MarEx Newsletter - March 27, 2008

March 27, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 13 In this issue: Uncharted Waters: Criminalizing the Cosco Busan Incident Motor Vessel Global Patriot Fires Warning Shots at Small Boat MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's e-News Featured MarEx Archive PRINT Article: Maritime Security -- Simply Doing more With Less No Sign of Life on Sunken Tug Shipping Expects Finance Costs to Rise Over Next Twelve Months What the Coast Guard NMC Won't Tell You Marine Pilot Update: Boston & the Great Lakes Energy Crisis or Political Crisis? Seaway Opening Heralds 50th Navigation Season Adonis Sells for More Than $1 Million Ship Operations Cooperative Program to meet at MITAGS/CCMIT Securing the High Seas: America's Global Maritime Constabulary Power An LNG Terminal Siting Standards Organization White Paper IBIA Plans to Establish Professional Bunkering Qualifications Uncharted Waters: Criminalizing the Cosco Busan Incident John Cota's fate is only one part of a much bigger picture Read More>>>Back to Top Motor Vessel Global Patriot Fires Warning Shots at Small Boat US Navy initially says all shots were accounted for as they entered the water and no casualties reported, but later expresses regret for the death of an Egyptian citizen who died Monday night, an apparent result from warning shots Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's e-News MarEx readers weighed in on our editorial for last week's e-newsletter, entitled, "Drilling or Taxes: Energy Decisions Have Never Been More Important" Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Archive PRINT Article: Maritime Security -- Simply Doing more With Less It turns out that the Coast Guard is NOT the only outfit that can do more with less. Read More>>>Back to Top No Sign of Life on Sunken Tug Chinese freighter collides with tug trapping 18 sailors. Read More>>>Back to Top Shipping Expects Finance Costs to Rise Over Next Twelve Months Shipping Confidence Survey by Moore Stephens has revealed that a majority of shipping interests expect ship finance costs to rise over the next twelve months. Read More>>>Back to Top What the Coast Guard NMC Won't Tell You Part V -- the final segment of this series: An insider's view of the Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's Licensing and Documentation program -- by Andy Hammond Read More>>>Back to Top Marine Pilot Update: Boston & the Great Lakes Legislative developments in the Bay State and interim rule on Great Lakes pilot rates now in effect Read More>>>Back to Top Energy Crisis or Political Crisis? Spiro Vassilopoulos weighs in on our editorial from last week entitled, "Drilling or Taxes: Energy Decisions Have Never Been More Important" Read More>>>Back to Top Seaway Opening Heralds 50th Navigation Season The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) celebrated the opening of its 50th navigation season on March 26th at the St. Lambert Lock. Read More>>>Back to Top Adonis Sells for More Than $1 Million Obsolete Ship in MARAD's Beaumont Reserve Fleet Brings Best Price in Recent History 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 Securing the High Seas: America's Global Maritime Constabulary Power Third in a series of reports on maritime security prepared by The Heritage Foundation's Maritime Security Working Group. This report makes the case that the United States, with its regional allies, must develop the capacity to exercise "global maritime constabulary power." Read More>>>Back to Top An LNG Terminal Siting Standards Organization White Paper 2008 March 26: LNG safety & need: NEPA & states trump FERC Read More>>>Back to Top IBIA Plans to Establish Professional Bunkering Qualifications International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) commissions independent study into feasibility of instigating professional qualifications for the global bunkering industry workforce. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.

MarEx Newsletter - March 20 2008

March 20, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 12 In this issue: Drilling or Taxes: Energy Decisions Have Never Been More Important Turkish and Greek Ships Collide Featured MarEx Archive PRINT Article: ANWR -- On Hold but not Forgotten MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's e-News Ship Pilot Charged in San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Case Everything You Need to Know About TWIC: Training DVD Review UN Launches a Medical Guide for Ships Ship Operations Cooperative Program to meet at MITAGS/CCMIT Seven Foreign Ships Under Detention in the UK During January U.S. Attorney: Five Intoxicated Crew Members Arrested Coast Guard Growing Pains: What to Do in the Interim GASTECH 2008 -- A Runaway Success! What the Coast Guard NMC Won't Tell You Panama Canal Authority Begins Countdown to Pacific Entrance Dredging for Expansion Drilling or Taxes: Energy Decisions Have Never Been More Important Energy-thirsty Americans must decide what path to go down in the face of $100 oil Read More>>>Back to Top Turkish and Greek Ships Collide A Turkish sailor has died and five others are missing after two ships collided in the Aegean Sea near the Greek island of Hydra. Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Archive PRINT Article: ANWR -- On Hold but not Forgotten This week's featured article is taken from our third quarter 2006 edition. The article, entitled, "ANWR: On Hold but not Forgotten," details the failure of the pro-drilling lobby to gain access to billions of barrels of proven reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. As the price of crude oil hits and exceeds $100, MarEx readers may find this to be of interest. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's e-News MarEx readers weighed in on our piece for the last e-newsletter, entitled, "Mind the Gap: STCW Compliance Update, Senior Citizen Version" and other articles Read More>>>Back to Top Ship Pilot Charged in San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Case March 17th DOJ press release alleges that on Nov. 7, 2007, John Cota negligently caused the discharge of approximately 58,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil from the Cosco Busan in violation of the Clean Water Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Read More>>>Back to Top Everything You Need to Know About TWIC: Training DVD Review MarEx reviews and evaluates a new training resource for employers and their employees; Training DVD produced by TranSystems and Moxie Media Read More>>>Back to Top UN Launches a Medical Guide for Ships Third Edition of ship's medical guide released by United Nations 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 Seven Foreign Ships Under Detention in the UK During January The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announces that 5 foreign ships were under detention in UK ports during January 2008 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Attorney: Five Intoxicated Crew Members Arrested U.S. Attorney announces Master and four crew members arrested in connection with the improper operation of the M/V Ocean Victory, a Maltese-flagged 328-foot dry bulk carrier, because the helm was not properly manned due to the intoxication of several crew members Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard Growing Pains: What to Do in the Interim Kevin P. Gilheany has advice for maritime industry managers and some practices that they can implement in the interim to ensure a smooth and effective operation Read More>>>Back to Top GASTECH 2008 -- A Runaway Success! March 18th 2008: Gastech 2008, the 23rd International Conference & Exhibition for the LNG, LPG and Natural Gas Industries, hosted by the PTT Group and held 10-13 March in Bangkok, Thailand, proved to be a truly record breaking event; 11,526 from well over 50 countries attended the four-day event. Read More>>>Back to Top What the Coast Guard NMC Won't Tell You Part IV of a continuing series: An insider's view of the Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's Licensing and Documentation program -- by Andy Hammond Read More>>>Back to Top Panama Canal Authority Begins Countdown to Pacific Entrance Dredging for Expansion ACP Receives proposals from interested bidders for an opportunity to dredge the Expansion Program's Pacific entrance. Navigation channels to be widened and deepened. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.

MarEx Newsletter - March 6th, 2008

March 6, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 10 In this issue: Doing More With Less: No Longer an Option for the Coast Guard February Edition of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is on the street! MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial Ship Operations Cooperative Program to meet at MITAGS/CCMIT Chief Engineer Pleads Guilty Featured MarEx Print Article: Retirement Planning in Restricted Waters Turks say Fraud is Involved with Missing Vessel and Crew World's Most Mature Cadet Qualifies for Sea Duty Commandant's Expectations for Interactions with Maritime Industry released Firms Accuse the Other for Korean Oil Spill Cosco Busan Owner to Pay $2 million National Waterways Foundation Releases New Study Comparing U.S. Freight Transportation Modes What the Coast Guard NMC Won't Tell You "ALAKAI" Awarded Engineering Project of the Year Global Supply Chain Presents Opportunities and Perils Doing More With Less: No Longer an Option for the Coast Guard U.S. Coast Guard Commandant ADM Thad Allen pledges to get the job done but says the days of operating in an underfunded environment must come to an end 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 MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial MarEx readers weigh in on our February 28th editorial entitled, "You Bet I'm Going Back to Sea" 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 Chief Engineer Pleads Guilty Engineer dumped bilge for ten years Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Retirement Planning in Restricted Waters An article, written by W. Richard Webster, addresses the proper way for a maritime executive to adequately prepare for his or her retirement Read More>>>Back to Top Turks say Fraud is Involved with Missing Vessel and Crew No clue of whereabouts of 25 Indian crewmen and vessel carrying $3 million steel billets Read More>>>Back to Top World's Most Mature Cadet Qualifies for Sea Duty Ex-fireman cadet Peter Sommerfield has recently qualified as a certificated watchkeeping officer at the age of 45 years, completing his cadetship and qualified for his STCW II/I certificate Read More>>>Back to Top Commandant's Expectations for Interactions with Maritime Industry released Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen says mariners and maritime organizations to be treated with respect and professionalism Read More>>>Back to Top Firms Accuse the Other for Korean Oil Spill Lawyers from rival companies blame the other for South Korea's worst oil spill. Read More>>>Back to Top Cosco Busan Owner to Pay $2 million An initial payment to cover up clean cost is agreed upon. Read More>>>Back to Top National Waterways Foundation Releases New Study Comparing U.S. Freight Transportation Modes Study conducted over more than one year, reports on the environmental, selected societal, and safety impacts of utilizing inland river barge transportation and compares these impacts to highway and rail transportation; costs of the study with the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd). Read More>>>Back to Top What the Coast Guard NMC Won't Tell You Part II of a continuing series: An insider's view of the Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's Licensing and Documentation program -- by Andy Hammond Read More>>>Back to Top "ALAKAI" Awarded Engineering Project of the Year Award based on Outstanding Achievements in Engineering Read More>>>Back to Top Global Supply Chain Presents Opportunities and Perils New Report Examines the Importance of Hardening the Supply Chain to Strengthening America's Resilience Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.