Thursday, November 13, 2008

[Marexenewsletter] MarEx Newsletter - November 13, 2008

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November 13, 2008 Vol. 6, No. 46
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A Maritime Focus for the New Year: Ending the Balkanization of the Regulatory Process

A Maritime Focus for the New Year: Ending the Balkanization of the Regulatory Process

Federal efforts to solve problems – especially those having to do with maritime issues – need to be approached on a national level

As Barack Obama enters the White House in January, he'll do so with the blessings and adulations of maritime labor. Typically an honor reserved ...

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MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to One Article From Last Week's E-newsletter

MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to One Article From Last Week's E-newsletter

MarEx reader weighs in on last week's analysis from Captain John Konrad on Bridge Resource Management.

It was a very light MarEx Mailbag this week. Perhaps the excitement of a new President took the wind out of our sails. Or, perhaps my lead piece was boring. Nevertheless, ...

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Featured MarEx Print Article: Ballast Water Management

Featured MarEx Print Article: Ballast Water Management

Taken from our September 2007 edition, Managing Editor Joseph Keefe takes a look at the ballast water management situation and industry efforts to step up and solve the problem of invasive species.

This week's featured archive MarEx print article is taken from our September 2007 edition, which ...

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NSRP Hosts 'Shipbuilding Opportunities in Marine Highways' Workshop

NSRP Hosts 'Shipbuilding Opportunities in Marine Highways' Workshop

CHARLESTON, SC, October 23, 2008--- The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) held its second Shipbuilding Opportunities in Marine Highways workshop at Advanced Technology Institute on October 21-23. Funded by the Navy and industry through NSRP, the workshop was planned and facilitated by a team led by Bender Shipbuilding & Repair ...

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Fednav Limited Purchases Veson Nautical's Complete IMOS

Fednav Limited Purchases Veson Nautical's Complete IMOS

Canada's Largest Dry Bulk Shipping Company to Install All IMOS Modules to Manage Cargo Transportation

Boston, MA and Montreal, Quebec– (November 10, 2008) –Veson Nautical, the US-based developer of proven software solutions for the commercial maritime community, today announced that Fednav Limited of Montreal, Canada's largest ocean-going, ...

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THE UN-COMFORT ZONE with Robert Wilson

THE UN-COMFORT ZONE with Robert Wilson

This week's column: The Pleasure Principle

Swing and miss. "Strike Two." cried the umpire. I threw one more pitch right in at the player's wrists. He swung hard, but the ball just dribbled right back to the pitcher's mound. I picked it up and gently tossed it ...

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HORIZON LINES Announces Restructuring Plan

HORIZON LINES Announces Restructuring Plan

Annualized labor-related savings estimated at $7 - $10 million

CHARLOTTE, NC, November 10, 2008 - Horizon Lines, Inc. today announced a non-union workforce restructuring initiative targeted at reducing annualized labor-related costs by an estimated $7 million to $10 million.

The company intends to reduce ...

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MARAD Advisory 2008-09: Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy Distress Calling Procedures

MARAD Advisory 2008-09: Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy Distress Calling Procedures

Advisory targeted for all operators of U.S. Flag, effective U.S. controlled vessels and other maritime interests.

1. THIS MARAD ADVISORY PROVIDES SUGGESTED ANTI-PIRACY DISTRESS CALLING PROCEDURES FOR COMMERCIAL VESSELS TRANSITING THE GULF OF ADEN.

2. WHEN IN DISTRESS, CALL FOR HELP ON VHF-16 AND ...

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Queen Elizabeth 2 Runs Aground

Queen Elizabeth 2 Runs Aground

Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) surveyors from the Southampton Marine Office have completed a full inspection of the Queen Elizabeth 2 liner after its grounding on Tuesday morning near the Brambles sand bank in the Solent, and have given the all clear for the ship to continue on its final ...

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Ship Seeking Refuge Spills Oil off Taiwan

Ship Seeking Refuge Spills Oil off Taiwan

Panamanian registered cargo ships grounds off Taipei.

The MV MORNING SUN seeking shelter from high winds transited too close the coast and grounded less than 300 meters from the shoreline. The 14,663-ton cargo ship, which was on a voyage from Singapore to South Korea, spilled more than ...

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Warships Kill Pirates

Warships Kill Pirates

Pirates killed after attempting to hijack a Danish cargo vessel. An Indian bulker and Saudi and Turkish tankers attacked this week as well.

A helicopter and two boats were launched from the Russian frigate, NEUSTRASHIMY, and the British frigate, HMS CUMBERLAND, to chase down a Yemeni dhow ...

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2008 Retail Container Traffic to be Lowest Since 2004

2008 Retail Container Traffic to be Lowest Since 2004

Cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports fell again in October, and 2008 is now expected to be the slowest year since 2004 as the downturn in the nation's economy continues, according to the monthly Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and IHS Global ...

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Japanese Operator of Cargo Vessel Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Falsifying Records

Japanese Operator of Cargo Vessel Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Falsifying Records

WASHINGTON (10 November): Hiong Guan Navegacion Japan Co. Ltd., operator of the commercial cargo ship Balsa 62, agreed to plead guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla., to conspiracy and to falsifying and failing to properly maintain records meant to ensure environmental compliance, the Justice Department announced.

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American Club Contributes Environmental Crimes Posters to NAMEPA

American Club Contributes Environmental Crimes Posters to NAMEPA

Port chaplain partners to distribute 12,000 copies to help educate seafarers

SOUTHPORT, CT( November 10): The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) announced today that the American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association, Inc. (the American Club) has donated 12,000 copies of its poster advocating ...

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UMCES Seeks Full or Part-Time Staff Engineer (Faculty Research Assistant)

UMCES Seeks Full or Part-Time Staff Engineer (Faculty Research Assistant)

The University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons Island, MD is seeking Staff engineer to assist in various projects under the Maritime Environmental Resource Center (MERC, www.maritime-enviro.org ).

The University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is seeking a full or part-time ...

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High level Support for Shipping Symposium

High level Support for Shipping Symposium

International Symposium on Safety and Protection of the Marine Environment in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 24 November.

Over 200 delegates, including ship-owners and operators, are expected to attend the International Symposium on Safety and Protection of the Marine Environment in ...

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St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation – Notice to Shipping (12 / 2008)

St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation – Notice to Shipping (12 / 2008)

In the Maisonneuve Region and Montreal/Lake Ontario Section, two-person lockage procedures at Iroquois lock.

Mariners are advised that as of November 17, 2008, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation will be conducting tests using revised two-person lockage procedures at Iroquois lock.

It is to ...

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MITAGS and PMI Receive DNV VSO Course Approval

MITAGS and PMI Receive DNV VSO Course Approval

Vessel Security Officer Endorsement Added to STCW-95 Certificate

The U.S. Coast Guard has implemented a new rule that requires all mariners who are designated in the position of Vessel Security Officer (VSO), also called Ship Security Officer or (SSO) on vessels subject to the STCW Convention to ...

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