MarEx Newsletter - July 10, 2008

July 10, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 28 In this issue: Perfect Storm Coming: And it's Got Nothing to do With Hurricanes MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to MarEx Articles… Greening A Small Fleet USDOJ: Shipping Company Sentenced for Pollution-Related Charges Coming Into U.S. Port With False Oil Record Book is a Crime Featured MarEx Print Article: ANWR, ON HOLD BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Seaway's Bid to Diversify its Cargo Base Gaining Traction MARAD in the News: Personnel & Job Announcements Domestic Casualty & Action Briefs Pirates Release German Cargo Ship Retail Container Traffic Slowly Climbing But Still Below 2007 Levels IMO Reports on Acts of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships Horizon Lines Applauds Introduction of Harbor Maintenance Tax Legislation Jeanne Grasso Elected President of Women's International Shipping & Trading Association AAPA Hails Passage Of Vessel Air Emissions Bill Perfect Storm Coming: And it's Got Nothing to do With Hurricanes Worsening economy and weak dollar, combined with escalating energy costs driving inflation, will all merge this fall; just in time for the November elections. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to MarEx Articles… MarEx readers weighed in on last week's editorial lead editorial & other articles Read More>>>Back to Top Greening A Small Fleet Interport Towing & Transportation refits 33-year old tug with new Cummins Tier 2 engines. When completed, the refitted boat will be as green as any of the tugs that are coming out of the yards this year. Read More>>>Back to Top USDOJ: Shipping Company Sentenced for Pollution-Related Charges Italian shipping company B.Navi Ship Management Services (B.Navi) sentenced today to pay $1,500,000 and serve three years probation in connection with the illegal dumping of oily sludge, bilge wastes, and oil-contaminated ballast water from M/V "Windsor Castle." Read More>>>Back to Top Coming Into U.S. Port With False Oil Record Book is a Crime Winston & Strawn's Maritime and Admiralty Practice issues briefing on oil record book entries and the consequences of false entries made offshore – or anywhere else. Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: ANWR, ON HOLD BUT NOT FORGOTTEN The current state of the economy and skyrocketing energy prices have combined to revive the call to drill for domestic energy off the Gulf, East and West Coasts, as well as in ANWR. This week's feature article comes from our Third Quarter 2006 edition. Almost two years old, the piece has real relevance in today's energy discussions. Read More>>>Back to Top Seaway's Bid to Diversify its Cargo Base Gaining Traction Among new cargoes transiting the Seaway are bio-fuels from recently established processing facilities bordering the waterway and a bevy of project cargoes including wind turbines destined for sites throughout North America. Read More>>>Back to Top MARAD in the News: Personnel & Job Announcements Several key personnel moves and executive job openings announced in a busy week for MARAD. USMMA Superintendent retires and Lauren Brand hired to lead MARAD's South Atlantic Gateway Office. Read More>>>Back to Top Domestic Casualty & Action Briefs U.S. West Coast and Alaska in the spotlight as the U.S. Coast Guard participates in four noteworthy news items Read More>>>Back to Top Pirates Release German Cargo Ship German cargo ship held captive for 41 days off the coast of Somalia is released and all aboard were reported safe and unharmed. Read More>>>Back to Top Retail Container Traffic Slowly Climbing But Still Below 2007 Levels West Coast dockworker's union contract expires but monthly Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation and Global Insight says no disruption to cargo movement is expected. Read More>>>Back to Top IMO Reports on Acts of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships Issued monthly, this report details acts reported during March 2008 Read More>>>Back to Top Horizon Lines Applauds Introduction of Harbor Maintenance Tax Legislation Legislation would exempt Containerized Coastwise Shipping from the Harbor Maintenance Tax and further increase the viability of so-called "shortsea shipping." Read More>>>Back to Top Jeanne Grasso Elected President of Women's International Shipping & Trading Association WISTA US Chapter to host International Annual Meeting in October in New Orleans Read More>>>Back to Top AAPA Hails Passage Of Vessel Air Emissions Bill The American Association of Port Authorities today praised Congress for passing H.R. 802, the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act, which will now be transmitted to President Bush for his signature. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.