 In this issue: You Bet I'm Going Back to Sea: the saga continues… Decades Late and (Four) Dollars Short Domestic Maritime Casualties: In Brief US Supreme Court Decision in the Exxon Valdez Matter Announced AAPA Hails Approval Of $400 Million For FY 2009 Port Security Grants & Urges Swift Passage of Vessel Air Emissions Bill GAO Issues Report on Loss of Coast Guard Patrol Boats Featured MarEx Print Article: Larry Kiern's Washington Insider DOE Says World Energy Use Projected to Grow 50 Percent Between 2005 and 2030 Marine Documents LLC launches TWICMadeEasy.com New NOAA Ocean Observing System in Gulfport Supports Safe, Efficient Navigation USDoJ: Government Reaches Novel Plea Agreement with Maritime Corporation in Vessel Pollution Case May/June Edition of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is on the Street! Maritime Security Strategy Plans Well-Developed & Being Implemented, says GAO Deadly Philippines Ferry Operator Under Scrutiny as U.S. Divers Assist Dutch Ship Released by Pirates |  This week, STCW is spelled BST at MITAGS Read More>>>Back to Top |  The belated call to drill still rings hollow for a clueless Congress. Read More>>>Back to Top |  Casualties in Miami, FL, Boothbay Harbor, ME and Gulf of Alaska in the news Read More>>>Back to Top |  Court reduces award as excessive from $2.5 billion to $507.5 million plus interest. Read More>>>Back to Top |  The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) today lauded both the Senate Appropriations Committee and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security for including $400 million for the Port Security Grant program in their fiscal 2009 federal budget recommendations for the Department of Homeland Security. AAPA also urged Senate to endorse swift passage of H.R. 802, the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act, and then transmit the legislation to the President for signing by June 28. Read More>>>Back to Top |  U.S. Government Accountability Office's just-issued report; COAST GUARD: Strategies for Mitigating the Loss of Patrol Boats Are Achieving Results in the Near Term, But They Come at a Cost and Longer Term Sustainability Is Unknown (GAO-08-660). Read More>>>Back to Top |  This week's archived print article features our regular columnist, Washington Attorney Larry Kiern. Larry writes the Washington Insider for THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE in our print editions. This week, we bring his latest effort, first published in our June 2008 print edition. This column highlights the current hot button issue of the Jones Act and the Coast guard's interpretation of shipbuilding and foreign incremental conversions. Read More>>>Back to Top |  World marketed energy consumption is projected to grow by 50 percent between 2005 and 2030, driven by robust economic growth and expanding populations in the world's developing countries, according to the reference case projection from the "International Energy Outlook 2008" (IEO2008) released today by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Read More>>>Back to Top |  Hudgins, VA (June 25 2008): Victor Tufts, Manager, Member of Marine Documents LLC announces the launching of TWICMadeEasy.com, their new service to assist and expedite all transportation workers through the burdensome Transportation Workers Identification Credential pre-enrollment websites, password and appointment processes. Read More>>>Back to Top |  Mariners can now get free real-time information on water and wind conditions for the Port of Gulfport, Miss., from a new NOAA ocean observing system at the port. Read More>>>Back to Top |  Clipper Marine Services Agrees to Pay $4.75 Million Fine, Retrofit Ships and Implement Remote-Monitoring System Read More>>>Back to Top |  Shipbuilding & repair print edition features NASSCO & CEO Fred Harris on the cover – and much, much more… Read More>>>Back to Top | | GAO Report focused on Homeland Security Presidential Directive #13 issued in December 2004. This directive called for a National Strategy for Maritime Security and 8 supporting plans on more specific topics. While the Senate Commerce Committee had asked GAO to review the directive some time ago, GAO postponed its review until the strategy and supporting plans had been written and implementation had begun. Read More>>>Back to Top |  Sulpico Lines sailed with coast guard approval as Typhoon Fengshen approached. Read More>>>Back to Top |  After month long ordeal, the crew and ship have been released. Read More>>>Back to Top | |
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