 Just one short year ago, the hottest issue on the plate of most ocean shipping managers was the chronic shortage of qualified mariners and industry efforts to recruit, retain and train those individuals. Where are we today?
I hesitate to draw your attention away from the gloom ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Ship to be 78th removed from Fort Eustis site.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration has sold a ship for recycling to Bay Bridge Enterprises of Chesapeake, Va. The Milwaukee, an AOR2-class oiler built in 1969 at the General Dynamics shipyard in Quincy, Mass, brought a ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Adm. Thad Allen, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, issued the following statement Monday on the new Arctic policy National Security Presidential Directive / Homeland Security Presidential Directive (NSPD/HSPD).
"The new Arctic policy signed by the President today re-affirms our Nation's obligation to protect the Arctic domain, ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Invitation to the Workboat Academy's 2009 Graduating Class Ceremonies in Seattle.
The Workboat Academy 2009 Graduation will take place on January 30th at 1800 hours aboard the M/V SKANSONIA in Seattle, Washington.
All are invited to join Industry leaders and government officials celebrate the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Overall message of December 2008 report shows improving services to mariners being dampened by worsening delays in processing medical reviews; mariners beginning to complain.
In the same week that the U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center issued its regular "Program Performance Update" to the U.S. maritime community, ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 MarEx readers weigh in on last week's editorial, entitled "State Level Politics: A Dangerous Precedent is Set," and the piracy situation off the coast of Somalia.
In last week's edition of the MarEx e-newsletter, our lead editorial lamented the death of a pilot rate bill in Massachusetts ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch cites lack of training and e-navigation errors as contributing to accident.
MAIB Synopsis:
On 31 January 2008, the Roll on Roll off Passenger ferry, Pride of Canterbury (Figure 1), grounded on a charted wreck while sheltering from heavy weather ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 News has been received from Korea early this morning that the 'Hebei Two', Captain Jasprit Chawla and Chief Officer Syam Chetan, have been bailed from jail, pending a final decision of the Supreme Court. Bail was set at $ 10,000 for each officer. Rally outside South Korean embassy in London ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 National Transportation Safety Board says that January 2009 course is still open for late registration; limited number of seats available for the program.
Late registration is still available for the National Transportation Safety Board's Accident Investigation for Marine Professionals (MS 101), scheduled for January 26-30, 2009, at ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Flying the Greek flag, the Hellas Liberty, formerly known as the Arthur M. Huddell, has safely reached the port of Piraeus in Greece after leaving Norfolk, Virginia, on December 6, 2008.
Until July 2008, the World War II-era Huddell was the last Liberty ship in the Maritime ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The U.S. Maritime Administration has issued a new study that evaluates the adequacy of current U.S. maritime policy to meet the commercial, economic, security and environmental needs of the nation over the next three decades.
The report titled, "An Evaluation of Maritime Policy in Meeting the Commercial ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Coast Guard Field Teams from Sector Miami conducted spot checks at 38 port facilities Tuesday to assess compliance with new federal requirements involving the Transportation Worker Identification Card, or TWIC. Effective Jan. 13, certain workers at port facilities regulated under the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) are now required to ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Maritime Accident Casebook, MAC, has put its audio podcast version story of the incident The Case Of The Rose Assassin online, together with an illustrated transcript as a free safety awareness aid for seafarers and those who train them.
Concern over the unacceptable level of seafarer deaths ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 THE London P&I Club has warned its members to be wary of a potential increase in exposure to liability for claims as a result of pressures exerted by charterers in the current tough market conditions, and against a background of continuing piracy attacks against shipping.
In the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Keeping the Ball Rolling
I know an advertising agency owner who never fully takes a vacation. He takes his family to fairly exotic locations, but never so alien that they are outside the reach of modern communication. In other words, he is never further than a cell ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 USMMA Chapters and Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies team up to host three separate events during January and February 2009.
• USMMA Midshipmen Gala & Reception Baltimore (January 19, 2009 - 6:00PM to 10:00PM)
The marching unit of the U.S. Merchant Marine ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 As pirates released the Saudi tanker, but some drown with bootie: Filipino crews from three ships released: Tanker crews receive double pay for sailing the Gulf of Aden. And, Nigerian pirates attack another offshore support vessel.
Pirates leaving the Saudi tanker "SIRUS STAR," which has been held ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
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