MarEx Newsletter - January 10, 2008

January 10, 2007 | Vol. 6, No. 2 In this issue: Federal Lawsuit Challenging Legality of Rebuilt Matson Ship Stirs Up Jones Act Arguments Anew Top Ten MarEx E-News Articles in 2007: A Recap of the Past Twelve Months South Korea to Ban Single-Hulled Tankers MarEx Newsletter Introduces New Feature for 2008: Archived Print Articles Iranian Boats "Maneuver Aggressively" Close to U.S. Navy Vessels World's Largest Container Carrier to Slice Workforce U.S. Air Force Rescues Stranded British Fishing Vessel American Maritime Safety (AMS) Files Amicus Curiae ("Friend of the Court") Brief in the United States Supreme Court QE2 Begins Final World Trip NTSB Meeting Today on Cruise Ship Accident Mr. John Fredriksen Named Connecticut Maritime Association 2008 Commodore Seeking Marine Pilot Trainee Candidates Retail Container Traffic Ends Four-Month Slump Maritime Dinner Program Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) Federal Lawsuit Challenging Legality of Rebuilt Matson Ship Stirs Up Jones Act Arguments Anew When it comes to the cabotage laws, there's rarely any middle ground that both sides can agree on, but the latest case initiated by SCA and Pasha may well be the defining moment for U.S. shipyards and the Jones Act itself. Read More>>>Back to Top Top Ten MarEx E-News Articles in 2007: A Recap of the Past Twelve Months MarEx readers can revisit the top ten articles and stories, as chosen by our readers in 2007. Read More>>>Back to Top South Korea to Ban Single-Hulled Tankers As "massive clean-up efforts" of last month's "worst-ever oil spill" continue, the government has decided to ban single-hulled tankers starting in 2011, five years earlier than previously planned. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Newsletter Introduces New Feature for 2008: Archived Print Articles This and future MarEx e-newsletters to include links to previous, archived articles from our past print editions; this issue features an article from our September 2007 edition, entitled "Off the Clock But Still Plugged In." Read More>>>Back to Top Iranian Boats "Maneuver Aggressively" Close to U.S. Navy Vessels Five Iranian boats, suspected to be from the Islamic Republic of Iran Revolutionary Guard Navy (IRGCN), ". . . demonstrated irresponsible confrontational behavior" near three U.S. Navy ships, according to a U.S. Navy statement. Read More>>>Back to Top World's Largest Container Carrier to Slice Workforce Maersk Line to pare as many as 3,000 jobs from its global workforce of 25,000; effort aimed at driving turnaround of business and returning to what Maersk characterizes as "sustainable profitability." Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Air Force Rescues Stranded British Fishing Vessel In an 11-hour mission, a C-17 Globemaster III airdropped critical engine parts to the Argos Georgia, which had been frozen in the ice flow off the Ross Ice Shelf since Christmas Eve. Read More>>>Back to Top American Maritime Safety (AMS) Files Amicus Curiae ("Friend of the Court") Brief in the United States Supreme Court AMS brief in support of Exxon Mobil's argument before the Supreme Court that the $2.5 billion it was ordered to pay in punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez case - one of the largest awards ever against an American company - was in conflict with more than 200 years of maritime law. Read More>>>Back to Top QE2 Begins Final World Trip Cunard's famous cruise ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), began its last world voyage on January 7; she will be delivered to Dubai World to be refurbished as a five-star hotel in November. Read More>>>Back to Top NTSB Meeting Today on Cruise Ship Accident The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a public Board meeting Today, January 10, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. Read More>>>Back to Top Mr. John Fredriksen Named Connecticut Maritime Association 2008 Commodore Award to be presented March 19, 2008 at the conclusion of the CMA's Shipping 2008 Annual Conference and Exposition. Read More>>>Back to Top Seeking Marine Pilot Trainee Candidates The Southeast Alaska Pilots' Association, Ketchikan, Alaska, is seeking qualified candidates for prospective Southeast Alaska Marine Pilot Trainee positions. Read More>>>Back to Top Retail Container Traffic Ends Four-Month Slump Traffic at the nation's major retail container ports ended a four-month slump in December, rising above the previous year's level for the first time since mid-summer, according to the monthly Port Tracker report. Read More>>>Back to Top Maritime Dinner Program The Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Foundation has joined with the Northeast Coast Branch of the Nautical Institute for a special Maritime Dinner Program. Read More>>>Back to Top Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) Sponsored Conference in support of Maritime and Intermodal Education for Primary and Secondary Schools in America on April 1-3, 2008, hosted by MITAGS (www.mitags.org) in Linthicum, Maryland. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.