MarEx eNewsletter - October 1, 2009

October 1st, 2009 Vol. 7, No. 39 Shortsea Shipping: It's Good for What Ails You For those who want to promote the concept and/or think shortsea shipping just might be the medicine that the domestic American maritime industry needs, then www.Americasmarinehighways.com is worth a look. After that, you might just think that shortsea shipping deserves a second look, too. A few months ... Read More>>>Back to Top Unified TX Stakeholders Look to Force Second Look at Pilot Board's Failure to Implement Agreed Tariff Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association object and seek judicial review, as the port of Texas City and the West Gulf Maritime Association also object to the Pilot Commission's failure to implement the agreed tariff that eliminated the second pilot. Carnival and Royal Caribbean Cruises ... Read More>>>Back to Top Transportation Fatalities Fall in '08 but Marine Fatalities Ticked Up Slightly NTSB Chairman vows to 'press hard' to continue trend. Washington, DC - Transportation fatalities in the United States decreased by almost 10 percent in 2008 from 2007, according to preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). This marks the third consecutive year of ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx September / October Edition Is in Production! The latest MarEx print edition, featuring a global approach to the business of salvage, provides unique focus on SMIT Salvage and its dynamic business plan, the legal aspects of contracts in a down market, a look at the latest push to protect the environment – and so much more. As ... Read More>>>Back to Top KP Chesapeake Veterans Day Maritime Dinner Program – Wed Nov 11, 2009 Nov 11, 2009 Wed (MITAGS-Baltimore) KP Chesapeake Veterans Day Maritime Dinner Program 5:30PM Location: The Conference Center at the Maritime Institute, 692 Maritime Boulevard Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 / Tel: (866)-629-3196 Web: http://www.ccmit.org Agenda: 4:30PM: Hosted tour - MITAGS Simulator Technology ... Read More>>>Back to Top MITAGS to Host SOCP Meeting Next meeting of Ship Operations Cooperative Program to be held at MITAGS in Linthicum, MD on November 10-11 2009. Former U.S. Maritime Administrator Sean Connaughton to give keynote address. Agenda of the next SOCP meeting will focus on the theme of: Air Emissions in the Maritime Industry. ... Read More>>>Back to Top PLANETDATA / MARITIME SECURITY NEWS PlanetData - The Security News Network is a free news and information resource focused on maritime, global, corporate, cyber, homeland and aviation security, law enforcement and intelligence. PlanetData hosts timely and comprehensive content gathered from over 1,000 online sources, as well as from our editors, contributors and members. This newsletter ... Read More>>>Back to Top Polembros Shipping LTD. Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Pollution from Cargo Ship Traveling to New Orleans Company has agreed to pay $2.7 million criminal fine. WASHINGTON—Polembros Shipping LTD., a ship management company headquartered in Greece, pleaded guilty today in federal court in New Orleans for violating anti-pollution laws, ship safety laws, and making false statements during a U.S. Coast Guard investigation of the ... Read More>>>Back to Top Crowley's Todd Busch Elected President of the International Salvage Union Crowley Maritime Corporation announced today that Todd Busch, the company's senior vice president and general manager of technical services, which includes Crowley subsidiary Titan Salvage, has been elected president of the International Salvage Union (ISU). Busch was elected during ... Read More>>>Back to Top Wind Blows Change for Project Cargoes Graig Ship Management shows why there is more to getting "green" than most people will ever know. The heavy lift project cargo game just got a little harder. Go back just fifteen years and most people thought that large-scale electricity generation from wind turbines was just a ... Read More>>>Back to Top Domestic Marine Casualties: Ship Channel and Mississippi River Coast Guard Re-opens Section of Ship Channel Known as one of the nation's most valuable commercial waterways, a three-mile stretch of the Houston Ship Channel's 52 miles has been re-opened for slow-speed traffic after an oil spill on Friday. The channel was closed between ... Read More>>>Back to Top New PHA Executive Director Alec Dreyer Confirmed by Port Commission Diverse background brings new energy to Port of Houston Authority. The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority named Houston businessman Alec G. Dreyer the new PHA executive director at its Sept. 29 meeting, it was announced by Chairman James T. Edmonds. Dreyer will be Houston's ... Read More>>>Back to Top AMS Annual Membership Conference Highlights Safety Award Recipients AMS Consortium was established in 1988 to facilitate the maritime industry's compliance with U.S. Coast Guard regulations and international protocols and currently administers safety programs for deep-sea, Great Lake, cruise ship and tug and barge operators. The September 24th Annual Membership Conference for members of American Maritime ... Read More>>>Back to Top Latest Edition of IMO News Released (3/2009) Issue addresses climate change, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, counter-piracy guidance, and carriage of ECDIS and much more. The September 2009 edition of IMO News is chock full of interesting and timely information, including but not limited to: • Climate change: a challenge for ... Read More>>>Back to Top NAMEPA to Present 2009 Marine Environment Protection Award to U.S. Coast Guard Award dinner to coincide with 2009 World Maritime Day Parallel Event on October 16th. September 21, 2009 Clay Maitland, Founding Chairman of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), announced that the United States Coast Guard is the recipient of NAMEPA's 2009 Marine Environment Protection Award. ... Read More>>>Back to Top Insurers Could Incur Increased Tax Liabilities Under New VAT Rules Changes do not affect only UK-domiciled companies. Leading accountant and insurance consultant Moore Stephens says that companies in the insurance industry need to be aware that, under changes to the VAT international services rules which will take effect on 1 January 2010, they could incur increased VAT ... Read More>>>Back to Top Confidence Slowly Returning as Shipping Looks Over Its Shoulder at China Recent survey reveals a growing awareness of the impact which the growth of China may have on the way the industry conducts its business. The latest Shipping Confidence Survey from leading international accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens records a continuing rise in overall confidence levels in ... Read More>>>Back to Top Small Sea Changes: Big Infrastructure Impacts Comes to Texas On November 13, 2009, a workshop entitled 'Small Sea Changes: BIG Infrastructure Impacts' will explore improved management of Gulf assets through better understanding of coastal hazards. The workshop will focus on strategies for better understanding, predicting and accommodating the risks that such hazards pose. A unique combination ... Read More>>>Back to Top South Florida Maritime Academy Night MarEx to Host South Florida Maritime Academy Night – Thursday, October 1st at 1830 hours. The KP/Cal/SUNY/Maine/Texas/USCG/USNA/Mass/Great Lakes South Florida Alumni Chapter is holding its monthly meeting Thursday, October 1st at 1830 hours at a NEW LOCATION: Maritime Executive Magazine 3200 S. Andrews ... Read More>>>Back to Top SpecTec Wins IP Infringement Case Against MirTac in Netherlands Case was heard by a court in The Hague. SpecTec, creators of the AMOS Planned Maintenance and Quality Management software have successfully proven their case against Mirtac BV for infringement of the AMOS intellectual property rights. The case was heard by a court in The Hague. Mirtac ... Read More>>>Back to Top ITIC Urges Ship Managers to Review Liability Limitation Provisions AHEAD of an impending revision of the standard industry ship management agreement, the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has urged ship managers to limit their liability to a sum which reflects the growing proportionate gap between ship values and the level of ship management fees. ITIC notes ... Read More>>>Back to Top McQuilling Services, LLC Weekly Note(s): Number 23 The McQuilling Services Weekly Notes this week focus on (No. 23) "1H2009 Tanker Demand Analysis." Tanker demand is typically measured in ton-mile units, taking into account not only the cargo being moved, but also the distance it travels. Specific data is available some time after actual cargo ... Read More>>>Back to Top Job Opportunity: MARITIME INDUSTRIES ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL Full-Time Position Available: INSTRUCTOR of MARITIME STUDIES. THE POSITION WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL FILLED GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Maritime Industries Academy is an urban public school in Baltimore, Maryland that serves approximately 600 students in grades 9-12. The Academy is initiating a maritime instructional program that ... Read More>>>Back to Top EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright © 2009 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316