MarEx Newsletter - April 10 2008

April 10, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 15 In this issue: Off the Clock but Still Plugged In: Part Deux Hearings on San Francisco Oil Spill MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial and More! Carnival to Pay Millions to Customers over Fuel Surcharge NATIONAL MARITIME DAY DOJ Press Release: Ship Operator Pleads Guilty to Concealing Vessel Pollution Featured MarEx Print Article: Off the Clock but Still Plugged In Stranded Seamen Claim $102,000 in Unpaid Wages Papahanaumokuakea MNM Designated Particularly Sensitive Sea Area QE2 Last Trip Through Panama Canal Rate Increase for Boston Pilots Inching Closer in the Face of Stiff Headwinds from Special Interests INTERTANKO welcomes IMO's revisions to MARPOL Annex VI IAPH Tool Box for Port Clean Air Programs launched IMO Backing Antarctic Ship Review Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee has Vacancies Off the Clock but Still Plugged In: Part Deux Maritime commerce, tourism and life itself coexisting in paradise Read More>>>Back to Top Hearings on San Francisco Oil Spill NTSB releases thousands of pages of evidence and a judge unseals court documents about the COSCO BUSAN and Pilot Cota's actions. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial and More! MarEx readers weigh in on a host of subjects from pilots, allisions and on to maritime training... Read More>>>Back to Top Carnival to Pay Millions to Customers over Fuel Surcharge In November 2007, Carnival imposed a $5 per person fuel surcharge for its North American cruises, claiming a 140 percent increase in fuel prices. Read More>>>Back to Top NATIONAL MARITIME DAY May 22nd is National Maritime Day, first declared so by Congress in 1933. Read More>>>Back to Top DOJ Press Release: Ship Operator Pleads Guilty to Concealing Vessel Pollution Operator and manager of approximately ten ships that regularly carry goods between Asia and ports in the United States pleads guilty and is sentenced to Pay $1.7 million criminal fine Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Off the Clock but Still Plugged In This week's archived print article deliberately and neatly coincides with this week's editorial from Bonaire, NA. And why not? Both involve "green marine" and the ability of societies to allow commerce, tourism and daily life to coexist. Read More>>>Back to Top Stranded Seamen Claim $102,000 in Unpaid Wages Stranded onboard the M/V Lady Belinda since January, the crew is finally paid. Read More>>>Back to Top Papahanaumokuakea MNM Designated Particularly Sensitive Sea Area Department of commerce (NOAA press release highlights news that Northwestern Hawaiian Islands encompassed by the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument will receive additional protection under a new internationally recognized designation announced today by NOAA. Read More>>>Back to Top QE2 Last Trip Through Panama Canal The Queen Elizabeth II, a ship with 40 years of history, passed through the Panama Canal yesterday for the last time. Read More>>>Back to Top Rate Increase for Boston Pilots Inching Closer in the Face of Stiff Headwinds from Special Interests S515 comes of out committee clean but Senate Republican determined to derail first raise for Boston Pilots in ten years Read More>>>Back to Top INTERTANKO welcomes IMO's revisions to MARPOL Annex VI INTERTANKO welcomes package and expresses satisfaction that goals set by INTERTANKO's Council have been fully achieved Read More>>>Back to Top IAPH Tool Box for Port Clean Air Programs launched The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has launched a web-based guideline and reference, titled "IAPH Tool Box for Port Clean Air Programs". It is made freely available to both its member ports and non-member ports on the IAPH website Read More>>>Back to Top IMO Backing Antarctic Ship Review The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has invited nations to submit proposals to limit shipping's impact on Antarctica's environment. Read More>>>Back to Top Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee has Vacancies DHS Federal Register entry (Volume 73, Number 68) announces MERPAC Committee vacancies, seeks applications and details how qualified candidates can apply Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.