 Falling bunker prices are only part of the big-picture equation.
I had the good fortune to be in Washington, DC last week on business and was able to time my schedule so as to attend a joint Kings Point / Propeller Club function in Arlington. The luncheon ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Taken from our August 2008 print edition, Managing Editor Joseph Keefe vets and evaluates the first U.S. Coast Guard-approved long distance learning STCW course.
It shouldn't be surprising that an internationally certified (DNV) Maritime Simulator and Training Center is the recognized leader in distance learning for professional ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Stuart Flynn, vice president business development at global maritime security service provider, Securewest International, weighs in on the all-important question of how to best combat piracy and further protect vulnerable commercial maritime assets.
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Not only is piracy at an all time high but, during recent ...Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The prize: A Saudi supertanker with 2 million barrels of crude oil.
The 1,080-foot supertanker, MV SIRIUS STAR, owned by Dubai-based Vela International Marine Ltd., was hijacked approximately 450 nautical miles off the Kenyan coast. Warships will not be diverted from the Gulf of Aden, say spokespersons ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 REC veteran Andy Hammond weighs in and cautions mariners to provide sufficient documentation that their medical condition is being treated properly AND that they could perform the normal duties of the license held or applied for.
When the Staten Island Ferry crashed into the dock in October ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 "Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute!" The U.S. refuses to pay ransoms and tributes to pirates.
For centuries the four Barbary States of North Africa-- Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli—had plundered commercial shipping. The European powers with great fleets and powerful navies paid tributes ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has fined Seattle-based Trident Seafoods $30,500 for an oil spill in December 2007 that sent almost 500 gallons of fuel into the Hylebos Waterway in Commencement Bay.
The spill happened while the company's tender vessel Bowfin was tied up ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 IMO, collaborating with many other interested parties, has launched Go to Sea! – a campaign to attract entrants to the shipping industry. (11/14/08).
According to the International Maritime Association (IMO), even though the global implementation of the STCW Convention can ensure that seafarers are properly educated and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Rear Admiral James A. Watson, U.S. Coast Guard Director, Prevention Policy, updates Coast Guard's marine safety personnel plans for 2009, which includes among other things, a nationwide civilian hiring drive.
The Coast Guard's ALCOAST also includes an effort to recruit experienced mariners from all portions of the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 WASHINGTON (November 17 2008): The former president of a California marine products company has agreed to plead guilty for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids and allocate customers with respect to marine products purchased by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard and other public and private entities, ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
GAO reminds maritime security colleagues that a possibly overlooked but nevertheless valuable guide to preventing and responding to terrorist attacks on energy commodity tankers is still available.
Given the recent events in the Gulf of Aden -- specifically the recent incident where Somali pirates have hijacked a ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 October 2008 report focuses on both the national impact as well as the impact in five critical corridor markets which include over 95 percent of the US population and an even higher share of its total production and consumption.
• MARAD Assessment: on Modal Shifts: ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Mariners are reminded that there is always a possibility that severe climatic conditions may occur during the closing period. Should this happen, there is a chance that the dates outlined below, for the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section or the Welland Canal, may not be met.
Closing Dates
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 NEW YORK (November 17, 2008): Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton and Robert D. Somerville, Chairman and CEO of the American Bureau of Shipping, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate research efforts on major marine transportation environmental issues and to share information to promote the development of a vital ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Stewardship issues MARINE SAFETY ALERTS 12-08 (Watertight Doors) and 11-08 (Fishing Vessel Stability).
• 12-08 (WATERTIGHT DOORS)
This Safety Alert addresses the importance of properly maintaining and closing watertight doors. Unfortunately, marine casualties, often resulting in loss ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The latest Shipping Confidence Survey by Moore Stephens has revealed a significant drop in overall confidence levels in the market, and an increased expectation that rates in the tanker, dry bulk and container ship sectors will fall in the next twelve months.
19 November 2008: On a ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
Intends To Nominate an Alternative Slate of Directors at ISH's Next Annual Meeting
LAKE SUCCESS, NY: Liberty Shipping Group LLC today sent the following letter to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE: ISH), announcing that it intends to nominate a ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Updated version of its landmark Questionnaire 88, the industry standard for ship assessment by charterers, brokers, agents, suppliers, is launched.
On the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Questionnaire 88 (Q88), INTERTANKO has revised its industry standard questionnaire. In February this year, INTERTANKO's Vetting Committee revived ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
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