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.