MarEx Newsletter - April 17 2008

April 17, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 16 In this issue: One if by Land; Two if by Sea: The Massachusetts Legislature Heeds an Important Warning April Print Issue of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is on the Street! French Forces Capture Somalia Pirates Siba Ships Appoints Female Master to Largest Livestock Carrier Ship Attacks in the South China Sea Marine Fuel Will Become Better - GL Customers Discuss MEPC Decisions New Maritime Executive Website MITAGS to Host Gas Technology Institute's LNG Course Coast Guard Briefs: Focus on Licensing and Documentation Job Openings: MITAGS and MARAD MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial – and More HORIZON LINES Chairman & CEO Unveils Road Map for U.S. Marine Highway at MARAD Conference Featured MarEx Print Article: The Time for Short Sea Shipping is Now Cargo Container Security: According to ABI Research, It's Not ''One Size Fits All'' Cummings Convenes Hearing on Inspector General's Report Concerning COSCO BUSAN One if by Land; Two if by Sea: The Massachusetts Legislature Heeds an Important Warning Bay State legislators reportedly hear the call to ramp up pilot and marine safety in Boston Harbor while slamming the door shut on special interests Read More>>>Back to Top April Print Issue of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is on the Street! On this month's cover: Electronic Power Design, Inc. (EPD), its dynamic executive management team and much, much more… Read More>>>Back to Top French Forces Capture Somalia Pirates French raid gets some pirates and half of paid ransom. Read More>>>Back to Top Siba Ships Appoints Female Master to Largest Livestock Carrier SIBA Ships has appointed Laura Pinasco as master of the world's largest livestock carrier, MV Stella Deneb. It is Captain Pinasco's first voyage as master and also the first time a female master has been appointed to a livestock carrier of this size and trade. Read More>>>Back to Top Ship Attacks in the South China Sea Product tanker and bulk carrier attacked by pirates. Read More>>>Back to Top Marine Fuel Will Become Better - GL Customers Discuss MEPC Decisions At the GL First Class Exchange Forum, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) discussed current developments with more than 60 interested customers Read More>>>Back to Top New Maritime Executive Website The new Maritime Executive website is now available for viewing. Read More>>>Back to Top MITAGS to Host Gas Technology Institute's LNG Course Gas Technology Institute's course "Fundamentals of Baseload LNG: Markets, Technology, Economics" to be held at MITAGS during the week of May 5-9, 2008. The program is designed for those new to the LNG industry and includes discussion of markets and supply sources, contracts, pricing, liquefaction and regasification technology, shipping, project economics and financing. Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard Briefs: Focus on Licensing and Documentation NMC institutes 90-day time frame for awaiting information from mariners & Information Bulletin updates mariners and their employers on the NMC Restructuring and Centralization project Read More>>>Back to Top Job Openings: MITAGS and MARAD MITAGS seeks head of Chief Mate/Master Program and MARAD seeks Director for Miami Office Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial – and More A MarEx reader weighed in on our 10 April editorial entitled, "Off the Clock but Still Plugged In: Part Deux," and another continues the discussion of the COSCO BUSAN. Read More>>>Back to Top HORIZON LINES Chairman & CEO Unveils Road Map for U.S. Marine Highway at MARAD Conference Chuck Raymond calls for establishment of a National Port Development Plan Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: The Time for Short Sea Shipping is Now This week's archived print article deliberately coincides with the announcement that Horizon Lines CEO Chuck Raymond is calling for the establishment of a National Port Development Plan while unveiling his roadmap for the U.S. Marine Highway. Read More>>>Back to Top Cargo Container Security: According to ABI Research, It's Not ''One Size Fits All'' Research study says "combinations of the three available tracking technologies, rather than any one in isolation, promise the maximum value for investment." Read More>>>Back to Top Cummings Convenes Hearing on Inspector General's Report Concerning COSCO BUSAN Congressman Elijah E. Cummings convened the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation (April 10) to receive a report developed by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on the circumstances surrounding the allision of the COSCO BUSAN with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on November 7, 2007. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.