 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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, ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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, ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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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 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
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