MarEx Newsletter - January 24, 2008

January 24, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 4 In this issue: A Leap of Faith: MMA Trolls for Training Ship Money Piracy Incidents Rose 10% in 2007 MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to MarEx Articles and Industry Events Ice Prince Update This Week's Feature Print Article: MarEx Examines New Coast Guard NMC MSC Napoli: A Year Later Lexington Institute Issues Comprehensive Report on Maritime Security Philippines Hopes to Become Main Source of Maritime Officers for World 4th Annual Marine Money Gulf Ship Finance Conference AAPA: Proposed Rule Change Would Hurt U.S. Cruise Vacationers, Ports & Cities Latest News From SES Buoyant Shipping Markets Will Be Better for Credit Squeeze REC Toledo and REC St. Louis to Transition to NMC RINA Helps Owners Go Beyond Rules Two Job Vacancy Announcements A Leap of Faith: MMA Trolls for Training Ship Money Mass. Maritime President RADM Rick Gurnon puts his unique spin on how cadets should be trained and pleads for additional berths on the T/S Enterprise. Read More>>>Back to Top Piracy Incidents Rose 10% in 2007 The Annual Report on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) states that piracy incidents increased by 10% compared to 2006 and grew more violent. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to MarEx Articles and Industry Events This week's letters involve responses to our opinion piece on the SCA/PASHA lawsuit, as well as the NTSB's report and findings on the Crown Princess grounding. Read More>>>Back to Top Ice Prince Update Latest information on the Greek-registered cargo vessel that sank last week. Read More>>>Back to Top This Week's Feature Print Article: MarEx Examines New Coast Guard NMC From our December 2007 Print Edition: U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center Centralizes and Relocates to West Virginia. Read More>>>Back to Top MSC Napoli: A Year Later Nearly a year after the MSC Napoli first ran into trouble, the first phase of removing its stern has been completed. Read More>>>Back to Top Lexington Institute Issues Comprehensive Report on Maritime Security January 2008 document looks at the broad issue of maritime security in international waters. Read More>>>Back to Top Philippines Hopes to Become Main Source of Maritime Officers for World Already the self-proclaimed "number 1 maritime manpower source of the world," the Southeast Asian nation has recently put into place measures that it hopes will make the country "the main source of quality managers and officers for the world shipping fleets starting this year, 2008." Read More>>>Back to Top 4th Annual Marine Money Gulf Ship Finance Conference The conference will be held on Wednesday, 5th March 2008, Grand Hyatt -- Dubai. Read More>>>Back to Top AAPA: Proposed Rule Change Would Hurt U.S. Cruise Vacationers, Ports & Cities AAPA comments and voices opposition to new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) proposed cruise ship rules. Read More>>>Back to Top Latest News From SES A trio of press releases from SEACOR Environmental Services. Read More>>>Back to Top Buoyant Shipping Markets Will Be Better for Credit Squeeze Shipping markets are likely to bring continuing rewards for prudent investors in 2008, on the back of record earnings and asset values and a continuing high in the world economy. Read More>>>Back to Top REC Toledo and REC St. Louis to Transition to NMC U.S. Coast Guard continues transition of all REC's to the National Maritime Center; all 17 REC's will have transitioned by the end of the year. Read More>>>Back to Top RINA Helps Owners Go Beyond Rules ITALY-based classification-society RINA has met shipowners' needs to demonstrate that their vessels exceed basic regulatory requirements by providing three new Additional Class Notations. Read More>>>Back to Top Two Job Vacancy Announcements Patriot Contract Services, LLC is currently accepting resumes for Second Mate and Third Mate positions on the "USNS HAYES" and the "USNS WATERS;" the U.S. Coast Guard NMC is seeking applicants to fill its Deputy Director position. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.