MarEx Newsletter | Global Leaders Tour Panama Canal, Bulk-Ship Rates: Worst Slide in 5 Years

Please Click Here if you are unable to view the newsletter July 1st, 2010 Vol. 8, No. 46 The Fourth of July 2010 On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country. Some Fun Facts: Population 2.5 million In July ... Read More>>>Back to Top Mystic Seaport to Celebrate Independence Day 1876-style Fourth of July activities to include patriotic ceremony and a children's parade Mystic Seaport will celebrate the Fourth of July with a special 1876 Independence Day Celebration, Sunday, July 4, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Patriotic ceremonies begin at 11 a.m. with the 27th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry re-enacting Civil War military exercises, a noontime picnic on the Village ... Read More>>>Back to Top US Accepts EU Support to Combat GOM Oil Spill The Federal On-Site Coordinator in US has accepted yesterday night an oil cleaning device to combat the environmental consequences of the oil spill that is polluting the waters of the Gulf of Mexico since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling well on 20 April. The US has accepted a high capacity, high speed off-shore skimmer offered by the European Union through the European Maritime ... Read More>>>Back to Top Deepwater Horizon Update July 1, 2010 Today: A live interview with Bob Dudley, President and CEO of BP's Gulf Coast Restoration organization. Viewers will be able to submit questions directly to BP. The interview will stream live at 2:30 pm CDT / 8.30 pm BST. Follow the Interview on YouTube To watch an overview of relief well operations click here World's largest skimmer arrives in ... Read More>>>Back to Top Flyover of the GOM Oil Spill Shows Widespread Devastation To view the video please Click Here Read More>>>Back to Top ClassNK Continues Global Expansion Opens Three New Offices Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) officially announced the opening of three new exclusive surveyor offices today in Tartous, Syria; Callao, Peru; and Sibu, Malaysia. The new offices become the 110th, 111th, and 112th offices in the Society's global service network. The opening of the new offices continues ClassNK's aggressive network expansion, which saw the class society open seven ... Read More>>>Back to Top Top of the Agenda at Transtec 2010: Russian Port Public, Private Partnerships and Privatization Programs President Dmitry Medvedev announced fundamental changes to the management structures of Russian strategic industries which include shipping, sea ports and inland waterways. In his headline address to the St. Petersburg Economic Forum he announced a greatly reduced management role for the State in industry, commerce and ... Read More>>>Back to Top PMI Offers Successful Safety Management - A Practical Primer Successful Safety Management - A Practical Primer August 2 - 3rd, 2010 Seattle, Washington Given the overwhelming response of our previous course offering, the Pacific Maritime Institute has added another Two Day Safety Management Workshop. This two workshop emphasizes recent amendments to the ISM Code, simple risk assessments, and streamlining processes to get back to the ... Read More>>>Back to Top ABS Awards $3 Million Endowment to SUNY Largest Gift in College's 136 Year History State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College, Throggs Neck, New York, will receive the largest gift in the College's 136-year history in the form of a $3 million endowment from one of the world's leading marine and offshore classification societies, ABS. The announcement was made this week following the passage of ... Read More>>>Back to Top Era Helicopters & Priority 1 Air Rescue Announce SAR/EMS in Louisana Search and Rescue Service and Emergency Medical Services based in Fourchon, Louisana Anadarko will be launch customer, July 2010 Era Helicopters LLC (Era) announced yesterday, the launch of a Search and Rescue and Emergency Medical Services (SAR/EMS) operation from its base located in Fourchon, Louisiana. Together, Era and Priority 1 Air Rescue (P1AR) will offer FAA-approved, ... Read More>>>Back to Top Global Leaders Tour Panama Canal Often labeled as one of the world's most important infrastructure projects underway this decade, a visit to the Panama Canal expansion site is atop many lists upon arriving in Panama. And the same rings true for Heads of State. Yesterday, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) welcomed the following dignitaries to the Atlantic expansion site in Colón: Belize Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega; ... Read More>>>Back to Top ARE WE "SEMPER PARATUS?" By Louis Lemos Much has been said and written about atmospheric contamination by exhaust emissions from ships, of all types and sizes and all flags. It has in fact become a world-wide problem requiring commensurate solutions. Fortunately, the International Maritime Organization (I.M.O.), has stepped up to the plate, devised and implemented appropriate legislation in attempting to minimize the discharge of ... Read More>>>Back to Top Bulk-Ship Rates: Worst Slide in 5 Years Commodity shipping costs measured by the Baltic Dry Index fell 55 points or 2.3% to 2,351 points, the lowest since October 1. This marks the 25th consecutive drop, the longest losing streak since August 2005. Declines were led by daily rates for panamax ships, the largest to navigate the Panama Canal. They fell 4.4 percent to $21,147 a day. The bulk-fleet's carrying ... Read More>>>Back to Top MITAGS & PMI Now Offering USCG Approved ECDIS Courses Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) Course Now Available at MITAGS and PMI ECDIS is a required part of the Advanced Navigation requirement for the Chief Mate/Master license. This USCG approved ECDIS course, when combined with successful completion of the Voyage Planning Electronic Navigation (VPEN) Course results in satisfying all of the assessments required for Advanced Navigation. Course ... Read More>>>Back to Top Two Students at Webb Institute Named Crowley Scholars Two undergraduate students, Andrew Lachtman and Lidia Mouravieff, at the Webb Institute in Glen Cove, N.Y. were recently awarded Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial scholarships for their community service and academic achievements. Retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Robert C. Olsen, Jr., president of Webb Institute, presented Mouravieff and Lachtman with Crowley scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year. The Crowley scholarship, which ... Read More>>>Back to Top French Company ECOCEANE Has Oil Spill Solution ECOCEANE is a Company created in 2003 working exclusively in the area of research, development and construction of ships designed for the collection of floating hydrocarbons and solid waste. The Company has its own design office and shipyard specialized in aluminum construction. Since 2007, Ecoceane has sold 50 Cataglop vessels around the world. The Catamar was unveiled in April 2009 by its ... Read More>>>Back to Top Russian Ship Enters San Francisco Bay AmNav Maritime Services escorts Russian Federation Navy Missile Cruiser Varyag transits through San Francisco Bay. Meanwhile, US Coast Guard boat crews provide a security zone around the vesse. Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns –US Coast Guard Read More>>>Back to Top Jeppesen & Brazil Forge Marine Data Derivation Agreement Explore use of Jeppesen Tools to Digitize and Automate Data Production Jeppesen and Brazil's Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN) have reached an agreement giving Jeppesen access to all of the nautical charts and data published by DHN for Brazil's sovereign waters. The agreement, signed through Empresa Gerencial de Projetos Navais (EMGEPRON), will allow Jeppesen to use DHN's high ... Read More>>>Back to Top Click Here to Unsubscribe Copyright © 2010 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316