 Impact of Cota's jail term goes far beyond liability issues.
The wide-reaching implications were not lost on me last week when Captain John Cota was sentenced to 10 months in prison for his part in the Cosco Busan disaster in San Francisco Bay. The sentence, whether or ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 This week's Mailbag is heavy, referencing more than one MarEx online article. Read on to see what MarEx readers had to say this week.
Last week, our lead piece referenced eLearning and maritime education and more specifically, the CMES / MEBA sponsored eLearning Symposium at Easton, Maryland. ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The Maritime Executive Group on LinkedIn has evolved into a powerful social networking group of maritime professionals.
With about 4,100 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 |
 Our now regular feature is a popular staple for MarEx readers on the go. Our fifth podcast recounts our July 9th lead editorial referencing proposed, competing natural gas pipelines intended to liberate billions of cubic feet of "stranded gas" on Alaska's North Slope. Tune in and listen now.
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 Larry Kiern's Washington Insider column from our May/June print edition is now on line for all MarEx readers to digest.
Piracy and Maritime Safety top America's 2009 Maritime Agenda, says Winston & Strawn attorney Larry Kiern. Follow along as Larry Kiern, the MarEx columnist, handicaps President Obama ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 A boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands.
U.S. Coast Guard in Miami said 113 survivors were found while approximately 85 are still uncounted for. Rescuers found the survivors stranded on a couple of reefs and a survivor said the boat ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Somali and Asian pirates continue to be a problem for mariners.
Approximately 43 armed attacks took place in the Asian region during the first half of 2009. According to the task force Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Letter sent to members of Congress from 32 shipper organizations, including NRF, opposes attempts by the Port of Los Angeles and others to rewrite federal trucking regulations to exempt harbor drayage from preemption under the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act.
Text of Letter to Follow:
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 Congressman, Assistant Secretary of Defense among guest speakers.
In honor of all World War II veterans, the Battleship Missouri Memorial will commemorate the 64th anniversary of the signing of Imperial Japan's formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) with a free, hour-long ceremony, titled "The End of ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Grill also served as chairman of the Maritime Cabotage Task Force, the largest maritime organization in the country, since it was founded in 1995.
OAKLAND, CA (July 28, 2009): After a career with Matson that has spanned nearly three decades, Phil Grill, vice president, government relations, in ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Including this effort, CBP's P-3 aircraft have contributed to the disruption of approximately 105,000 pounds of cocaine during the last 12 months.
JACKSONVILLE, FL (July 28, 2009): U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine high-endurance P-3 aircraft were instrumental yesterday in interdicting a ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Hersman, who has been a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board for 5 years, was sworn in today as the agency's 12th Chairman.
Hersman was nominated for the two-year term as Chairman by President Barack Obama on June 18 and confirmed by the United States Senate ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 T&T BISSO RESPONSE, an industry leader in vessel emergency response, salvage and marine firefighting services, recently deployed emergency response resources to serve the Cook Inlet and Alaska areas.
T&T BISSO displayed its emergency response capabilities by conducting equipment exercises in Kachemak Bay in partnership with Cook Inlet ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The latest MarEx print edition, featuring another decidedly international theme on the cover, also provides unique focus on global maritime training and education efforts currently underway. As always, you get our now familiar regular features, too.
The latest edition of THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE is in production. ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Posted for display in yesterday's Federal Register for publication is a Department of Transportation Final Rule: Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs.
1. This Final Rule makes Direct Observation collection procedures mandatory for all return-to-duty and follow-up drug testing.
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 Cummings: H.R. 1665 would address these challenges by strengthening specific acquisition processes.
Washington, DC (29 July 2009): Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, joined his colleagues in unanimously passing H.R. 1665, the Coast Guard Acquisition Reform ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Senior Chief Joel Steinbach presented with the Meritorious Service Medal, and Petty Officers 2nd Class Matthew Olin and Joshua Waters with the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for their exemplary service during the rescue.
MANAMA, Bahrain (July 27, 2009): The head of U.S. Central Command visited ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the USS ZUNI (ATF – 95), which later became the USCGC TAMAROA (WMEC – 166), the ZUNI Maritime Foundation strives to provide the public a unique and educational experience surrounding the history of this vessel and the significant role her crewmembers had in ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
_newsletter.gif) Member-companies of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) with vessels active in American waters, and their clients, are disturbed about proposed modifications/revocation of ruling letters related to the coastwise laws of the United States, commonly known as the Jones Act.
Proposed changes by the U.S. Customs and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
National Maritime Center will play host to next all-important Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee meeting on September 22-23 2009
This meeting will be important in that it addresses many of the recommendations that the Coast Guard may take to the upcoming IMO meetings. That it will be ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 September 9th Conference will address 8,500+ world-wide shipwrecks that may contain up to 20 million tons of oil, other hazardous materials.
Washington, DC: The American Salvage Association (ASA), supported by the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI), International Salvage Union (ISU), Marine Technology Society (MTS), North American ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
