MarEx eNewsletter - April 2, 2009

April 2nd, 2009 Vol. 7, No. 13 The Final Frontier: Social Networking Comes to the Maritime World MarEx Editor Joe Keefe dips his toes (tentatively) into the water (with surprising results). At 0530 hours yesterday, my fifth-grade son headed off on the BIGGEST field trip of his elementary school career. Yes, this soon-to-be rising sixth grader (equipped with his first roll-on deodorant stick) was ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Podcast Debut! New concept for the MarEx e-newsletter kicks off with a repeat of the Hawaii Superferry editorial, first distributed online in our March 19th edition. Since our March 19th edition, Hawaii Superferry has announced plans to move the innovative platform to another venue. Listen to the podcast of ... Read More>>>Back to Top The Trans Sea Lifter (TSL) – Profitable by Paradigm Shift The patented TSL is a competitive barge carrier for short sea liner trades with a high throughput of goods. The TSL carries barges with 18.000 t of cargo or 1.800 TEU athwart ship on deck. These barges – strictly speaking: floatable modules of any type – are loaded and discharged ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx March / April PRINT Edition is in Distribution! The latest MarEx print edition, featuring a decidedly international theme on the cover, provides unique focus on the offshore environment, LNG, safety, maritime security - and so much more. As always, you get our now familiar regular features, too! The latest edition of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is ... Read More>>>Back to Top 2009 International Maritime eLearning Symposium Symposium kicks off with a "Call for Participants" for this year's Conference. The Calhoon MEBA Engineering School will be hosting the 2009 International Maritime eLearning Symposium from July 20th through July 23rd this year at its campus in Easton MD. The conference will bring Shipping Company Executives, ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx LinkedIn Discussion Group Reaches Almost 3,100 Maritime Professionals The Maritime Executive Group on LinkedIn has evolved into a powerful social networking group of maritime professionals. With about 3,100 members (and growing), THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE Group on the LinkedIn network is taking up where our popular news coverage, editorial opinions and reader input leaves off. In ... Read More>>>Back to Top EPA: Proposal of Emission Control Area Designation for Geographic Control of Emissions from Ships The United States, along with Canada, has submitted a proposal to the International Maritime Organization that would designate an area off our coasts in which stringent international emission controls would apply to ocean-going ships. When adopted, this control program would dramatically reduce air pollution from ships and deliver substantial benefits ... Read More>>>Back to Top MAC Warns Groundings May Increase Like all Maritime Accident Casebook podcasts The Case of the Unwatched ZOCs draws on a real-life incident to enhance safety awareness aboard ship and help make seafarers, their ships, and the seas safer. Grounding incidents due to navigational chart errors may increase over the next few years, ... Read More>>>Back to Top Alakai Departs for Mobile Hawaii Superferry today announced that the Alakai departs Honolulu Harbor at 3:30 pm today for Mobile, Alabama. The Alakai's 7,600-mile journey from Hawaii through the Panama Canal, directly to Mobile, will take approximately three weeks. Alakai¹s move to Mobile is to position her for future employment. Unfortunately, ... Read More>>>Back to Top National Maritime Center Unveils New Consolidated Merchant Mariner Credential MarEx readers can view the credential in a clickable .pdf format. Long in the making, the new Coast Guard issued credentials will more closely resemble the European style of mariner documentation. Click HERE to see the new documents. Read More>>>Back to Top MARKEY Machinery Seeking Area Partner Seattle-based winch, windlass and capstan producer looking for high quality South Pacific area manufacturing partner SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA — Markey Machinery Company, Inc (USA) is actively seeking a partner in the South Pacific area. This partner will manufacture and help support machines designed and carrying the Markey ... Read More>>>Back to Top St. Lawrence Seaway Celebrates 50th Anniversary Seaway inaugurated in 1959 by Queen Elizabeth II and President Eisenhower and proclaimed as one of the ten most outstanding Canadian engineering achievements of the past 100 years. ST. LAMBERT, Québec (March 31, 2009): The St. Lawrence Seaway celebrated today its 50th anniversary at the St. Lambert ... Read More>>>Back to Top Maine Maritime Academy Begins Search for Next President Current President retiring effective August 2010 Maine Maritime Academy is an 800 student, public, fully accredited four-year College located on Penobscot Bay in the small coastal village of Castine, Maine. MMA is a nationally ranked college of engineering, transportation, management, ocean sciences and international business and is ... Read More>>>Back to Top Boxer Supports International Counter-Piracy Effort in Gulf of Aden Other Attacks Increase off Somali Coast USS BOXER, At Sea: In a show of international sea power in the Gulf of Aden, seven nations representing three task forces coordinated efforts to pursue a skiff after the pirates on board opened fire on a German oiler, the Federal ... Read More>>>Back to Top PHA Commission Approves $35.9 Million Contract for Bayport Container Yard $2 Million Agreement With TSU to Develop Maritime Degree Programs HOUSTON, April 1, 2009: At its March 31 meeting, the Port Commission of The Port of Houston Authority (PHA) approved the award of a $35.9 million construction contract to McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., for the Phase I ... Read More>>>Back to Top Ian Gooch appointed Chief Executive of London P&I Club Managers Gooch appointed Chief Executive of the London P&I Club's Managers, Bilbrough, in succession to Paul Hinton, who has held the post since 2002. Paul will be remaining with the Company in a consultancy role. Ian, a qualified barrister, joined the Club's management in 1991. He subsequently spent ... Read More>>>Back to Top Houston Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Defined HOGANSAC: Authorized by Public Law 102-241 • Houston-Galveston Safety Advisory Committee Committee Chair: Ms. Tava Foret Committee Vice-Chair: Mr. John Salvesen • Mission Statement: The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Department ... Read More>>>Back to Top International Master of Science Program in Marine Engineering United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point delivers on an innovative and much-needed graduate program. The first class is graduating June 22; eight (8) graduates are expected. All working engineers, six are in the marine industry and two are in the shore-side power industry. The challenge ... Read More>>>Back to Top Massachusetts Maritime Academy Announces Grant from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s Ocean Fund Academy to use award to underwrite cooperative education opportunities in training future maritime safety and environmental officers. Buzzards Bay, MA, April 1, 2009: Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) is pleased to announce that its Marine Safety and Environmental Protection program has received a $25,000 marine conservation grant from ... Read More>>>Back to Top USNS Comfort Departs Norfolk on Humanitarian Mission Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort departed Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va., today for a four-month humanitarian assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean. During the deployment, Comfort's 64 civil service mariners - who operate the ship - will navigate it to seven countries ... Read More>>>Back to Top Short Sea Shipping Holds Promise, says Transportation Secretary Lahood La Hood: "Our new Marine Highway Program promises to help accelerate and expand the use of this valuable national network, so we can reduce the congestion outside your gates and transport even more freight and passengers in a greener, more efficient manner." Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expressed ... Read More>>>Back to Top AAPA Hails EPA's Actions To Reduce Ship Emissions American Association of Port Authorities praises U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's joint proposal with Canada to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to designate specific coastal water areas as an Emission Control Area, or ECA. On behalf of its U.S. member ports, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) ... Read More>>>Back to Top Seaway News: Welland Canal Notices to Shipping 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 have been issued. Please note that Welland Notices to Shipping 1 - 5 have been issued. The 2009 notices, are listed as follows: • 1 – General Instructions; • 2 – Testing ... Read More>>>Back to Top EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright © 2009 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316