MarEx Newsletter - May 29 2008

May 29, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 22 In this issue: It's the Energy, Stupid. Featured MarEx Print Article: Kommer Damen Uniquely Manages "Risky Business" Jack Taylor is MMA's Maritime Person of the Year GulfMark Offshore and Rigdon Marine Announce Signing of Purchase Agreement Help Wanted: U.S. Maritime Industry St. Lawrence Seaway Releases Mixed Cargo Results for YTD 2008 Maritime Accident Casebook: The Case of the Bosun's Omen USCG Marine Safety Performance Plan Issued GAO Releases Report Outlining Challenges to Maritime & Supply Chain Security and Related Customs Issues U.S. Coast Guard to Host Northeastern Small Vessel Security Summit U.S. Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) Bahrain Issues Advisory on Warning and Exclusion Zones Hawaii Superferry Carries Record Loads Over Memorial Day Weekend Panama Canal Authority Releases Fiscal Year 2008 2Q Metrics Another Ship Hijacked by Somali Pirates Ships of Drinking Water Sent to Barcelona It's the Energy, Stupid. Managing Editor Joseph Keefe's Editorial, first published in our April 2007 print edition, is rebroadcast in its original form for MarEx readers. Not much has changed except, of course, the price of gasoline and crude oil. Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Kommer Damen Uniquely Manages "Risky Business" This week's archived print article deliberately precedes the soon-to-be released May/June print issue of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE. Our next issue places the bright spotlight on the world's shipbuilding and repair businesses, along with, of course, all of our usual features. This article, which first appeared in the April 2008 Maritime Executive edition, is entitled, Damen Shipyards: Uniquely Managing "Risky Business". Read More>>>Back to Top Jack Taylor is MMA's Maritime Person of the Year Maritime Person of the Year award presented to Mr. Jack Taylor (MMA '80), Deputy Commander of the US Military Sealift Command on National Maritime Day at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzard's Bay, MA. Read More>>>Back to Top GulfMark Offshore and Rigdon Marine Announce Signing of Purchase Agreement GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) today announced it had entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Rigdon Marine Corporation (RMC), a major operator of technologically advanced offshore supply vessels. Read More>>>Back to Top Help Wanted: U.S. Maritime Industry American Operators Report Trouble Finding Enough Qualified People Read More>>>Back to Top St. Lawrence Seaway Releases Mixed Cargo Results for YTD 2008 Results compare Montreal, Lake Ontario and Welland Canal numbers for year-to-date results 2008 and 2007; cargo figures show a 15 percent drop overall from last year. Read More>>>Back to Top Maritime Accident Casebook: The Case of the Bosun's Omen In its latest podcast, The Case Of The Bosun's Omen, Maritime Accident Casebook suggests that it is time to review how Safety Management Systems work, or don't. Read More>>>Back to Top USCG Marine Safety Performance Plan Issued Safety Plan – intended to establish measures of effectiveness and linkages among mission, strategic goals, objectives, and actual performance – is now available for comment. Read More>>>Back to Top GAO Releases Report Outlining Challenges to Maritime & Supply Chain Security and Related Customs Issues Report on supply chain security specifically looks at the Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) program and cites security gaps in supply chain. Purpose of the program, among other things, is to prevent terrorist from shipping WMD into the United States in cargo containers. Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Coast Guard to Host Northeastern Small Vessel Security Summit Free conference at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, MA is open to all small vessel stakeholders and is designed to allow attendees to discuss how to reduce risks and threats to smaller vessels on the water and to communicate security concerns in ports and along waterways of the northeast. Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) Bahrain Issues Advisory on Warning and Exclusion Zones May 19th Advisory: WARNING AND EXCLUSION ZONES AROUND THE KHAWR AL'AMAYA OIL TERMINAL (KAAOT) (29-46.8N 048-48.5E) AND THE AL BASRA OIL TERMINAL (ABOT) (29-40.8N 048-48.5E) Read More>>>Back to Top Hawaii Superferry Carries Record Loads Over Memorial Day Weekend More than 5,500 passengers and 1,500 vehicles travel between Maui and Oahu over four-day holiday period Read More>>>Back to Top Panama Canal Authority Releases Fiscal Year 2008 2Q Metrics Passenger, Dry Bulk Transits Up; Total Transits and Tonnage Decrease Slightly Read More>>>Back to Top Another Ship Hijacked by Somali Pirates Ship's owner trying to negotiate with pirates for release of nine crewmembers of captured freighter. Read More>>>Back to Top Ships of Drinking Water Sent to Barcelona Spain's port city on the Mediterranean suffering worst drought in 60 years, which is a public relations nightmare as tourist season begins. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.