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.