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SOCP to Meet on November 1-3 2011

Sep 13, 2011

The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) will be hosting the SOCP Fall 2011 Meeting at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) on November 1-3, 2011.  The focus for this meeting is Safety/Security Issues Impacting the Maritime Industry…

M.E.B.A. Appoints Kincaid President and Caponiti as Executive Director of AMC

Sep 12, 2011

M.E.B.A. Announces Appointment of Captain Lee A. Kincaid as President and James E. Caponiti as Executive Director of the AMC. Together they bring over 60 years of Maritime and Political Experience to the American Maritime Congress. The Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (M…

Crowley Completes Rapid Response for Emergency Aid to Bahamas

Sep 12, 2011

Crowley Successfully Completes Rapid Response for Emergency Aid to Bahamas Following Hurricane Irene.  As one of the warehouses contracted by the U.S. Agency for International Administration (USAID) to provide pre- and post-disaster relief commodity storage services for the United States…

Cubic Global Tracking Solutions Supports DoD Efforts

Sep 12, 2011

Cubic Global Tracking Solutions Supports DoD With Generation II Satellite Enabled Tracking & Intrusion Detection Devices. Container Tracking & Monitoring Solution Provides Logistics Intelligence and Intrusion Detection. Cubic Global Tracking Solutions…

North American World Maritime Day in Tampa on 27 October

Sep 12, 2011

Piracy, Stewardship, Safety and Security to be featured at the 2011 World Maritime Day Observance and US Coast Guard Missions Conference.Piracy will be the focus of this year’s North American World Maritime Day Observance being held in Tampa…

Shippers’ Voice Welcomes Call for Single Carbon Footprint in Europe

Sep 09, 2011

Shippers seeking to choose ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ transport are being put off by the confusion of initiatives and promises offered by logistics and transport companies, says  Andrew Traill, Shippers' Voice Managing Partner.“The lack of…

Scott Bergeron appointed CEO of LISCR

Sep 09, 2011

Scott Bergeron has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the US-based manager of the Liberian Registry.Bergeron joined LISCR in 2000 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that…

Shipping Industry Calls for UN Armed Force Against Pirates

Sep 09, 2011

The global shipping industry (represented by the Round Table of international shipping associations) has called for the establishment of a United Nations force of armed military guards to tackle the piracy crisis in the Indian Ocean, which it says is spiralling out of control…

Steve Miles to Lead David Evans’ Federal Group

Sep 07, 2011

Retired Col. Steve Miles to lead David Evans’ federal group.PORTLAND, Ore. – Sept. 7, 2011 – Steve Miles has joined David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA) as vice president and federal market team leader. Miles recently capped a distinguished 26-year career with the Army…

U.S. DOT Honors Service of Merchant Mariners on 9/11

Sep 07, 2011

The heroism of merchant mariners who evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is featured in a new video released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration…

Bureau Veritas Extends Class to Offshore Drilling Safety

Sep 06, 2011

International classification society Bureau Veritas has extended its classification rules to include the items of drilling equipment which are essential for the safety of offshore drilling operations. These rules cover well control equipment including Blow-Out Preventers…

Coast Guard Foundation Announces Inaugural First District Awards Dinner

Sep 02, 2011

Non-Profit’s Tribute Celebrates the United States Coast Guard’s Finest in Boston.The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced…

Marad Advisory (2011-05) to Mariners: Risk to Vessels Transiting High Risk Waters

Sep 02, 2011

1.   THIS MARAD ADVISORY PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE RISK TO VESSELS TRANSITING THE HIGH RISK WATERS (HRW) OF THE GULF OF ADEN (GOA), RED SEA, INDIAN OCEAN, ARABIAN SEA AND WATERS OFF THE HORN OF AFRICA (SOMALIA).2.   THIS ADVISORY WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE MARAD WEB SITE AT WWW…

NOAA's Thomas Jefferson Conducting Surveys

Sep 01, 2011

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson conducts sea floor surveys to keep shipping safe along Long Island coast.NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson continues today on a three-month survey of the sea floor off the coast of New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island…

MMMAC and MERPAC Advisory Committees to Meet

Sep 01, 2011

The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee (MMMAC), sponsored by the US Coast Guard, will hold its inaugural meeting in Easton, Maryland on September 19-21.  Topics on the agenda include maritime casualties with a nexus to mariner medical issues…

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