 In this issue: Alaska's Natural Gas Crisis: America Held Hostage by Big Oil Featured MarEx Print Article: Watching the Bottom Line Closely MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial U.S. Navy Fires at Somali hijackers of Russian ship NCL Pulls Second Ship From Hawaii Freefall Makes Merchant Ships Safer IBIA Campaigning Produces Results at IMO Marine Money, Hamburg, Germany February 28 Shell to Recruit U.S. Seafarers for International LNG Fleet for the First Time Vanuatu's Deputy Commissioner of Maritime Affairs Leads Safety Effort 2008 Rates for Pilotage on the Great Lakes Proposed Congressman Jim Oberstar to Receive Leadership Award Retail Container Traffic Ends Four-Month Slump Air Pollution 'Perfect Storm' Survey of Top 10 Ports Urges Action at National Level Commandant ADM Thad Allen Outlines Plans for Modernizing Coast Guard |  The means, money and the technology are all in plentiful supply as Alaska tries to bring stranded domestic energy to market Read More>>>Back to Top |  One company captures AIS signals in a unique and cutting edge fashion. Read More>>>Back to Top |  MarEx readers weigh in on our February 8 editorial entitled, "The Small Boat Threat: No Easy Answers" Read More>>>Back to Top |  Four Russian crew members, an Irish chief engineer and a British captain said to be aboard the "Svitzer Korsakov," an ice-class tug vessel, when it was seized February 4th as it was making its way to Russia's Pacific Coast. Read More>>>Back to Top |  For many maritime experts, the removal of the two cruise vessels from Hawaii means the U.S. flag cruise business is virtually dead in the water Read More>>>Back to Top |  Merchant ship crews will soon have higher safety levels when the new Schat-Harding FF750 lifeboat and davit enter service. Read More>>>Back to Top |  THE International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has reported a number of significant, positive developments for the bunker industry following the meeting in London last week of the IMO Bulk Liquids & Gases (BLG) subcommittee. Read More>>>Back to Top |  In one month, the largest ship finance event in Europe will take place in Hamburg, Germany. Read More>>>Back to Top |  MARAD's Administrator Sean Connaughton applauds Shell International's intent to begin recruiting U.S. seafarers for the first time Read More>>>Back to Top |  Republic of Vanuatu's Donald J. Sheetz, Deputy Commissioner of Maritime Affairs, has been charged by the Marine Accident Investigators International Forum (MAIIF) to collect information relative to confined space entry issues so that the information can be provided to the IMO in the hope that the Organization will consider the deaths and injuries significant enough to include confined space entry as an agenda item for FSI, perhaps DE, perhaps STW, MSC, MEPC and/or other sub-committees and committees. Read More>>>Back to Top |  DHS & Coast Guard announce notice of proposed rulemaking Read More>>>Back to Top |  7th Annual Waterways Council, Inc. Leadership Service Award goes to Minnesota Democrat for his steadfast commitment to the improvement of the Nation’s ports and commercial inland waterways system over his many years in Congress. Read More>>>Back to Top |  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 Read More>>>Back to Top |  Study ranks U.S. container ports among nation's biggest polluters, but movement to clean alternative fuels gains momentum. Goods movement at ports growing dramatically, air pollution should not. Read More>>>Back to Top |  Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen outlined his plans for reorganizing and modernizing the Coast Guard during a speech to a National Press Club luncheon on February 8th Read More>>>Back to Top | |
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