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.