Marex Newsletter - August 28, 2008

August 28, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 35 In this issue: MARAD's Now Rapid Pace of Ship Disposal Evokes Nostalgia at MarEx MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial… NTSB to Offer Two Marine Safety Training Courses for Marine Industry Professionals in FY-09 Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Build Methodologies Confirmed in U.S. District Court Decision Somali Pirates Attack Four Commercial Ships Coast Guard releases C4&IT strategic plan London Club says gear bins should be part of planned maintenance system NOAA Files Final Environmental Impact Statement on Ship Strike Reduction Measures TSAC Meeting to be Held at MITAGS on 17-18 September, 2008 Transportation Safety Board of Canada Investigation into Capsizing of L'Acadien II Continues Licensing Rates for U.S. Maritime Academy Graduates Declining Cummins Repower for Inland Towboat "Ann Peters" Guidry Family and The Jordan Company Complete Acquisition of Harvey Gulf International Marine USMMA-AF Chesapeake Chapter & Ship Operations Cooperative Program End of an Era: Coast Guard REC Boston to be Assimilated into NMC MARAD's Now Rapid Pace of Ship Disposal Evokes Nostalgia at MarEx 76th Ship departs James River Reserve Fleet, the ex-USNS Rigel, to be recycled at the All-Star Marine facility in Brownsville, Texas. MarEx Managing Editor Keefe was briefly assigned to the vessel in 1982. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial… MarEx readers weigh in on previous online editorial about the ongoing effort to repeal parts of the Harbor Maintenance Tax as a way to prop up Shortsea Shipping. Read More>>>Back to Top NTSB to Offer Two Marine Safety Training Courses for Marine Industry Professionals in FY-09 Accident Investigation Orientation for Marine Professionals (MS 301), will be offered October 7-8, 2008, at the NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, VA. The second course, Marine Accident Investigation, (MS 101), will be offered January 26-30, 2009, also at the NTSB Training Center, and provides in-depth exposure to NTSB investigative techniques and methods. This is the first time the Safety Board has ever offered either program as a stand-alone course. Read More>>>Back to Top Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Build Methodologies Confirmed in U.S. District Court Decision Lawsuit by Metal Trades Department Against U.S. Coast Guard Rejected Read More>>>Back to Top Somali Pirates Attack Four Commercial Ships In bold attacks, aggressive pirates attack three cargo ships in one day off the coast of Somalia. A few days later two more ships were attacked. Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard releases C4&IT strategic plan The U.S. Coast Guard published today a strategic plan that will enhance and modernize Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology in support of mission execution. Read More>>>Back to Top London Club says gear bins should be part of planned maintenance system THE London P&I Club says it is aware of increasing concern that bins and flat- racks used to stow container twistlocks on board vessels are occasionally found to be in an unsafe condition because of corrosion or physical damage. And it warns that the structural failure of this equipment as it is lifted could create a severe personal injury risk. Read More>>>Back to Top NOAA Files Final Environmental Impact Statement on Ship Strike Reduction Measures Agency seeks to slow ships to protect North Atlantic Right Whales. Read More>>>Back to Top TSAC Meeting to be Held at MITAGS on 17-18 September, 2008 The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) is meeting at MITAGS on 17/18 September, 2008. The main issues to be discussed will be the Revision of the Towing Vessel NVIC (04-01) and further deliberation on the Towing Vessel Inspection rulemaking. Read More>>>Back to Top Transportation Safety Board of Canada Investigation into Capsizing of L'Acadien II Continues Investigators with the Transportation Safety Board have completed their draft report into the capsizing and subsequent sinking of the L'Acadien II, which claimed the lives of four of the six crew members aboard. Read More>>>Back to Top Licensing Rates for U.S. Maritime Academy Graduates Declining Only Kings Point and Michigan boast 100 percent performance; overall licensing rate for state academies falls to 59 percent. Read More>>>Back to Top Cummins Repower for Inland Towboat "Ann Peters" Ingram Barge Lines purchased the damaged vessel and the process of refurbishing her began in 2007. Her new owners gutted the hull and removed the old fire-ruined engines. They chose a pair of Cummins to carry her for the next few decades. Read More>>>Back to Top Guidry Family and The Jordan Company Complete Acquisition of Harvey Gulf International Marine Harvey Gulf International Marine, Inc. announces the closing of its purchase by two of its previous owners and executives, in partnership with The Jordan Company, a leading middle market private equity firm. The total purchase price was approximately $500 million. Read More>>>Back to Top USMMA-AF Chesapeake Chapter & Ship Operations Cooperative Program Joint Program presentation between USMMA-AF Chesapeake Chapter & Ship Operations Cooperative Program will include simulator tour, business development & industry tabletop displays, social fellowship, dinner and Paul H. Bea – Chairman, Coastwise Coalition as speaker program on (Tue) September 23, 2008 beginning 5:30PM. Read More>>>Back to Top End of an Era: Coast Guard REC Boston to be Assimilated into NMC Former Boston REC Chief Andy Hammond gives his perspective on this latest U.S. Coast Guard development Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.

Marex Newsletter - August 21, 2008

August 21, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 34 In this issue: America's Marine Highway: A gaping window of opportunity IMB Issues Fresh Piracy Warning to Vessels in Gulf of Aden MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial… MMA's Admiral's Ball to Take Place on 14 November 2008 Featured MarEx Print Article: Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness U.S. Government Accountability Office's Homeland Security and Justice Team Issues New Report The Ultimate Salvage Equipment ABS Gift to Maine Maritime Academy is Largest Corporate Donation in College's History Tug and Barge Allide with Casco Bay Bridge Foss Maritime Contracts with Lloyd's Register to Certify First Tug in North America with a Green Passport NTSB Issues Three Safety Recommendations THE UN-COMFORT ZONE with Robert Wilson Successful Launch for Third INMARSAT-4 Satellite USDOJ: Former U.S. Coast Guard Officer Sentenced for Lying About Vessel Pollution Teekay Shipping First in Compliance with INTERTANKO's Tanker Officer Training Standard America's Marine Highway: A gaping window of opportunity As American driving reaches the eighth month of steady decline, DOT officials warn that new sources of highway financing must be found. Elimination of the Harbor Maintenance Tax, on the other hand, will reduce congestion on overtaxed roadways and reduce wear & tear – and that's just the start. Read More>>>Back to Top IMB Issues Fresh Piracy Warning to Vessels in Gulf of Aden Following a three month period that has seen nine vessels attacked in the region, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has issued a fresh piracy warning to all vessels sailing in the Gulf of Aden. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial… MarEx readers weigh in on previous online editorial about the potential renaming of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy's training ship ENTERPRISE. Read More>>>Back to Top MMA's Admiral's Ball to Take Place on 14 November 2008 Massachusetts Maritime Academy's Admiral's Ball set for 14 November; Maritime Person of the Year to be Morten Arntzen, President & Chief Executive Officer of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness Standing Up: Commercial Shippers will soon learn that maritime security means global information sharing as defined by OGMSA. Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Government Accountability Office's Homeland Security and Justice Team Issues New Report Report entitled "Supply Chain Security: CBP Works with International Entities to Promote Global Customs Security Standards and Initiatives, but Challenges Remain (GAO-08-538)" is now available. Report is a spin-off from previous reports on CSI and CTPAT programs issued earlier this year. GAO captures the broader international context in this in a separate report. Read More>>>Back to Top The Ultimate Salvage Equipment Over the last 60 years magnetometers have been credited with finding thousands of shipwrecks worth hundreds of millions of dollars. JW Fishers has specialized in the design and manufacture of magnetometers for over 20 years. Read More>>>Back to Top ABS Gift to Maine Maritime Academy is Largest Corporate Donation in College's History Gift announced on the Castine college campus recognizing the leadership and support to the college by the international ship classification society. Read More>>>Back to Top Tug and Barge Allide with Casco Bay Bridge No injuries or pollution were reported as tug and barge, with more than 21,000 gallons of fuel aboard, struck the Casco Bay Bridge. Read More>>>Back to Top Foss Maritime Contracts with Lloyd's Register to Certify First Tug in North America with a Green Passport Lifelong inventory of vessel's materials to aid safer and more environmentally sound scrapping of ships and promote better hazard management Read More>>>Back to Top NTSB Issues Three Safety Recommendations National Transportation Safety Board in Washington, DC issues Safety Recommendations M-08-8, 9 and 10; recommendations aimed at both the U.S. Coast Guard and Board of New Orleans – Baton Rouge Steamship Pilot Examiners for the Mississippi River. Read More>>>Back to Top THE UN-COMFORT ZONE with Robert Wilson The Most Powerful Motivator Read More>>>Back to Top Successful Launch for Third INMARSAT-4 Satellite 19th August 2008: Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has confirmed the successful launch and acquisition of the third Inmarsat-4 satellite. Read More>>>Back to Top USDOJ: Former U.S. Coast Guard Officer Sentenced for Lying About Vessel Pollution Former Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard and main propulsion assistant for the Coast Guard Cutter Rush, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Hawaii for making a false statement to federal criminal agents investigating allegations of potential discharges of oil-contaminated waste from the cutter into the Honolulu Harbor. Read More>>>Back to Top Teekay Shipping First in Compliance with INTERTANKO's Tanker Officer Training Standard Teekay is the first shipping company in the world to be certified as complying with the requirements of the Tanker Officer Training Standard (TOTS), a programme set up by INTERTANKO to establish and evaluate tanker officer competence across the industry. Teekay put its SCOPE (Seafarer Competence for Operational Excellence) competence management system up for this audit when INTERTANKO authorised DNV and other IACS members to conduct external audits of shipping companies working in accordance with TOTS standards. Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.

MarEx Newsletter - August 14, 2008

August 14, 2008 | Vol. 6, No. 33 In this issue: Tempest in a Teapot: Mass. Maritime Moves to Change Name of Training Ship MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to MarEx Articles… Maritime Accident Casebook: The Case Of The Unlucky Hooker TDC Security Alert: Cruise Ship Incident Global Maritime Information Sharing Symposium (GMISS) Set for August 20-21 DOJ: Oregon Corporation Sentenced for Ocean Pollution Violation Fifth Cadet Training Memorandum of Agreement Signed Between Private Industry and Federal Government 2008 ASBA Annual Cargo Conference: What's on the Horizon? CA Air Resources Board (CARB) Adopts Regulation Requiring Ships Within 24 Nautical Miles of California Use Low-Sulfur Marine Distillates New TELEX Number for Right Whale Mandatory Ship Reporting (MSR) System Internal Audit Operating in Isolation in UK Insurance Industry Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) Meeting at MITAGS on 17/18 September Lockheed Martin Develops Early Warning for Maritime Security Featured MarEx Print Article: Maintenance & Repair / Subsea Alliance THE UN-COMFORT ZONE with Robert Wilson: Will You Freak-Out or Hunker Down? Tempest in a Teapot: Mass. Maritime Moves to Change Name of Training Ship New name, intended to honor Senator Ted Kennedy and his family, has angered many MMA alumni and has still others wondering why in the world the academy would wade out into what is sure to be dangerous political waters. Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to MarEx Articles… MarEx readers weigh in on a host of MarEx articles from previous online editions. Read More>>>Back to Top Maritime Accident Casebook: The Case Of The Unlucky Hooker With the typhoon season well underway in the Pacific, Maritime Accident Casebook has launched its second audio podcast related to anchoring in severe weather, The Case Of The Unlucky Hooker. Based on the grounding of the Pasha Bulker on the coast of New South Wales in June 2007, the podcast explores bridge team management, fatigue and the 'demons' which haunt ships bridges. Read More>>>Back to Top TDC Security Alert: Cruise Ship Incident Former Crewman describes suspicious activity on board Cruise Ship Suspicious Crewman Onboard Cruise Ship Read More>>>Back to Top Global Maritime Information Sharing Symposium (GMISS) Set for August 20-21 Symposium aims to improve industry efficiency and effectiveness through greater coordination of government maritime information sharing Read More>>>Back to Top DOJ: Oregon Corporation Sentenced for Ocean Pollution Violation According to U.S. Department of Justice, KMBT admitted to violating the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, more commonly known as the Ocean Dumping Act, which makes it a crime to knowingly transport or cause to be transported, without a permit, certain materials from the United States for the purpose of dumping the materials into ocean waters. Read More>>>Back to Top Fifth Cadet Training Memorandum of Agreement Signed Between Private Industry and Federal Government Agreement Signed By Maritime Administration, Hapag-Lloyd Creates Training Opportunities for Merchant Marine Cadets. Read More>>>Back to Top 2008 ASBA Annual Cargo Conference: What's on the Horizon? MarEx is a Corporate Media Sponsor for this Annual Cargo Conference, set to kick off on September 28th in Miami, FL. Read More>>>Back to Top CA Air Resources Board (CARB) Adopts Regulation Requiring Ships Within 24 Nautical Miles of California Use Low-Sulfur Marine Distillates Regulation – touted as the world's strictest diesel emission regulation – to take effect in 2009, escalating to a more rigorous standard in 2012; new rules may be at odds with federal and MARPOL Annex VI standards. Read More>>>Back to Top New TELEX Number for Right Whale Mandatory Ship Reporting (MSR) System The Mandatory Ship Reporting System has a new TELEX Number for reporting vessel arrivals in the MSR areas for WHALESNORTH (Boston and Cape Cod Bay) and WHALESSOUTH (Brunswick, GA; Fernandina Beach and Jacksonville, FL). Read More>>>Back to Top Internal Audit Operating in Isolation in UK Insurance Industry According to a survey by accountant and consultant Moore Stephens, internal audit may be operating in too much isolation in some quarters of the UK insurance industry, and needs to continue to widen its remit beyond its traditional operational areas to include a broader range of skills, including business strategy. The survey also showed that, despite the current economic environment, investment and reinsurance security are not high on the internal audit agenda. Read More>>>Back to Top Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) Meeting at MITAGS on 17/18 September The main issues to be discussed will be the Revision of the Towing Vessel NVIC (04-01) and further deliberation on the Towing Vessel Inspection rulemaking. Read More>>>Back to Top Lockheed Martin Develops Early Warning for Maritime Security Novel software technology allows naval watchstanders to monitor large numbers of ships and focuses their attention on those that pose the greatest threat. Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Maintenance & Repair / Subsea Alliance Ship Operators and Shipyards Alike find an unlikely ally working just under the surface. Read More>>>Back to Top THE UN-COMFORT ZONE with Robert Wilson: Will You Freak-Out or Hunker Down? Sometimes motivation is forced upon us. We are thrust into the Un-comfort Zone. And, whether we sink or swim depends on how we respond to the situation. How do you react during a crisis? Read More>>>Back to Top Copyright © 2007 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 To Unsubscribe, click here.