 MarEx Editor Joe Keefe is back from holiday with some light observations from his recent trip to Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland: About 32 years after my first visit to this fine city, last week I returned for a brief one-week vacation. In the summer of 1977, I arrived ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 This week's Mailbag is full after being conspicuously absent last week and all letters references our May 7th on line editorial.
This week's Mailbag contains about two week's worth of mail, all referencing our May 7th lead piece, entitled, "Piracy Debate changes course in Washington." The article ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Newly introduced concept and news vehicle for the MarEx e-newsletter is back with another podcast. Our third podcast recounts our May 7th lead editorial referencing piracy issues. Tune in and listen now.
The May 5th Senate subcommittee hearing on piracy provided a very public forum that served ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Galveston Wharf Commission joins West Gulf Maritime Association in unanimously opposing proposed pay hike. Board of Pilot Commissioners to rule on matter soon.
Monday's unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves to object to a proposed rate adjustment requested by the Galveston-Texas (Gal-Tex) ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 MITAGS and PMI have now graduated highly trained and motivated mate candidates from both campuses. Industry sponsored, and MITAGS/PMI built, Coast Guard "Approved" Workboat Mate Program has provided many new mates to the tug and barge companies of the West coast, and now the East and Gulf coasts.
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 U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels decreased by 2.8 percent in 2008, from 5,967 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MMTCO2) in 2007 to 5,802 MMTCO2 in 2008, according to preliminary estimates released today by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This is the largest annual decline in energy-related carbon ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
Two crew members are missing after a tanker caught on fire in Singapore on Tuesday. The M/V Vertex, a Honduras-registered tanker, which was carrying 2,000 tons of used oil, caught fire at anchorage.
Local reports said that 17 crew members escaped the fire by jumping into the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Two workshops added to the 2009 International Maritime eLearning Conference.
•Online Crowd Management and Crisis Management Certification courses are scheduled for this year's conference workshops.
Experience first hand the only STCW Level online training available today. Attendees will have the opportunity to take the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 President and CEO Testifies Before Congress as Debate on Combating Piracy Continues.
WASHINGTON, DC - Liberty Maritime Corporation President and CEO Philip J. Shapiro testified Wednesday on lessons learned from the international piracy crisis and the immediate need to protect American merchant mariners on U.S.-flag vessels. In ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Two serious incidents on May 19th; both require Coast Guard response.
• Coast Guard medevacs man from ship after explosion
TAMPA, FL: The Coast Guard medically evacuated a man after an explosion onboard a tanker 30-miles northwest of Tampa Bay at approximately 5 p.m. ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 YouTube video is both historical and entertaining, complete with some appropriate music.
MarEx just received the referenced link shown below from a loyal reader. The video is posted on YouTube and is entirely devoted to a tribute to merchant mariners and the ships they sail on, particularly ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Cornel Martin urges lockage fee be rejected again and allow for current industry-government initiative to proceed.
WASHINGTON, DC: Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) is urging the swift rejection of a proposal to phase out the current inland waterways tax on diesel fuel and replace it with a lock ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 THE International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says the fall in the shipping markets has created a number of difficult issues for ship valuers, with brokers in some cases even declining to provide valuations.
ITIC's Andrew Jamieson says, "It is inevitable that some principals will simply be disappointed ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Seagull and INTERTANKO are very pleased to announce there is now an electronic version of TOTS available in the Seagull Training Administrator.
In response to many of Seagull's customers and INTERTANKO's members requesting an easier method of adopting INTERTANKO's Training Officer Training Standards (TOTS) initiative, Seagull and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 High Levels of Knowledge at Key Points Differentiate Commercial Shipbuilding from Navy Shipbuilding
Highlights of GAO-09-322, a report to congressional committees: May 2009
• Why GAO Did This Study
Cost growth is a prevalent problem in Navy shipbuilding programs, particularly for ...Read More>>>Back to Top |
 While on a net basis the United States imports nearly 60 percent of the oil it consumes, this reliance on imported oil is not by itself a major national security threat, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.
May 13th, 2009: This RAND Corporation Study finds ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Courses designed for on-line or in-class presentation as part of the continuing education programs. New courses help fill an industry-identified gap in the availability of trained and experienced ship designers.
CHARLESTON, SC (May 20, 2009): The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Modern Shipbuilding Design project team has ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Opening Statement of Chairman Elijah E. Cummings at subcommittee hearing on "Piracy Against U.S.-Flagged Vessels: Lessons Learned" on May 19th.
Opening Statement of Chairman Elijah E. Cummings
On February 4, 2009, I convened this Subcommittee to examine international piracy on the high seas, ...Read More>>>Back to Top |
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