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.