MarEx Newsletter - June 5 2008

June 5, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 23 In this issue: And Then There Were Two… RAND Study Finds Increase in Piracy and Terrorism at Sea May/June Edition of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is on the Street! MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial & More… Coast Guard Welcomes Administrative Law Judge Program Review Solving the Maritime Manning Crisis and Improving Safety Along the Way Short Sea Shipping News from Maritime Advisors LLC: DC Legislative Update 'GREEN DOLPHIN' Hybrid Tug Earns Historic First for FOSS Maritime RINA Spotlight: Italy-Based Classification Society Announcement(s) Maritime Administration Signs Memorandum of Understanding for Port Project in Guam Bollinger Delivers Second OPA90 Barge to Bouchard ECJ delivers judgment in case C-308/06 concerning the validity of EU Directive 2005/35/EC on Ship Source Pollution Featured MarEx Print Article: Environmental Criminal Enforcement Last Liberty Ship May Go To Greece Rigdon Marine Statement about Purchase by GulfMark & City of New Orleans And Then There Were Two… Benign Neglect: domestic energy & maritime interests brace for four more years of the same. Read More>>>Back to Top RAND Study Finds Increase in Piracy and Terrorism at Sea Acts of piracy and terrorism at sea are on the rise, but there is little evidence to support concerns from some governments and international organizations that pirates and terrorists are beginning to collude with one another, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. 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 weigh in on last week's editorial (It's the Energy, Stupid), as well as MARAD's Report, "Help Wanted: U.S. Maritime Industry / American Operators Report Trouble Finding Enough Qualified People." Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard Welcomes Administrative Law Judge Program Review Coast Guard's Chief Administrative Law Judge, the Honorable Joseph N. Ingolia, announced Friday that the Coast Guard welcomes the pending U.S. Government Accountability Office's review of the Coast Guard's Administrative Law Judge program. Read More>>>Back to Top Solving the Maritime Manning Crisis and Improving Safety Along the Way Maritime Casebook's Bob Couttie advocates keeping the mariners we already have, alive. Read More>>>Back to Top Short Sea Shipping News from Maritime Advisors LLC: DC Legislative Update Mark Yonge of Maritime Advisors LLC provides a timely update on Shortsea Shipping related legislation Read More>>>Back to Top 'GREEN DOLPHIN' Hybrid Tug Earns Historic First for FOSS Maritime Company wins EPA's prestigious Clean Air Technology Award for development of low emission vessel Read More>>>Back to Top RINA Spotlight: Italy-Based Classification Society Announcement(s) RINA launches ILO notation & breaks into China mega ship market Read More>>>Back to Top Maritime Administration Signs Memorandum of Understanding for Port Project in Guam The Maritime Administration has facilitated a similar project for the Port of Anchorage, and is beginning a similar project with the Hawaii Harbors. Read More>>>Back to Top Bollinger Delivers Second OPA90 Barge to Bouchard Bollinger delivers the second of two 35,000 barrel OPA90 tank barges to Bouchard. Read More>>>Back to Top ECJ delivers judgment in case C-308/06 concerning the validity of EU Directive 2005/35/EC on Ship Source Pollution European Court rules that the validity of the EU Directive 2005/35/EU on ship source pollution cannot be assessed by reference to the international conventions MARPOL 73/78 and UNCLOS 1982 – this leaves open the door for other legal fora to rule on how the Directive is to be interpreted consistently with these conventions Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Environmental Criminal Enforcement This week's archived print article focuses on the hot issue of environmental criminal enforcement. This article, written by Jeanne M. Grasso and Gregory F. Linsin of Blank Rome LLP, first appeared in the February 2008 Maritime Executive edition. Read More>>>Back to Top Last Liberty Ship May Go To Greece Greeks Hope World War II Ship Will Become Museum Read More>>>Back to Top Rigdon Marine Statement about Purchase by GulfMark & City of New Orleans Rigdon Marine Announce Signing of Purchase Agreement and commitment to New Orleans Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.