MarEx eNewsletter - March 9, 2010

Please Click Here if you are unable to view the newsletter March 9th, 2010 Vol. 8, No. 10 MarEx OP-ED: Issue Is Power, Not Legal Interpretation Featured print article from the Maritime Executive November/December 2009 Dockwise edition. Robert Vosbein weighs in on CBP's Jones Act interpretations. Despite heated debate and uncertainty stemming from this summer's proposed ruling by U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP"), the "Jones Act," the common reference for U.S. coastwise ... Read More>>>Back to Top Silent but Deadly Undersea Threat: Four Billion Gallons of Oil Featured print article from the Maritime Executive September/October 2009 SMIT Salvage edition. by Joseph Keefe Slightly off your radar screen, the "Wrecks of the World: Hidden Risks of the Deep" (WOW) Conference held in Linthicum, MD in September highlighted a ticking time bomb. As ... Read More>>>Back to Top Maritime Casualties--March 9, 2010 Latest maritime casualty news. • Ferries Freed From Ice in Baltic Sea Four ferries with 1,000 passengers stuck in the frigid Baltic Sea, were freed from heavy ice with the help of icebreakers off Sweden's coast and arrived back in port in Stockholm on ... Read More>>>Back to Top Piracy & Ship Attacks--March 9, 2010 Latest reports on pirates and ship seizures. • French Navy Captures 35 Pirate Suspects As one of the most successful missions since EU forces began operations in 2008, dozens of pirate suspects in four mother ships and six smaller vessels were seized in four ... Read More>>>Back to Top Marine Highways Conference at CCMIT on MITAGS Complex Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will be the keynote speaker on April 7 during the seventh annual Journal of Commerce North American Marine Highways and Logistics Conference. The conference will be held April 6-7 at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute at Linthicum Heights, Md., near Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall ... Read More>>>Back to Top Baltic Shipwrecks Uncovered by Pipeline Probe Several shipwrecks were discovered in the Baltic Sea as a probe preparing for an installation of a gas pipeline surveyed the sea bed. Previously unknown shipwrecks, some as old as 1,000 years, were discovered in the Baltic Sea on Monday by Russian-led Nord Stream. The probe was ... Read More>>>Back to Top Mare Forum USA 2010 Presentations at the Mare Forum USA 2010 - Maritime Transportation of Energy. Energy Independence in America, Carbon Emissions Reduction and Other Initiatives: The Impact on Shipping and Energy Industries. The Mare Forum USA 2010-Maritime Transportation of Energy conference took place at the InterContinental Houston (Houston, Texas) ... Read More>>>Back to Top Capital Link's 4th Annual International Shipping Forum Capital Link's 4th Annual Invest in International Shipping Forum Thursday, March 25th, 2010 || 8:00 am - 5:45 pm Metropolitan Club || One East 60th Street || New York City Register Now Online Indicative List of Topics and Panels • Global ... Read More>>>Back to Top Seafarers' House Announces 2010 Golden Compass Award The Golden Compass Award will go to Adam M. Goldstein, President and Chief Executive Officer - Royal Caribbean International. The Annual Gala will benefit Seafarers' House at Port Everglades. Plans are underway for the 2010 International Golden Compass Award Dinner. The annual black tie gala will be ... Read More>>>Back to Top MITAGS Announcements MITAGS introduces upcoming courses. LNG TERMINAL OPERATORS COURSE Upcoming course date: April 26-30, 2010 The course is intended to familiarize LNG terminal personnel with liquefied gas tanker safety and cargo operations. Terminal equipment such as pumps, hard arms, gas ... Read More>>>Back to Top WCI Addresses President's FY 2011 Civil Works Budget WCI urges congress to adopt recommendations to improve reliability of America's inland navigation system. Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) held a press event today at the National Press Club to address the President's FY 2011 budget request for the Army Corps of Engineers, and to outline the new ... Read More>>>Back to Top MarineCFO Nominated for Technology Company of the Year Louisiana Technology Council recognizes MarineCFO for Technological Innovation & Progress. MarineCFO Inc., the leading provider of On-Vessel, Marine Operations, Personnel, Fleet Maintenance and Financial Management Software Solutions to the Global Marine Transportation Industry, announced today that MarineCFO has been nominated for the Louisiana Governor's Technology Company of ... Read More>>>Back to Top EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright © 2010 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316