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.