MarEx eNewsletter - January 29, 2009

January 29th, 2009 Vol. 7, No. 4, Hot New Job Postings from Faststream! Crossroads: Part Deux U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center completes its integration of local REC's into a centralized West Virginia location, but more than one year after initiating the process, the jury is still out on the wisdom of such a move and the complaints from mariners are rolling in. Read More>>>Back to Top Winston & Strawn: Briefing Issued on Implications of Oil Record Book Ruling Court applied what is essentially a strict liability standard that would make a ship owner criminally liable whenever one of its vessels is found to have brought an ORB with false entries into U.S. waters. On January 20, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second ... Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Offshore Security of a Different Kind From our Trico Marine edition (December 2008), Wescorp Energy Rolls Out the Solution to Locating, Tracking and Cataloguing Oilfield Equipment. This week's featured archive MarEx print article is taken from our December edition, which also features Trico's CEO Joseph S. Compofelice on the cover. Follow along as ... Read More>>>Back to Top MITAGS to Host Full Slate of USMMA-KP Events in Linthicum, MD USMMA Chapters and Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies team up to host two separate events during February 2009. • KP Chesapeake "Retirement Academy" Dinner Program The USMMA-AF Chesapeake Chapter provides this program as an educational service to our Alumni Members and Guests. ... Read More>>>Back to Top Four Steps: Eight Consequences Stimulus packages, bailouts, and increased government spending on new programs may not be the answer. Some believe they are clearly not the answer. But we all believe that we have an economic mess. In addition to our economy's problems, there are the prevailing concerns over terrorism. So what can government ... Read More>>>Back to Top PMI New Course: "Marine Vessel Operations & the Environment" "Marine Vessel Operations & the Environment" This course is intended for Mid-level and senior vessel and operations managers, Port Captains, Ship Superintendants, deck and engineering ship officers, regulatory agency personnel and inspectors, marine safety and environmental auditors, anyone with environmental management, operational or reporting responsibilities in the ... Read More>>>Back to Top Massachusetts Maritime Academy Honors Kennedy Legacy BUZZARDS BAY, MA - Massachusetts Maritime Academy recently renamed its 540-foot training ship KENNEDY in honor of the Kennedy family. In a ceremony held January 10, 2009, the Academy recognized the extraordinary public service contributions of the Kennedys. In attendance were Joseph P. Kennedy III, U.S. Representative William Delahunt, Massachusetts ... Read More>>>Back to Top Successful Defense of MRSA Claims Daniel D. Pipitone, Partner, Chairman – Admiralty Section, Chamberlain Hrdlicka, L.L.P, weighs in on litigation matters involving crewmembers contracting staph infections and, particularly, MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) while in service of vessels, including offshore drilling rigs, as a consequence of negligence of their employers and the unseaworthiness of the ... Read More>>>Back to Top Pirates Hijack LPG Tanker After two weeks with no attacks, a German tanker is boarded by pirates in Gulf of Aden on January 29, 2009; vessel is third ship this month to be taken in the region. The M/V LONGCHAMP's capture is the first attack of a ship since a very-large ... Read More>>>Back to Top "Cutting Edge Issues in Shipping Conference" at SUNY Maritime College SUNY Maritime College will present their annual, day-long "Cutting Edge Issues in Shipping" conference, Monday, February 2, 2009, on the Maritime College campus, in Throgs Neck, The Bronx, New York City. The free event will be held in the Science & Engineering Building's Lecture Hall. Piracy, maritime ... Read More>>>Back to Top PHA Executive Director to Retire After 37 Years of Service H. Thomas Kornegay Will Leave a Legacy of Accomplishments as Engineer, Managing Director and Executive Director January 27th 2009: Port of Houston Authority (PHA) Executive Director H. Thomas Kornegay today announced his intention to retire, anticipated to become effective Feb. 1, 2009, bringing to a close his ... Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard Prepares for Next Phase of Rulemaking for Dry Cargo Residue Discharges in Great Lakes Process started with publication of notice of intent, notice of public scoping meeting for second phase of Great Lakes dry cargo residue discharges. The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday its intent to prepare a new environmental impact statement and to hold a public scoping meeting in support ... Read More>>>Back to Top UNH/NOAA Report: Arctic Region Underprepared for Maritime Accidents The existing infrastructure for responding to maritime accidents in the Arctic is limited and more needs to be done to enhance emergency response capacity as Arctic sea ice declines and ship traffic in the region increases, according to new report released today by the University of New Hampshire and the ... Read More>>>Back to Top "Rope Yarns" Tribute to: RADM Thomas E. Burke, USMS, MNS '39, MMA '82 (H) The Friends of Massachusetts Maritime Academy cordially invite you to join in a gala evening to pay tribute to our long time friend and distinguished graduate, Rear Admiral Thomas E. Burke, USMS. The Friends of Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a social organization comprised mostly of graduates from ... Read More>>>Back to Top USS Mahan Implements Maritime Strategy During Counterpiracy Ops USS MAHAN At sea - As part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) is cooperating with approximately 14 nations also operating in the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. CTF 151, a counterpiracy task force, was ... Read More>>>Back to Top Release of the M/V "Biscaglia" is Only Part of the Story New twist introduced to seemingly familiar case involving piracy in the Gulf of Aden; all 28 crew members released unharmed as U.S. attorneys (Seward & Kissel) provide advice and counsel in first negotiation of its kind to be negotiated from the United States. Evan as Industrial Shipping ... Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Department of Transportation to Recycle Three More Ships One of three is the World War II Victory Ship Hattiesburg Victory The U. S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration has signed fee-for- service contracts to recycle three more of its obsolete ships. Two ships, the Hattiesburg Victory and the Pioneer Contractor, are from the Beaumont Reserve ... Read More>>>Back to Top Ship Operations Cooperative Program Spring Meeting Scheduled in Panama City, Panama The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) is extending an invitation to maritime industry representatives to attend their Spring meeting in Panama City, Panama, March 31 - April 2, 2009. The event will be hosted by the International Maritime University of Panama and the Panama Canal Authority. The ... Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard Briefs: Rapid Response to 3 Recent Incidents One vessel loses power briefly in San Francisco Bay, another grounds in New York waters and a third sinks about 25 miles north of Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic. • The Coast Guard, along with commercial tug vessels, and the California Department of Fish and Game responded to ... Read More>>>Back to Top EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright © 2009 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316