MarEx Newsletter - November 8, 2007

November 8, 2007 | Vol. 5, No. 45 In this issue: Masters, Mates & Pilots International President Timothy Brown Responds to MarEx Article Two Coasts -- Two Allisions Hawaii to Allow Superferry to Operate While EIS Conducted Superior Energies, Inc. Owner Dies Crossroads at USCG: Reader Response Gives Rare Look From the Inside U.S. Navy Involvement Increases as Somali Hijackings Rise Marine Money Conferences: Ship Finance Opportunities U.S. Senate Panel Supports UNCLOS U.S. Coast Guard Issues Notice Regarding Mandatory STCW / ISPS Requirements Drunk Captain Sentenced to Year in Prison BOURBON Quarterly Financial Results INTERTANKO Introduces Real-Time Port/Terminal Information for Tanker Operators U.S. Homeland Security Bill -- What is the Reality for Trade? AAPA Applauds Congressional Override of WRDA Veto ITIC Helps Avoid Attempted Crew Scam Masters, Mates & Pilots International President Timothy Brown Responds to MarEx Article (Captain) Brown provides amplification of MM&P positions that advocates a marine inspection program akin to those that have operated successfully for years in most maritime nations. Read More>>>Back to Top Two Coasts -- Two Allisions In a span of four days, a tanker struck and damaged the Ambrose Light Station on the East Coast and a container ship struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge on the West Coast; investigations into both incidents are ongoing. Read More>>>Back to Top Hawaii to Allow Superferry to Operate While EIS Conducted But even as Governor Lingle signs the bill into law that outline operating conditions and caveats, local courts still have the brakes firmly applied on the embattled Superferry service. Read More>>>Back to Top Superior Energies, Inc. Owner Dies James A. Scott, was also known as "Jimbo," 60 of Pleasure Island, TX died Saturday, November 3, 2007. Read More>>>Back to Top Crossroads at USCG: Reader Response Gives Rare Look From the Inside Letters to the MarEx Editor from well-placed sources peel back the veneer of what is really wrong in Marine Safety Department and suggest solutions. Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Navy Involvement Increases as Somali Hijackings Rise The Navy has stepped in to aid at least three hijacked vessels in Somali waters in the last few weeks; almost three times the total number of hijackings reported in Somalia for all of 2006 have already occurred this year. Read More>>>Back to Top Marine Money Conferences: Ship Finance Opportunities Information on the conference in Miami on November 15 and the conference in Italy on November 27. Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Senate Panel Supports UNCLOS The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee recently voted 17-4 to back the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Treaty, which governs the world's oceans and oceanic resources; UNCLOS now must be approved in the full Senate by two-thirds vote to be finalized. Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Coast Guard Issues Notice Regarding Mandatory STCW / ISPS Requirements Shipowners and mariners alike need to be up to date on their SSO training and be able to document same. Read More>>>Back to Top Drunk Captain Sentenced to Year in Prison The Polish captain of the ship that crashed into a North Sea gas platform has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for being drunk in charge of a cargo vessel. Read More>>>Back to Top BOURBON Quarterly Financial Results 3rd quarter 2007 revenues up 35% (+ 43.2 % at constant exchange rates) over the 3rd quarter of 2006 Read More>>>Back to Top INTERTANKO Introduces Real-Time Port/Terminal Information for Tanker Operators INTERTANKO (The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners) members have access to near real-time information about the terminals their ships plan to visit. Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Homeland Security Bill -- What is the Reality for Trade? Tom Collins, Vice President, Import Compliance for JPMorgan Global Trade Services weighs in on the Homeland Security Bill (HR 1). Read More>>>Back to Top AAPA Applauds Congressional Override of WRDA Veto Passage of long-delayed bill will begin the process of addressing America's water resources infrastructure needs and 7-year backlog in crucial civil works projects. Read More>>>Back to Top ITIC Helps Avoid Attempted Crew Scam An apparent attempt by an individual to gain illegal entry into the UK by using the services of a ship agent has been uncovered. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.