MarEx eNewsletter - January 29, 2009

January 29th, 2009 Vol. 7, No. 4, Hot New Job Postings from Faststream! Crossroads: Part Deux U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center completes its integration of local REC's into a centralized West Virginia location, but more than one year after initiating the process, the jury is still out on the wisdom of such a move and the complaints from mariners are rolling in. Read More>>>Back to Top Winston & Strawn: Briefing Issued on Implications of Oil Record Book Ruling Court applied what is essentially a strict liability standard that would make a ship owner criminally liable whenever one of its vessels is found to have brought an ORB with false entries into U.S. waters. On January 20, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second ... Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Offshore Security of a Different Kind From our Trico Marine edition (December 2008), Wescorp Energy Rolls Out the Solution to Locating, Tracking and Cataloguing Oilfield Equipment. This week's featured archive MarEx print article is taken from our December edition, which also features Trico's CEO Joseph S. Compofelice on the cover. Follow along as ... Read More>>>Back to Top MITAGS to Host Full Slate of USMMA-KP Events in Linthicum, MD USMMA Chapters and Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies team up to host two separate events during February 2009. • KP Chesapeake "Retirement Academy" Dinner Program The USMMA-AF Chesapeake Chapter provides this program as an educational service to our Alumni Members and Guests. ... Read More>>>Back to Top Four Steps: Eight Consequences Stimulus packages, bailouts, and increased government spending on new programs may not be the answer. Some believe they are clearly not the answer. But we all believe that we have an economic mess. In addition to our economy's problems, there are the prevailing concerns over terrorism. So what can government ... Read More>>>Back to Top PMI New Course: "Marine Vessel Operations & the Environment" "Marine Vessel Operations & the Environment" This course is intended for Mid-level and senior vessel and operations managers, Port Captains, Ship Superintendants, deck and engineering ship officers, regulatory agency personnel and inspectors, marine safety and environmental auditors, anyone with environmental management, operational or reporting responsibilities in the ... Read More>>>Back to Top Massachusetts Maritime Academy Honors Kennedy Legacy BUZZARDS BAY, MA - Massachusetts Maritime Academy recently renamed its 540-foot training ship KENNEDY in honor of the Kennedy family. In a ceremony held January 10, 2009, the Academy recognized the extraordinary public service contributions of the Kennedys. In attendance were Joseph P. Kennedy III, U.S. Representative William Delahunt, Massachusetts ... Read More>>>Back to Top Successful Defense of MRSA Claims Daniel D. Pipitone, Partner, Chairman – Admiralty Section, Chamberlain Hrdlicka, L.L.P, weighs in on litigation matters involving crewmembers contracting staph infections and, particularly, MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) while in service of vessels, including offshore drilling rigs, as a consequence of negligence of their employers and the unseaworthiness of the ... Read More>>>Back to Top Pirates Hijack LPG Tanker After two weeks with no attacks, a German tanker is boarded by pirates in Gulf of Aden on January 29, 2009; vessel is third ship this month to be taken in the region. The M/V LONGCHAMP's capture is the first attack of a ship since a very-large ... Read More>>>Back to Top "Cutting Edge Issues in Shipping Conference" at SUNY Maritime College SUNY Maritime College will present their annual, day-long "Cutting Edge Issues in Shipping" conference, Monday, February 2, 2009, on the Maritime College campus, in Throgs Neck, The Bronx, New York City. The free event will be held in the Science & Engineering Building's Lecture Hall. Piracy, maritime ... Read More>>>Back to Top PHA Executive Director to Retire After 37 Years of Service H. Thomas Kornegay Will Leave a Legacy of Accomplishments as Engineer, Managing Director and Executive Director January 27th 2009: Port of Houston Authority (PHA) Executive Director H. Thomas Kornegay today announced his intention to retire, anticipated to become effective Feb. 1, 2009, bringing to a close his ... Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard Prepares for Next Phase of Rulemaking for Dry Cargo Residue Discharges in Great Lakes Process started with publication of notice of intent, notice of public scoping meeting for second phase of Great Lakes dry cargo residue discharges. The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday its intent to prepare a new environmental impact statement and to hold a public scoping meeting in support ... Read More>>>Back to Top UNH/NOAA Report: Arctic Region Underprepared for Maritime Accidents The existing infrastructure for responding to maritime accidents in the Arctic is limited and more needs to be done to enhance emergency response capacity as Arctic sea ice declines and ship traffic in the region increases, according to new report released today by the University of New Hampshire and the ... Read More>>>Back to Top "Rope Yarns" Tribute to: RADM Thomas E. Burke, USMS, MNS '39, MMA '82 (H) The Friends of Massachusetts Maritime Academy cordially invite you to join in a gala evening to pay tribute to our long time friend and distinguished graduate, Rear Admiral Thomas E. Burke, USMS. The Friends of Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a social organization comprised mostly of graduates from ... Read More>>>Back to Top USS Mahan Implements Maritime Strategy During Counterpiracy Ops USS MAHAN At sea - As part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) is cooperating with approximately 14 nations also operating in the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. CTF 151, a counterpiracy task force, was ... Read More>>>Back to Top Release of the M/V "Biscaglia" is Only Part of the Story New twist introduced to seemingly familiar case involving piracy in the Gulf of Aden; all 28 crew members released unharmed as U.S. attorneys (Seward & Kissel) provide advice and counsel in first negotiation of its kind to be negotiated from the United States. Evan as Industrial Shipping ... Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Department of Transportation to Recycle Three More Ships One of three is the World War II Victory Ship Hattiesburg Victory The U. S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration has signed fee-for- service contracts to recycle three more of its obsolete ships. Two ships, the Hattiesburg Victory and the Pioneer Contractor, are from the Beaumont Reserve ... Read More>>>Back to Top Ship Operations Cooperative Program Spring Meeting Scheduled in Panama City, Panama The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) is extending an invitation to maritime industry representatives to attend their Spring meeting in Panama City, Panama, March 31 - April 2, 2009. The event will be hosted by the International Maritime University of Panama and the Panama Canal Authority. The ... Read More>>>Back to Top Coast Guard Briefs: Rapid Response to 3 Recent Incidents One vessel loses power briefly in San Francisco Bay, another grounds in New York waters and a third sinks about 25 miles north of Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic. • The Coast Guard, along with commercial tug vessels, and the California Department of Fish and Game responded to ... Read More>>>Back to Top EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright © 2009 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

MarEx eNewsletter - January 22, 2009

January 22nd, 2009 Vol. 7, No. 3, Hot New Job Postings from Faststream! David Alan Opuulani Burrows, Vice President of Marketing for Transmarine Navigation, Passes Away David Alan Opuulani Burrows: Born: Oct. 18, 1961, Passed: Away Jan. 13, 2009 David Alan Opuulani Burrows was born in Portland, Oregon. At the age of three, his parents returned to Honolulu where he attended Kamehameha Schools and the University of Hawaii. His beloved wife, Shirley Anne ... Read More>>>Back to Top Featured MarEx Print Article: Who Says Cleaner Vessels Always Mean Higher Costs? John D. McCown, CEO of Trailer Bridge, Inc., a U.S.-flag container shipping company asks the tough questions and weighs in on fuel quality standards and the Trailer Bridge Model for shortsea shipping. Taken from our December print edition. McCown says, "The new standards are nothing short of ... Read More>>>Back to Top Rogers Departs as President of Seabulk Tankers, Inc and Seabulk Towing, Inc Kenny Rogers a 30-year veteran of the marine industry has left as President of the SEACOR Holding subsidiaries Seabulk Tankers, Inc and Seabulk Towing, Inc. Rogers has held executive positions in the tanker, towing, and cruise industries over the last 20 years. Prior to joining SEACOR Holdings ... Read More>>>Back to Top Full Capacity at 2009 Workboat Academy Graduation FULL CAPACITY at the Workboat Academy's 2009 Graduating Class Ceremonies in Seattle. The Workboat Academy 2009 Graduation, which takes place on January 30th aboard the M/V SKANSONIA in Seattle, Washington, is filled to capacity. Gregg Trunnell, Director of PMI Workboat Academy, is ecstatic and ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to MarEx Editorials and Articles MarEx readers weigh in on last week's piece, entitled "Remembering the Good Old Days: and Keeping Our eyes on the Ball" and other past articles. In last week's edition of the MarEx e-newsletter, our lead editorial touched upon the global economy and how that is affecting the ... Read More>>>Back to Top "Rope Yarns" Tribute to: RADM Thomas E. Burke, USMS, MNS '39, MMA '82 (H) The Friends of Massachusetts Maritime Academy cordially invite you to join in a gala evening to pay tribute to our long time friend and distinguished graduate, Rear Admiral Thomas E. Burke, USMS. The Friends of Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a social organization comprised mostly of graduates from ... Read More>>>Back to Top International Shipholding Corporation Provides Update Regarding Withdrawal of Liberty Offer and Other Strategic Alternatives ISC: Liberty was unwilling to agree to provisions that would have demonstrated to the Special Committee that Liberty's intent was other than to gain access to material non-public information and take control of the Company without paying a control premium to the Company's shareholders. MOBILE, AL: The ... Read More>>>Back to Top Sean Connaughton's Tenure as Maritime Administrator Ends with Change in Administration James E. Caponiti, the agency's Assistant Administrator, will become Acting Deputy Maritime Administrator. Because of the change in administration, Sean T. Connaughton's tenure as Maritime Administrator will end on January 20, 2009. At that time, Mr. James E. Caponiti, the agency's Assistant Administrator, will become Acting Deputy ... Read More>>>Back to Top Chouest Purchases Tampa Shipyard On November 18, 2008, Edison Chouest Offshore officials appeared before the Tampa Port Authority in an effort to secure the assignment of Tampa Bay Shipbuilding and Repair's long-term lease agreement with the port. The authority had no objection to the transfer and, on that date, Tampa Ship, LLC was born. ... Read More>>>Back to Top Moore Stephens: Opportunity Still Knocks for Shipping Shipping accountant Moore Stephens says that, despite the current economic downturn, shipping is still a good business to be in, and that resourceful investors will find opportunities to expand, or to get back into shipping, over the next twelve months. Julian Wilkinson, head of the Moore Stephens ... Read More>>>Back to Top 200,000 up for UK Club's Medical Examination Scheme The UK P&I Club's Pre-Employment Medical Examination Programme has just processed its 200,000th examinee. Dennis U. Baclay, a 34-year-old Filipino, met the Programme's exacting standards at the SuperCare Medical Service Clinic in Manila on January 13th. He was put forward by manning agents Philippine Transmarine Carriers on ... Read More>>>Back to Top New York Shipping Conference Asks: "How Will Shipping Survive the Perfect Storm?" Annual joint Chamber of Commerce event expecting high attendance. Event will be held on Tuesday, February 10th at the New York Helmsley Hotel. Building strategies for survival in today's economic and shipping markets is this year's focus of the 15th annual Hellenic-American and Norwegian-American Chambers of Commerce ... Read More>>>Back to Top Don Sheetz Named as MCIA Liaison for Public Sector Sheetz has agreed to act as MCIA liaison for the public sector. He will be the point of contact for government agencies, maritime authorities, flag states and international government organisations. Don was with the Vanuatu registry for almost 18 years until his retirement in December 2008, joining ... Read More>>>Back to Top J.F. Lehman & Company Announces Two Major Deals Millennium Industrial and Marine Solutions, Inc. ("Millennium") and Boston Ship Acquisition, LLC ("Northeast") added to J.F. Lehman portfolio.. • Acquisition of Millennium Industrial and Marine Solutions, Inc. J.F. Lehman & Company ("J.F. Lehman") is pleased to announce the acquisition of Millennium Industrial and Marine ... Read More>>>Back to Top Flight 1459: Mariners to the Rescue MARAD's Susan Clark salutes the "ad hoc flotilla of boats and ferries that came to the rscue of all 155 people on board US Airways 1459 Minutes after a disabled plane ditched into the Hudson River, New York Waterway commuter ferryboats moved in close to take survivors. ... Read More>>>Back to Top DOJ: Greek-Based Operator of Ship Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Records Company sentenced to a $1.3 million fine, a $1,600 special assessment, three years of probation, and ordered to implement an Environmental Compliance Plan. Pendulum Shipmanagement Inc. ("Pendulum"), a ship management company, headquartered in Greece, pleaded guilty today to charges that it conspired with members of the crew ... Read More>>>Back to Top St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation Issues Customer Advisory The 2009 Schedule of Charges on Goods or Cargo Landed, Shipped, Transshipped or Stored for The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation takes effect January 15th, 2009. Click HERE to read the 2009 SCHEDULE OF CHARGES ON GOODS OR CARGO LANDED, SHIPPED, TRANSSHIPPED OR STORED Read More>>>Back to Top MITAGS to Host Full Slate of USMMA-KP Events in Linthicum, MD USMMA Chapters and Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies team up to host two separate events during February 2009. • KP Chesapeake "Retirement Academy" Dinner Program The USMMA-AF Chesapeake Chapter provides this program as an educational service to our Alumni Members and Guests. ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarEx LinkedIn Discussion Group Reaches 2,100 Maritime Professionals The Maritime Executive Group on LinkedIn has evolved into a social networking group of over 2,100 maritime professionals. With 2,100 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 NTSB Advisory: Registration Still Open for Marine Safety Course National Transportation Safety Board says that January 2009 course is still open for late registration; limited number of seats available for the program. Late registration is still available for the National Transportation Safety Board's Accident Investigation for Marine Professionals (MS 101), scheduled for January 26-30, 2009, at ... Read More>>>Back to Top EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright © 2009 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316