MarEx eNewsletter - April 13, 2010

Please Click Here if you are unable to view the newsletter April 13th, 2010 Vol. 8, No. 21 MANDATORY DRUG TESTING OF MERCHANT MARINE PERSONNEL By Walter J. Brudzinski (NOTE: "The following article, written by a practicing Administrative Law Judge, is a useful overview for MarEx readers of the USCG's drug-testing policy and what happens when a violation is alleged. For ease of reading, the footnotes have been removed. For a copy ... Read More>>>Back to Top IRANIAN SHIPS TAKE ON NEW IDENTITIES Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), Iran's state shipping company, has undertaken a large-scale program to give its ships new identities in order to avoid U.S. sanctions, the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, an anti-proliferation group, said. It said the changes may make it more difficult for U.S. ... Read More>>>Back to Top Bangladesh Eases Ship Breaking Rules Environmental groups are upset by the recent decision by Bangladesh's government easing restrictions on ship-breaking, saying tens of thousands of people could be exposed to toxic waste. However, an industry association praised the move saying it will benefit the country's economy. Following a High ... Read More>>>Back to Top Closing Chicago Lock Closures Will Have Devastating Impacts DePaul Study: Closing Chicago Lock Closures Will Have Devastating Impacts Three Separate Studies are Critical of Michigan Study Methodology and Conclusions A recently released economic study verifies that Chicago area lock closures to prevent Asian carp migration from the Mississippi River System to Lake Michigan would ... Read More>>>Back to Top RINA Reveals Risk Analysis Rules for Offshore Units GENOA-based classification society RINA has published a new set of rules covering offshore units including FPSOs, FSRUs and MODUs. The new rules are based on experience in helping develop the world's first offshore LNG terminals, both fixed and floating. The Rules for the Classification ... Read More>>>Back to Top Piracy & Ship Attacks April 13, 2010 US Warship Captures Pirates After Gun Battle. US Navy has now captured 21 pirates since March 31, 2010 The US Third Fleet in a statement said pirates began shooting at the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland about 380 miles (610 kilometers) off Djibouti. Read More>>>Back to Top Ships collide Off Of Macau Ships collide eight nautical miles off Macau Outer harbor. An oil tanker collided with a cargo ship around eight nautical miles off Macau's Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal. No injuries were reported, but oil was leaking from the tanker. WANG PU 35, an oil tanker ... Read More>>>Back to Top Japan Charges Sea Shepherd Captain With Five Crimes Japanese prosecutors have indicted a New Zealand anti-whaling activist that boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean. Captain Peter Bethune of the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society reportedly used a jet ski to approach the whaling ship SHONAN MARU 2 on Feb. 15th, and ... Read More>>>Back to Top EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright © 2010 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316