MarEx Newsletter - April 3 2008

April 3, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 14 In this issue: Spelling Out the Maritime Manpower Solution: S.O.C.P. Global Patriot Fatal Shooting Outrages Egypt The Future National Maritime Center: What That Means to You MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial Featured MarEx Print Article: PMI's Workboat Mate (500/1,600 Tons) Program Superior Offshore's Troubles Continue Nightmare for Canadian Coast Guard: Seal Hunts and Rescues New Resources for Bridge Resource Management Announced Foss Maritime Sells Selected Assets to Tidewater Fishermen Claim Alaska Ranger Not Safe AK House Resolution Asks Governor to Work on In-State Gas Line, Add to Special Session NJ Delaware Bay LNG Project Denied by Supreme Court Retail Container Traffic Building But Still Below Last Year Surveyor Liable Despite Properly Performing Contractual Duty Crewmembers Recovered from Sunken Tug Spelling Out the Maritime Manpower Solution: S.O.C.P. Passion, power and persistence come together as educators, industry and Washington players all unite to map out the answers to today's mariner shortage Read More>>>Back to Top Global Patriot Fatal Shooting Outrages Egypt Bush apologizes for fatal shooting as Egyptian foreign minister calls the incident "unacceptable." Read More>>>Back to Top The Future National Maritime Center: What That Means to You U.S. Coast Guard's Captain David Stalfort describes the future of the National Maritime Center and the credential transactions they will oversee. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial MarEx readers weighed in on our 21 February editorial entitled, "Uncharted Waters: Criminalizing the COSCO BUSAN allision" Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: PMI's Workboat Mate (500/1,600 Tons) Program This week's archived print article deliberately coincides with this week's SOCP Seminar in support of MARITIME and INTERMODAL EDUCATION for PRIMARY and SECONDARY SCHOOLS in AMERICA. Read More>>>Back to Top Superior Offshore's Troubles Continue Superior Offshore International Notifies SEC of Delay in Filing its 2007 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results---PRNewswire--FirstCall Read More>>>Back to Top Nightmare for Canadian Coast Guard: Seal Hunts and Rescues Annual seal hunt turns into a nightmare for the Canadian Coast Guard while rescue at sea turns into tragedy. Read More>>>Back to Top New Resources for Bridge Resource Management Announced The Nautical Institute's Northeast Coast USA Branch, together with the USMMA, will hold a seminar on May 14 2008 addressing the use and training requirements for the use of new technology on the bridge of today's Merchant Vessels with an emphasis on Bridge Resource Management (BRM). Read More>>>Back to Top Foss Maritime Sells Selected Assets to Tidewater Foss to concentrate its efforts strategically, focusing on ship assist, ocean towing and special projects Read More>>>Back to Top Fishermen Claim Alaska Ranger Not Safe Owner says they are proud of their vessels, crew and safety programs. Read More>>>Back to Top AK House Resolution Asks Governor to Work on In-State Gas Line, Add to Special Session Resolution keeps alive the slim hope of a Valdez spurline and maritime component of the domestic and export transportation equation. Read More>>>Back to Top NJ Delaware Bay LNG Project Denied by Supreme Court Ruling affirms the now familiar tenet that "With LNG, all politics are local." Read More>>>Back to Top Retail Container Traffic Building But Still Below Last Year Traffic at the nation's major retail container ports is starting to build back up again after its traditional winter lull, but will still show weak increases or fall below last year's levels over the next several months, according to the monthly Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Global Insight. Read More>>>Back to Top Surveyor Liable Despite Properly Performing Contractual Duty A CASE recently reported by the Transport Intermediaries Club illustrates how a marine surveyor can be held liable for substantial damages even when properly performing his contractual duties. Read More>>>Back to Top Crewmembers Recovered from Sunken Tug Two recovered from Ukranian tug that collided with freighter near Hong Kong. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.