship Sanitation Control Provisions USCG Notice: Request for Public Comments on High Frequency (HF) Radio Broadcasts of Marine Weather Forecasts and Warnings Huge Demand for Seismic Vessels -- Tenfold Increase in Classification Requests International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) Calls for Common Sense on Air Emissions BISSO MARINE Salvages Abandoned Barge The Nautical Institute's North East Coast USA Branch to Hold Meetings on New Resources for Bridge Resource Management Round Table Associations Encourage Prompt Action on IMO Issues

Featured Maritime Executives Mass. Maritime Academy Graduation Heralds the Continuation of Good Times in the Maritime Industry Bay State Governor Deval Patrick and Maritime Administrator Sean Connaughton deliver upbeat addresses to class of 2007 Read More>   Back to top Department of Justice Press Release(s): Barge Company and Key employees Indicted for Benzene Leak; Another Firm Assessed Largest Penalty Ever for Concealing Vessel Pollution 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 Read More>   Back to top U.S. Coast Guard Seeks Mariner Feedback Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) has established a mechanism to provide ongoing feedback on the mariner licensing and documentation program and the relocation of the National Maritime Center Read More>   Back to top Cummings, Oberstar Introduce Act to Reform Deepwater Integrated Deepwater Program Reform Act intends to bring significant reform to the Coast Guard's highly troubled $24-billion, 25-year Deepwater acquisitions program Read More>   Back to top Congestion in European Ports Expected to Worsen 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 Read More>   Back to top Panama Canal Modifies Dry Excavation Tender for Expansion, Extends Bid Deadline 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. Read More>   Back to top Russian Government Founds United Shipbuilding Corporation Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a decree founding the fully state-owned corporation on Friday, June 15 Read More>   Back to top Click Here For Corporate News and Press Releases NOAA And VT Halter Marine Celebrate the "Laying Of The Keel" for NOAA's Two Newest Ships VT Halter Marine Inc. and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are celebrating a construction milestone Read More>   Back to top WHO Implements New Ship Sanitation Control Provisions The World Health Organization implements new regulations to contain disease; most significant to the maritime industry is the new Ship Sanitation Control provisions Read More>   Back to top USCG Notice: Request for Public Comments on High Frequency (HF) Radio Broadcasts of Marine Weather Forecasts and Warnings US Coast Guard and DHS are soliciting public comments on the need to continue to provide high frequency radio broadcasts of weather forecasts and warnings Read More>   Back to top Huge Demand for Seismic Vessels -- Tenfold Increase in Classification Requests The booming global economy and high oil price have led to strong demand for seismographic ships Read More>   Back to top International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) Calls for Common Sense on Air Emissions IBEA says the campaign by Intertanko for all shipping to switch to burning MDO flies in the face of common sense Read More>   Back to top BISSO MARINE Salvages Abandoned Barge 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 Read More>   Back to top The Nautical Institute's North East Coast USA Branch to Hold Meetings on New Resources for Bridge Resource Management 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. Read More>   Back to top Round Table Associations Encourage Prompt Action on IMO Issues 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 Read More>   Back to top

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