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MarEx Newsletter | Prestige's Captain Speaks Out at Oil Spill Trial

Prestige Oil Spill Trial Continues, Captain Testifies Executive in Action: Captain Raffat Zaheer, Honorary Secretary of the International Multimodal Transport Association Wooden Cargo Ship Erupts in Flames and Sinks Off UAE Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. November 14, 2012 (Volume 10, Edition 150) Prestige Oil Spill Trial Continues, Captain Testifies Ten years ago today, the PRESTIGE oil tanker triggered one of Europe’s worst oil spills. Also today, the ship’s 77-year-old Greek captain, Apostolos Mangouras, testified during the environmental disaster’s legal trial in Spain. The skipper is consistent in claiming that his vessel passed the required checks. According to... Read More>> Executive in Action: Captain Raffat Zaheer, Honorary Secretary of the International Multimodal Transport Association By Wendy Laursen Captain Raffat Zaheer is speaking out on the welfare of seafarers confronted with the threat... Read More>> Wooden Cargo Ship Erupts in Flames and Sinks Off UAE In the early hours of Monday morning, a wooden cargo ship sank off the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following a... Read More>> Port of Oakland Executive Director Retires During Expense Investigation Omar Benjamin has notified the Port of Oakland Board of Port Commissioners that he is retiring from his position as... Read More>> Australia's Offshore Oil and Gas Safety Standards "Lag Behind Competitors" A new report released by the ACTU, MUA and AWU has highlighted major safety problems in the offshore oil and gas... Read More>> ITF Calls for Federal Government Inquiry into Sage Sagittarius Deaths Federal government should carry out an inquiry into the three deaths on board the Japanese owned and operated bulk... Read More>> Hong Kong Ends Reflagging of Iranian Vessels, UANI Responds Decision Comes Following UANI Campaign and Discussions with UANI On Monday, Hong Kong announced that it is... Read More>> Combined Maritime Forces Unit Profile: HMCS REGINA HMCS Regina arrived in the Arabian Sea in August from her home port of CFB Esquimalt in Victoria British Columbia,... Read More>> EU Naval Force and NATO Counter Piracy Commanders Meet At Sea On 10th November, EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino, met with the Commander of NATO’s... Read More>> Applicability of Force Majeure Clauses in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy GE Delivers LM2500 Gas Turbines for Royal Australian Navy's Third Air Warfare Destroyer Grandweld Delivers the First of Two Service Boats to Kuwait Oil Tanker Company ClassNK Takes Two at Lloyd's List Asia Awards 2012 InterManager Supports Seafarers' Survey in a Bid to Tackle Red Tape Ship Agents Count the Cost of Avoidable Errors Ambrey Risk Awarded Panama-Flagged Vessel Maritime Security Accreditation Revised MARPOL Annex V Regulations Intensify Need for Waste Handling Solutions Onboard Ships, Rigs A Dozen Damen Tugs for Wilson Sons, Brazil Boskalis Acquires Large Dutch Infrastructure Contract in a Consortium  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Advertising | About Us | Contact Us | Register | Newsletter Archives | Sign up for Free MarEx Newsletter Advertise in Newsletter | Subscribe to Print Edition Copyright 2012 The Maritime Executive, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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MarEx Newsletter | Are Pharmacists To Blame in '07 Cosco Busan Spill?

If you are experiencing problems viewing the newsletter, please Click Here << Previous Edition   Volume 10, Edition 51 (April 28, 2012) Share this Newsletter Lawsuit Blames Ship Pilot's Pharmacists in '07 Cosco Busan Accident In 2007, the Cosco Busan container ship crashed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge spilling thousands of gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay. Now, the ship owners and operators of the vessel involved have sued pharmacists based out of Northern California, claiming that they negligently distributed prescription drugs to the ship’s pilot during the time of the incident. Regal Stone Ltd. (ship’s owner) and Fleet Management Ltd. (ship’s operator) both insist that the pills given to pilot John Cota by pharmacists at Longs drug store completely... Read More >> Guest Feature: Protecting Yourself Before, During and After a Pirate Attack (PART 2) Written by Captain Richard Madden View Part 1 here. Part 2 Sorting Out the Pirates From the... Read More >> House Backs Navy Littoral Combat Ship Funding, Despite Recent Criticism As lawmakers are scolding the Navy for lack of communication regarding its Littoral Combat Ship program – mainly its cost, schedule and performance, a House panel has now backed up the Navy plans in adding four more Littoral Combat Ships. According to Bloomberg, The Navy requested $2.24 billion for the ships, including... Read More >> Active Container Ship Fleet Reaches Record 15 Million TEUs The active container ship fleet has climbed to a record 15 million 20-foot equivalent units, powered by deliveries of new vessels and a severe reduction in the number of laid-up ships, reports The Journal of Commerce. This active fleet growth is predicted to renew price competition, especially after eight months of decreasing... Read More >> Twenty Years Jail for 11 Pirates All eleven pirates that were apprehended by EU Naval Force warship FS Nivose in May 2009 and transferred to Kenyan authorities in May 2009 were found guilty on 19 April 2012.  By ruling of the Magistrate the eleven pirates now face 20 years imprisonment. It was 3 years ago when French frigate FS Nivose – part of the... Read More >> AMP Says American Fleet Can Meet Demand If Sunoco Refinery Closes In written testimony to the U.S. Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, the American Maritime Partnership (AMP) criticized and corrected an Energy Information Administration (EIA) report that said American tank vessels may be “in short supply” if a Northeast refinery closes later this year. EIA’s assessment... Read More >> T-AKE Class Ship USNS Medgar Evers Accepted into MSC Fleet Military Sealift Command accepted delivery of its newest dry cargo/ammunition ship, USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), during a short ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO Ship Yard San Diego. The ship, which was christened Nov. 12, 2011 in San Diego, honors slain civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers, who is remembered for his... Read More >> LoBiondo Examines Impact of USCG, EPA Regulations on Maritime Job Growth The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), held a hearing to review the status of regulations by the United States Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and how such regulations impact the... Read More >> World Shipping Council’s Chris Koch Testifies on Maritime Regulation At the request of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Chris Koch, President and CEO of The World Shipping Council (WSC) testified regarding some current environmental and safety regulatory initiatives in which the... Read More >> David Weinstein Elected President, CEO of ABS Group of Companies, Inc. New leadership to pursue acquisitions, growth for class society affiliate The Board of Directors of the ABS Group of Companies, Inc. (ABS Group) has elected... Read More >> Coast Guard Suspends Search for Overboard Tug Master The Coast Guard has suspended its search pending further developments for a 48-year-old man who was reported to have fallen overboard from a Boston-bound tugboat approximately nine miles south of Newport, R.I., Thursday at 1:36 p.m. Coast Guard crews covered more than 775 square miles searching for the master of the New... Read More >> Wärtsilä Donates Controllable Pitch Propulsion System to USMMA Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has donated a controllable pitch propulsion system to the Engineering Department at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. A dedication ceremony on April 24, served as recognition of the... Read More >> Inaugural Seatrade Offshore Marine Asia (SOMA) Ends on a High Liquefied natural gas (LNG) could hold the key to a cost effective and environmentally efficient industry, if certain challenges are overcome The inaugural Seatrade Offshore Marine Asia (SOMA) conference, which came to a close at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre,... Read More >> Chris-Marine & IOP Marine to Launch New Products In a time of general downturn within the marine industry, Swedish-based Chris-Marine and the recently incorporated IOP Marine continue to surge forward with the launch of several new... Read More >> High-end Platform to Meet Demand of Soaring Offshore Engineering Industry The much anticipated Medium and Long-Term Program for the Development of Offshore Engineering Equipment Manufacturing Industry (hereinafter referred to as “the Program”) has recently been released jointly by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of... Read More >>   Home¬†|¬†News¬†|¬†Shipping¬†|¬†Tugs & Salvage¬†|¬†Business¬†|¬†Training¬†|¬†Shipbuilding¬†|¬†Offshore¬†|¬†Government¬†|¬†Magazine Advertising|About Us|Contact Us|Register|Newsletter Archives|Sign up for Free MarEx Newsletter|Advertise in Newsletter|Subscribe to Print Edition © Copyright 2011 The Maritime Executive, LLC. All rights reserved.Privacy policy.

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