MarEx Newsletter - February 28, 2008

February 28, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 9 In this issue: You Bet I'm Going Back to Sea February Edition of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is on the street! Supreme Court Reviews Exxon Valdez Case Featured MarEx Print Article: Big Things on the Horizon Japanese Aegis Destroyer Spotted Fishing Boat before Accident MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial Ship Operations Cooperative Program to meet at MITAGS/CCMIT Turks Call off Search for Crew and Missing Ship MARAD Administrator's Statement on MARAD FY-09 Budget Request The Case of The Fall From Grace: Examination of a Lifeboat Accident Cummings: We Must Expand the U.S. Coast Guard IMO Endorses Fair Treatment of Seafarers Poster Campaign What the Coast Guard NMC Won't Tell You North Koreans Detain Russian Vessel Unified Command and Joint Information Center Operations in the U.S. and How it Affects You... You Bet I'm Going Back to Sea MarEx Managing Editor will embark on a course to upgrade his "continuity only" license to full STCW compliance; MarEx readers encouraged to come along for the ride Read More>>>Back to Top February Edition of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is on the street! Latest print edition of this respected Maritime Business Journal is now in distribution Read More>>>Back to Top Supreme Court Reviews Exxon Valdez Case High court hears case against Exxon in the largest punitive damages case ever to be heard by an appeals court Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Big Things on the Horizon This week's archived print article addresses America's Marine Highway, how Shortsea Shipping can be achieved and Chuck Raymond of Horizon Lines weighs in on the implications that effort Read More>>>Back to Top Japanese Aegis Destroyer Spotted Fishing Boat before Accident Defense Minister says it had to confirm information and there was no attempt to conceal truth. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial MarEx readers fail to weigh in on our 21 February editorial entitled, "Balkanizing the Regulatory Process: Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen." Other articles receive attention, however Read More>>>Back to Top Ship Operations Cooperative Program to meet at MITAGS/CCMIT Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) Sponsored Conference in support of MARITIME and INTERMODAL EDUCATION for PRIMARY and SECONDARY SCHOOLS in AMERICA to meet at MITAGS on 1-2 April 2008 Read More>>>Back to Top Turks Call off Search for Crew and Missing Ship Turkish maritime authorities say there is no hope of finding 25 sailors and the missing cargo ship. Read More>>>Back to Top MARAD Administrator's Statement on MARAD FY-09 Budget Request Sean Connaughton's statement before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure outlines MARAD's budget request for fiscal year 2009 Read More>>>Back to Top The Case of The Fall From Grace: Examination of a Lifeboat Accident As the International Maritime Organisation's subcommittee on ship design and engineering meets this week to discuss how to stem the high number of deaths of seafarers during lifeboat drills Maritime Accident Casebook broadcasts its third examination of a lifeboat accident, The Case Of The Fall From Grace. Read More>>>Back to Top Cummings: We Must Expand the U.S. Coast Guard Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, releases statement regarding Subcommittee hearing on the FY2009 Coast Guard Budget Read More>>>Back to Top IMO Endorses Fair Treatment of Seafarers Poster Campaign Joint campaign by International Shipping Federation (ISF), International Chamber of shipping (ICS) and International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) to promote the IMO/ILO Guidelines on Fair Treatment of Seafarers in the event of a Maritime Accident is endorsed by IMO Secretary-General. Campaign intended to encourage promotion of Guidelines and monitor effective implementation. Read More>>>Back to Top What the Coast Guard NMC Won't Tell You An Insider's view of the Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's Licensing and Documentation program--by Andy Hammond Read More>>>Back to Top North Koreans Detain Russian Vessel North Korean coast guard vessels boarded a Russian cargo ship in the Sea of Japan and then escorted it to a North Korean port. Read More>>>Back to Top Unified Command and Joint Information Center Operations in the U.S. and How it Affects You... Recent maritime incidents stretching from the east coast to the west coast reinforce the need for a rapid and professional media response from ship owners and managers Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.