MarEx Newsletter - June 19 2008

June 19, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 25 In this issue: Eighteen FOSS Vessels Awarded Jones F. Devlin Safety Awards Maritime Accident Casebook: The Case of the Cygnet's Kiss New Training Agreement Opens Maritime Job Opportunities AMS Announces Eight Member Companies to Receive Maritime Safety Awards May/June Edition of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is on the Street! MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial & More… MARAD Assesses Economic Impact of Lock Closures Tainted Tomatoes? The Industry is Ripe for RFID New Technical Committee for RINA COSCO BUSAN: Cota's Attorneys File Motions NYC Economic Development Corporation Announces Findings of Study Matson to Raise Fuel Surcharge for Hawaii, Guam and Micronesia Services U.S. Department of Justice Announces Guilty Plea in Pollution Regulations Case Maritime Alert--LA/LB Clean Truck Programs Center for Maritime Training Announces Enhanced USCG License Program Eighteen FOSS Vessels Awarded Jones F. Devlin Safety Awards Foss winners boast from two to nine years without a lost-time injury. Read More>>>Back to Top Maritime Accident Casebook: The Case of the Cygnet's Kiss In its latest podcast, The Case Of The Cygnet's Kiss, Maritime Accident Casebook warns about the triple danger of overconfidence, ignorance and single watchkeeping and raises the troubling issue of seafarer standards under pressure from manning shortages. Read More>>>Back to Top New Training Agreement Opens Maritime Job Opportunities New pact allows cadets from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and state maritime academies to take their training voyages on Great American Lines ships. Read More>>>Back to Top AMS Announces Eight Member Companies to Receive Maritime Safety Awards American Maritime Safety, Inc., ("AMS") is pleased to announce that the AMS Safety Advisory Committee has selected the eight member companies listed below to receive maritime safety awards during the AMS Membership Dinner event that has been scheduled for Thursday, October 16, 2008. Read More>>>Back to Top May/June Edition of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is on the Street! Shipbuilding & repair print edition features NASSCO & CEO Fred Harris on the cover – and much, much more… Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial & More… MarEx readers weighed in on last week's editorial (Redefining Liability: Who's Really to Blame in the COSCO BUSAN Case? Read More>>>Back to Top MARAD Assesses Economic Impact of Lock Closures Office of Policy and Plans has issued a short analysis of the likely impact. Read More>>>Back to Top Tainted Tomatoes? The Industry is Ripe for RFID George Manolis, Senior Vice President of Operations, IES, Ltd., says that had RFID technology been applied to a pallet or case of salmonella-infected tomatoes, we would be light years closer to determining the source of the outbreak. Read More>>>Back to Top New Technical Committee for RINA UMBERTO Masucci has been appointed chairman of the Technical Committee of Registro Italiano Navale, the body which has responsibility for the rules of leading classification society RINA. Mr Masucci has extensive knowledge of the shipping industry and is the current chairman of the Ship and Aircraft Brokers and Agents Fund, FAMA. Read More>>>Back to Top COSCO BUSAN: Cota's Attorneys File Motions Cota's attorneys give a glimpse of how they intentd to battle charges relating to the November 2007 allision in San Francisco Bay. Read More>>>Back to Top NYC Economic Development Corporation Announces Findings of Study Findings and Recommendations of Maritime Support Services Location Study indicate "Maritime support services represent a significant share of the region's economic activity, generating more than $2 billion each year for the region and supporting approximately 12,000 jobs, of which 7,000 are waterborne." Read More>>>Back to Top Matson to Raise Fuel Surcharge for Hawaii, Guam and Micronesia Services With fuel related costs reaching historical highs, Matson Navigation Company announced today that it is raising its fuel surcharge for its Hawaii service by 4.5 percentage points, from 33.75 to 38.25 percent, and its Guam/CNMI and Micronesia services by 6 percentage points, from 33.75 to 39.75 percent, both effective July 13, 2008. Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Department of Justice Announces Guilty Plea in Pollution Regulations Case German-based operator of ship and chief engineer plead guilty to falsifying records Read More>>>Back to Top Maritime Alert--LA/LB Clean Truck Programs FMC Asks Parties to Immediately File For Review Agreements Concerning The Los Angeles–Long Beach Clean Truck Programs. Authors: John L. Longstreth & Yvette T. Wissmann of K&L Gates Read More>>>Back to Top Center for Maritime Training Announces Enhanced USCG License Program The Center for Maritime Training at Massachusetts Maritime Academy recently received approval from the United States Coast Guard to offer Assistance Towing and Auxiliary Sailing Assistance Endorsement courses. Courses include review and on-site examinations for the Coast Guard's Towing and Sailing Assistance license endorsements. The Center now offers a complete one-stop resource of enhanced programming for those seeking to obtain their captain's license. 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