MarEx Newsletter - July 12, 2007

July 12, 2007 | Vol. 5, No. 28 In this issue: Ecuador & Chevron: Trouble in Paradise Coast Guard Commandant ADM Thad Allen Addresses Potential Legislation to Transfer Maritime Safety Duties of Coast Guard to Another Department Case Study: PortVision Puts Coast Guard Oil Spill Investigation in Focus No Pollution or Serious Injuries Reported in Massachusetts Commuter Ferries Collision Stranded Bulker Finally Refloated 20 Members of Congress Urge DHS Secretary Chertoff to Address Economic and Maritime Security in the Offshore Marine Sector UNHCR and IMO Meet to Discuss Rising Death Toll at Sea Canada Will Defend Arctic Sovereignty and Embarks on Ambitious Building Plan BAE, VT, and UK's Ministry of Defence Deadlocked Coast Guard & ABS Release Cruise Ship Empress of the North to Resume Southeast Alaska Operations; NTSB Urges Coast Guard to Inspect Onboard Lifesaving Equipment Canal to Link Caspian and Black Seas Proposed Panama Canal News: ACP Spotlights Investments and EIS Study ICSC Conference Educates Attendees, Reinforces Strong Ties to Law Enforcement AHL Shipping to Build First Jones Act Tankers Using Innovative Construction Process for Shell Charter Ziff Energy Publishes Large Deepwater Operations Study to Help Gulf of Mexico Operators Enhance Production Efficiency & Manage Cost Challenges Ecuador & Chevron: Trouble in Paradise MarEx: Ecuador might want to look closer to home in cleaning up its own environmental act before blaming others Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard Commandant ADM Thad Allen Addresses Potential Legislation to Transfer Maritime Safety Duties of Coast Guard to Another Department Internal correspondence to all Coast Guard sectors and commands reinforces Coast Guard opposition to the concept Read More>>>Back to Top Case Study: PortVision Puts Coast Guard Oil Spill Investigation in Focus Coast Guard utilizes PortVision's Web-based, AIS-capturing tool to analyze vessel traffic near four-mile-long oil slick Read More>>>Back to Top No Pollution or Serious Injuries Reported in Massachusetts Commuter Ferries Collision U.S. Coast Guard Responds to Minor Incident in Foggy Boston Harbor Read More>>>Back to Top Stranded Bulker Finally Refloated Now that the Pasha Bulker has been refloated, who will pay the bill? Read More>>>Back to Top 20 Members of Congress Urge DHS Secretary Chertoff to Address Economic and Maritime Security in the Offshore Marine Sector Specific issues related to maritime domain awareness addressed in June 28 letter to Bush Cabinet member Read More>>>Back to Top UNHCR and IMO Meet to Discuss Rising Death Toll at Sea The UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection and the Secretary-General of the IMO met in London to discuss tactics to decrease the loss of migrants' lives in unseaworthy vessels Read More>>>Back to Top Canada Will Defend Arctic Sovereignty and Embarks on Ambitious Building Plan Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada will establish deep water port in Arctic and build eight patrol ships Read More>>>Back to Top BAE, VT, and UK's Ministry of Defence Deadlocked The two shipbuilding companies will not finalize the deal until the next step in the Future Aircraft Carrier program is approved; the MOD will not okay the next phase until the merger is complete Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard & ABS Release Cruise Ship Empress of the North to Resume Southeast Alaska Operations; NTSB Urges Coast Guard to Inspect Onboard Lifesaving Equipment Vessel to resume service despite one of two Z-drive systems remaining inoperable; NTSB recommendation is described as "urgent" Read More>>>Back to Top Canal to Link Caspian and Black Seas Proposed President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan has proposed a canal to promote trade between Europe and Asia Read More>>>Back to Top Panama Canal News: ACP Spotlights Investments and EIS Study Infrastructure investments and service enhancements to move forward and ACP completes environmental impact study for first dry excavation for expansion Read More>>>Back to Top ICSC Conference Educates Attendees, Reinforces Strong Ties to Law Enforcement The highly successful conference concentrated on port security issues and showcased the latest tactics and successful strategies currently being used to combat cargo theft Read More>>>Back to Top AHL Shipping to Build First Jones Act Tankers Using Innovative Construction Process for Shell Charter Vessels eventually to go on long-term charter to Shell Trading in 2009/2010 Read More>>>Back to Top Ziff Energy Publishes Large Deepwater Operations Study to Help Gulf of Mexico Operators Enhance Production Efficiency & Manage Cost Challenges Study Introduces Innovative New Operating Efficiency and Reliability Metrics Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.