MarEx Newsletter - July 5, 2007

July 5, 2007 | Vol. 5, No. 27 In this issue: American Troops Applauded in Airport President Bush Celebrates Independence Day With West Virginia Air National Guard Listing Bulk Iron Sand Carrier Corrected U.S. West Coast Ports Closed Hijacked Danish Vessel Running Low on Supplies New Edition of The Maritime Executive is Now Available Australian Offshore Unions Upset Over Unsafe Work Procedures Common With AWAs Panama Drums Up $460 Million to Expand Canal A New Way to Battle Barnacles For the First Time in US History, Shipping Lanes Are Being Changed to Protect Wildlife Shipping Association Hails EPA Support for International Emissions Standards London Club Issues Warning on Nickel Ore Liquefaction Problem American Troops Applauded in Airport MarEx found this story and it is attributed to Southwest Airlines. True or not, on the 4th of July, American Independence Day, we thought we'd pass it along. Read More>>>Back to Top President Bush Celebrates Independence Day With West Virginia Air National Guard President Bush's Fourth of July Speech Read More>>>Back to Top Listing Bulk Iron Sand Carrier Corrected The Taharoa Express' list has been corrected; Maritime New Zealand inspectors are still examining the vessel Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. West Coast Ports Closed U.S. West Coast ports are closed in remembrance of "Bloody Thursday." Background of the historical date ... Read More>>>Back to Top Hijacked Danish Vessel Running Low on Supplies An e-mail, apparently from the captain of the hijacked MV Danica White, sent to the Danish newspaper B.T. states that the five-member crew is running out of food and water Read More>>>Back to Top New Edition of The Maritime Executive is Now Available The new edition of MarEx is centered on shipbuilding and features VT Halter Read More>>>Back to Top Australian Offshore Unions Upset Over Unsafe Work Procedures Common With AWAs The Maritime Union of Australia and the Australian Worker's Union have allied themselves to attend to safety issues with Australian Workplace Agreements. Read More>>>Back to Top Panama Drums Up $460 Million to Expand Canal Panamanian lawmakers on Saturday approved a $460-million budget increase for 2008 as part of a $5.25-billion plan to expand the Panama Canal. Read More>>>Back to Top A New Way to Battle Barnacles Marine organisms have a new enemy -- nanotechnology Read More>>>Back to Top For the First Time in US History, Shipping Lanes Are Being Changed to Protect Wildlife The busy shipping lanes in and out of Boston Harbor were narrowed and shifted northward in an effort to lower the risk of rare right whales being killed by ships Read More>>>Back to Top Shipping Association Hails EPA Support for International Emissions Standards Fastest Path to Emissions Progress - Statement by John McLaurin, President, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association Read More>>>Back to Top London Club Issues Warning on Nickel Ore Liquefaction Problem The London P&I Club says it is continuing to receive reports of severe stability problems involving liquefaction of nickel ore cargoes from Indonesia and the Philippines Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.