MarEx Newsletter - February 8, 2008

February 8, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 6 In this issue: The Small Boat Threat: No Easy Answers Coast Guard Releases 2008 Posture Statement and Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request Featured MarEx Print Article: When Things Go Terribly Wrong UK Vessel Incidents MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial Triton 11 Crew Jobs Reinstated Finished With Engines: A Small Victory for Long Island Sound Pilots Changes to UK Tonnage Tax Unwelcome for Some Owners Inaugural Indian Ocean Naval Symposium to Be Held Seamanship Trophy Recognizes Rescue in Stormy Ocean DOT Budget Stresses Congestion Relief -- Maritime Component May Be Key Multraship Refloats Bulk Carrier off Denmark KP Chesapeake Maritime Dinner Program New Online Quarterly Magazine: Safe Voyage Magazine Future Events at MITAGS/CCMIT The Small Boat Threat: No Easy Answers As the Coast Guard begins to close in on solving the problem of tracking all domestic marine traffic, the calls for exemptions are flooding in. Authorities are now left to decide where to draw the line. Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard Releases 2008 Posture Statement and Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request DHS' most visible department pursues adequate funding for its complex, multi-missioned duties. Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: When Things Go Terribly Wrong An article addressing the difference between life and death for marine pilots. Read More>>>Back to Top UK Vessel Incidents Three different vessels ran into trouble recently in the United Kingdom; the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch also issued the report on its investigation of the Young Lady, which dragged its anchor and dislodged a natural gas pipeline in June of last year. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial MarEx readers weigh in on our January 31 editorial entitled, "LNG Security: A Day Late and a Dollar Short." Read More>>>Back to Top Triton 11 Crew Jobs Reinstated Eleven members of the Maritime Union of Australia, who were recently "sacked" by Gardline Australia Pty Ltd and refused to leave the vessel Triton, were recently given back their jobs. Read More>>>Back to Top Finished With Engines: A Small Victory for Long Island Sound Pilots First rate increase in twenty-five years enacted for MOA LIS pilots as Connecticut approves rate increase, following New York legislature's passage of rate bill. Read More>>>Back to Top Changes to UK Tonnage Tax Unwelcome for Some Owners Leading shipping accountant Moore Stephens has warned that new European Commission requirements will lead to unwelcome changes to the UK tonnage tax regime from April 2008. Read More>>>Back to Top Inaugural Indian Ocean Naval Symposium to Be Held The symposium, which seeks to provide a forum where the "'Chiefs-of-Navy' of all the littoral states of the IOR [Indian Ocean Region] can periodically meet to constructively engage one another through the creation and promotion of regionally relevant mechanisms, events, and activities," will occur February 13-18, 2008. Read More>>>Back to Top Seamanship Trophy Recognizes Rescue in Stormy Ocean The captain and crew of a U.S.-flag merchant vessel received the American Merchant Marine Seamanship Trophy for their skillful action in rescuing two mariners from stormy seas. Read More>>>Back to Top DOT Budget Stresses Congestion Relief -- Maritime Component May Be Key As much as 75% of DOT discretionary funds to be focused on "reducing congestion;" another $300,000 in MARAD budget slated for "Marine Highway Project." Read More>>>Back to Top Multraship Refloats Bulk Carrier off Denmark Leading salvage and towage company Multraship has successfully refloated the 74,403 dwt bulk carrier Trans Pacific east of the island of Samso in the Danish Great Belt. The 2004-built vessel was carrying a cargo of 68,978 tons of potash when it grounded on sand and gravel on January 27. Read More>>>Back to Top KP Chesapeake Maritime Dinner Program A Joint Program presented by The USMMA-AF Chesapeake Chapter & The Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers- Chesapeake Section on March 19, 2008. Read More>>>Back to Top New Online Quarterly Magazine: Safe Voyage Magazine New, free online magazine publishes its premier edition. Read More>>>Back to Top Future Events at MITAGS/CCMIT The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP), a Joint Program presentation from USMMA-AF Chesapeake Chapter and The Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, and USMMA-AF Chesapeake Chapter - presents Champagne Jazz Brunch. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.