 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
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 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.
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 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
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