MarEx eNewsletter - November 25, 2009

November 25th, 2009 Vol. 7, No. 47 Seasonal Cheer: A Harbinger of Better Things to Come? Idle thoughts by Editor in Chief Joseph Keefe as we launch into the holiday season. It isn't always easy to produce a weekly column (in addition to the print editions) for this e-newsletter, but lately, I haven't had too much trouble finding material to sound off on. ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx LinkedIn Discussion Group Reaches 5,400+ Maritime Professionals - and Counting... The Maritime Executive Group on LinkedIn is now the most powerful (& popular) social networking group of maritime professionals. In April 2009, our numbers had reached 3,000 members. Another 400 members have signed on in the past four weeks alone. Are you a member yet? What are you waiting for? ... Read More>>>Back to Top Corpus Christi Port Users Stunned by Proposed Fee Hike Port contemplates 700 percent Fee Hike as local stakeholders mull options and circle the wagons in opposition. In a notice sent this week to "all port users" by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, a proposed new Harbor Safety Fee to fund the new security marine patrol ... Read More>>>Back to Top INTERTANKO Weighs in on Piracy Issues Ongoing success of international naval anti-piracy operation depends on full cooperation from ships. Captain Richard Farrington, Chief of Staff of the EU Naval Force, and co-chairman of the Shared Awareness and De-confliction (SHADE) mechanism, updated a recent meeting of Working Group 1 of the UN/IMO's Contact Group ... Read More>>>Back to Top Latin America Forecast: Sunny and Bright MarEx Senior Copy Editor Jack O'Connell says, "The mood at Marine Money's 6th Annual Latin America Ship & Offshore Finance Forum was decidedly upbeat. And why not? This region is booming." The one-day event at the fabulous Eden Roc Resort on Miami Beach last week attracted delegates ... Read More>>>Back to Top Wisconsin DNR Announces Start of State Ballast Water Regulation of Great Lakes Ships MADISON – Wisconsin will start regulating oceangoing ships arriving in its Great Lakes waters at the start of the next shipping season, Feb. 1, 2010, to stop the flow of invasive species arriving in their ballast water. "We can't afford to wait any longer for the federal ... Read More>>>Back to Top Maritime Casualties--November 25, 2009 Greek ship crew repel pirate attack, pirate attack kills Ukranian seamen and Indonesian ferry sinks • Somali pirates attempt to seize Greek bulk carrier A Greek-owned bulk carrier was reportedly seized in the Gulf of Aden last Thursday, 36 nautical miles from the Yemeni ... Read More>>>Back to Top Update Rule B Attachment of EFTs – Shipping Corporation of India Applies Retroactively Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli Partner, Philip C. Brickman, weighs in and provides analysis of recent decision of Second Circuit Court. On November 13, 2009, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals again addressed the attachment of electronic fund transfers ("EFTs") pursuant to Rule B of the Supplemental Rules ... Read More>>>Back to Top Join EPD at the Workboat 2009 Show in New Orleans Read More>>>Back to Top Seawater-Lubricated Shaft Bearings Take Environmental Initiative Award at International Bulk Journal awards Thordon Bearings COMPAC pollution free propeller shaft bearings have been honoured as a winner at the International Bulk Journal Awards with the Environment Protection Award. The Environmental Protection Award honours any company or organization that has made a notable contribution to advance any environmental aspect of bulk shipping. ... 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 MITAGS Offering LNG Awareness Seminars 2-Day and 4-Day options available, commencing on December 14, 2009 • Scope of Seminars: The seminars are intended to familiarize terminal, shipboard, and company personnel interested or affiliated with LNG Operations. Topics covered include LNG safety, theory, vessel / terminal designs, equipment and operations. ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx November/December Edition is on the Street! The latest MarEx print edition, featuring DOCKWISE and its dynamic CEO André Goedée on the cover, is now on the street. This edition provides a unique focus on the DOCKWISE group of companies – much, much more than just ocean transport. Look for your copy soon! Regular ... Read More>>>Back to Top Retail Container Volume Could See Increases in 2010 Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports could see its first year-over-year increases in more than two years beginning in early 2010, according to the monthly Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and IHS Global Insight. "This could be the ... Read More>>>Back to Top Lloyd's Register's Hellenic Committee to Support and Further Develop Safety & Sustainability in Shipping Lloyd's Register's Hellenic Advisory Committee (HAC) meeting yields resolution to do more to communicate priorities as shipowners and Lloyd's Register to reciprocate for class. Lloyd's Register's Hellenic Advisory Committee (HAC) met yesterday (November 19, 2009) at the Yacht Club of Greece. Chairman, Capt. Panagiotis Tsakos summed up ... Read More>>>Back to Top Alaska Seeks Experts for Cruise Ship Wastewater Science Panel Panelists to be named in December; first meeting planned for January The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is recruiting experts in existing and emerging cruise ship wastewater treatment technology to serve on an 11-member science advisory panel. The volunteer panel will look at current and innovative ... Read More>>>Back to Top RINA Secures New Condition-Based Maintenance Agreements GENOA-based classification society RINA has teamed up with specialist certification services provider SPM Instrument SRL of Italy and the Italian Ship Research Centre CETENA to help cope with an increase in demand for Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) programmes by RINA clients. Having issued new CBM rules and guidelines ... Read More>>>Back to Top Cummins Hotips: 573 Dutch Vessels Continue to Set Standard. Following in a long tradition, the shipyards of the Netherlands continue to produce immaculate inland river vessels. In recent years these have tended to be built on hulls shipped from the cost-effective shipyards of China to be finished to the highest ... Read More>>>Back to Top London P&I Club: P&I Class General Increase of 5 Percent as Improvements Consolidated The London P&I Club's Committee has set a general increase of 5 per cent for P&I premiums for the 2010/2011 policy year. The Club's open policy years are developing in line with expectations, and the general increase for the forthcoming P&I year reflects the Committee's determination to ... Read More>>>Back to Top MMA Unveils G & H Towing Navigation Laboratory Massachusetts Maritime Academy is pleased to announce a $25,000 gift from G & H Towing of Galveston, TX, to name the G & H Towing Navigation Lab in the Harrington Building at MMA. G & H Towing is one ... Read More>>>Back to Top NOAA Installs System to Improve Safety and Efficiency of Ships along the Cherry Point Reach in Washington State Ship captains and pleasure boaters can now get free real-time information on water and weather conditions for Cherry Point, Wash., from a newly installed NOAA ocean observing system that makes piloting a ship safer and more efficient. The NOAA Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®) at Cherry Point ... Read More>>>Back to Top EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright © 2009 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

MarEx eNewsletter - November 19, 2009

November 19th, 2009 Vol. 7, No. 46 Current Events + Costly Regulations = Cottage Industry Opportunities The impact of the economic downturn has hit virtually every aspect of the maritime industry. Nowhere has it presented more upside opportunities – and, perhaps, headaches – than in the ship lay-up, scrapping and recycling sectors. You actually need a scorecard to keep up. With as much ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: This week's mailbag contains a couple of letters addressing last week's lead editorial. Last week, our lead editorial referenced the state of affairs at the U.S. Maritime Administration, the maritime modal arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation. In general terms, we bemoaned the loss of momentum ... Read More>>>Back to Top Maritime Casualties--November 19, 2009 Maersk Alabama Attacked, Pirates Kill Captain and Tourists Stuck in Antarctic Ice • Maersk Alabama Thwarts Second Attack For the second time in seven months, Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday on its way to the Kenyan port, Mombasa. The attack was ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx November/December Edition is in Production! The latest MarEx print edition, featuring DOCKWISE and its dynamic CEO André Goedée on the cover, is now in production. This edition provides a unique focus on the DOCKWISE group of companies – much, much more than just ocean transport. Look for your copy soon! Regular MarEx ... Read More>>>Back to Top SEAWAY NOTICE NO. 8 - 2009 Closing of the 2009 Navigation Season and related information. Mariners are reminded that there is always a possibility that severe climatic conditions may occur during the closing period. Should this happen, there is a chance that the dates outlined below, for the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section or the ... 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 Cummins Hot Tips: Singapore's ASL Builds Big and Complex Singapore's ASL Shipyard completes work on DP2 classed diving support vessel that has redundancies well beyond the basics. The application of diesel electric technology gives a remarkable flexibility to vessels in the larger offshore market. In November Singapore's ASL Shipyard completed work on the 90 by 22-meter ... Read More>>>Back to Top William Brennan Selected as Next President of MMA New President, previously served as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and as Administrator of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He is recognized as an authority on ocean environmental policy and maritime issues. Castine, ME: The Maine Maritime ... Read More>>>Back to Top MITAGS Offering LNG Awareness Seminars 2-Day and 4-Day options available, commencing on December 14, 2009 • Scope of Seminars: The seminars are intended to familiarize terminal, shipboard, and company personnel interested or affiliated with LNG Operations. Topics covered include LNG safety, theory, vessel / terminal designs, equipment and operations. ... Read More>>>Back to Top Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Coast Guard and STWC Convention Implementation of the 1995 Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978. In the Federal Register published today, the Coast Guard proposes to amend its regulations to fully incorporate the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for ... Read More>>>Back to Top DOJ: VA Resident Pleads Guilty to Bribing Panamanian Officials for Maritime Contract WASHINGTON: Charles Paul Edward Jumet of Fluvanna County, Va., pleaded guilty today (13 November) in connection with his role in a conspiracy to pay bribes to Panamanian government officials to secure a maritime contract, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern ... Read More>>>Back to Top NTSB Accident Review: Cause & Recommendation National Transportation Safety Board Determines Cause of engineroom fire on board passenger vessel in Oregon. Washington, DC (November 17, 2009): The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of the fire on board the Queen of the West was the failure of a pressurized ... Read More>>>Back to Top MAC Tackles Toppling Tugs and Acidic Assassins Two-part story explores the underlying causes of a tragic incident. Safety depends on everyone being on the same page, sometimes from the moment a vessel's keel is laid suggests the latest Premium podcast from Maritime Accident Casebook, The Case ... Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Alert (07-09) Latest alert from U.S. Coast Guard involves and highlights Sailboat Rigging Dangers. Recently in the Florida Keys, the standing rigging of a 60' inspected passenger carrying sailing catamaran failed, causing its rotating wing spar mast to collapse. Evidence suggests that the port shroud parted where it exits ... Read More>>>Back to Top INTERTANKO Builds on IMO Process with Policy Statement on GHG Emissions from Shipping INTERTANKO: "We believe that short and long term target levels for GHG emission reductions from ships should be ambitious but realistic, and provide incentives for sustainably achieving them." Executive summary INTERTANKO's policy on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reductions from ships, as approved by the ... Read More>>>Back to Top Keystone Shipping's Donald Kurz and Ron Widdows of NOL Honored As 2009 AOTOS Recipients U.S. Coast Guard Receives Special AOTOS Award Event held in NY on November 13, 2009 The United Seamen's Service (USS) 2009 40th Annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards (AOTOS) were presented to Donald Kurz, President and CEO ... Read More>>>Back to Top ISO Standard to Increase Confidence in Ship Recycling Certification ISO says standard for bodies providing audit and certification of ship recycling management systems, will increase the safety of workers and environmental protection by facilitating independent recognition of good practice. ISO 30003:2009, Ships and marine technology – Ship recycling management systems – Requirements for bodies providing audit ... Read More>>>Back to Top RINA Publishes New Lay-Up Guidelines GENOA-based classification society RINA has published new guidelines to help shipowners identify and secure safe and cost-effective locations to lay up their ships during the current economic downturn. The guidelines cover various types of lay-up, mooring arrangements, class, insurance, flag and port authority requirements. They also set ... Read More>>>Back to Top Barge Removed off Sandbridge Beach, VA Titan Salvage removed the 570-foot La Princesa barge off Virginia beach after it ran aground during a storm last Friday. Titan Salvage crews successfully pulled the 570-foot barge La Princesa off Sandbridge beach early Wednesday morning. Coast Guard, Crowley and Titan Salvage personnel worked to remove the ... Read More>>>Back to Top EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright © 2009 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316