MarEx Newsletter - June 8, 2007

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June 8, 2007 Vol. 5, No. 23 Subscribe to Newsletter In this issue: Opinion: LNG Training Agreement Signed by U.S. Industry Working Group is a Good Start New Proposals to Ballast Water Management Standards Add to Existing Rules; Lack of Consensus Could Cost Shippers and Operators Millions MarEx Readers Respond to Editorial that Addresses the Proposed Dismantling of Coast Guard Spain Sues Odyssey Marine Exploration Somali Pirate Attacks Continue U.S. Maritime Administration Announces More U.S. Crews for LNG Tankers New video on VIBRATION ANALYSIS, BALANCING and ONLINE CONDITION MONITORING Solutions! Latest INTERTANKO Bulletin Addresses Two Critical Issues for Membership UNHCR Asks Mediterranean Countries to Make Migrant Rescue Operations Uniform Panama Canal Advisory to Shipping (No. A-10-2007) Highlights Panama Canal Tolls Increase and Approval of Admeasurement Rules RINA Gains Elite Ranking from Paris MOU Round Table of International Shipping Associations Encourage Prompt Action on IMO Issues SUNDIAL MARINE Launches 50th Hull Markey Machinery Company, Inc. Press Release

Featured Maritime Executives Opinion: LNG Training Agreement Signed by U.S. Industry Working Group is a Good Start Connaughton at MARAD is the glue that kept it all together Read More>   Back to top New Proposals to Ballast Water Management Standards Add to Existing Rules; Lack of Consensus Could Cost Shippers and Operators Millions Federal bill, California proposal and existing Michigan laws may be at odds with one another; federal standard still not in place Read More>   Back to top Cyclone Disrupts Shipping and Oil Loadings in Middle East Cyclone Gonu Plowed through the Strait of Hormuz, the world's major transport route for Persian Gulf oil Read More>   Back to top MarEx Readers Respond to Editorial that Addresses the Proposed Dismantling of Coast Guard Responses flow in from both sides; readers evenly split in their opinions Read More>   Back to top Spain Sues Odyssey Marine Exploration Spain files claims against three shipwrecks found by the Tampa-based, treasure hunting company Read More>   Back to top Somali Pirate Attacks Continue As another ship is hijacked off the Somali Coast, the IMB issues an alert to all sea traffic off the Horn of Africa Read More>   Back to top U.S. Maritime Administration Announces More U.S. Crews for LNG Tankers Training Standards Agreement goes forward between wide coalition of industry educators and maritime working group Read More>   Back to top New video on VIBRATION ANALYSIS, BALANCING and ONLINE CONDITION MONITORING Solutions! Learn about the lightweight VIBXPERT - an advanced two-channel vibration analyzer, and VIBSCANNER - a multi-function vibration data collector Read More>   Back to top Latest INTERTANKO Bulletin Addresses Two Critical Issues for Membership Bulletin 5.6.07 highlights IMO designation of Stowaway Focal Point (SFP) and raises the question of liability and envforcement when ultra high-sulphur fuel (breaching ISO & IMO limits) is sold Read More>   Back to top UNHCR Asks Mediterranean Countries to Make Migrant Rescue Operations Uniform The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees makes the request after a number of grave events regarding stranded migrants occur Read More>   Back to top Panama Canal Advisory to Shipping (No. A-10-2007) Highlights Panama Canal Tolls Increase and Approval of Admeasurement Rules ACP says changes reached through an open and transparent process Read More>   Back to top RINA Gains Elite Ranking from Paris MOU INTERNATIONAL classification society RINA has been named as the second best performing classification society for 2006 in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control Read More>   Back to top Round Table of International Shipping Associations Encourage Prompt Action on IMO Issues Round Table participants review current international issues at recent meeting in London Read More>   Back to top SUNDIAL MARINE Launches 50th Hull SUNDIAL MARINE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, INC. launched its 50th new construction hull in April Read More>   Back to top Markey Machinery Company, Inc. Press Release A Markey TDSD-32 Towing Winch originally built in 1973 arrived at the Markey Shop for a complete rebuild so that its owner, Penn Maritime, could get another 30+ years of service out of it Read More>   Back to top

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