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| November 30th, 2010 Vol. 8, No. 90 |
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 The FBI reports that a California man entered a restricted area and released the rear anchor of Holland America’s MS Ryndam. The cruise ship was travelling from Tampa, FL to Costa Maya, Mexico when the incident occurred early Saturday morning.
The ship was not damaged and no one was injured. During questioning with FBI officials, Rick Ehlert admitted releasing the anchor and throwing a life buoy overboard. Forty-four year old Ehlert, says he was drunk when he released the anchor and claims the cruise ship’s anchor release system was similar to his system on his 50-foot boat.
Ehlert will face charges of attempting to damage a vessel and endangering ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) and the Marine Preservation Association (MPA) announced MSRC's intention to fulfill customer's regulatory planning obligations for dispersant capability as promulgated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG).
MSRC customers may cite MSRC singularly, with one exception as noted below for Hawaii, within MSRC's Operations Area, which includes the coastal environment of the U.S. and the U.S. Caribbean.
In Hawaii, MSRC has been working with Clean Islands Council (CIC) to support CIC's efforts for USCG acceptance of a plan that takes advantage of existing resources in Hawaii and supplements it with MSRC's significant dispersant stockpile and access to MSRC's C-130 aircraft. Pending acceptance by ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp applies retroactively to those cases pending on direct appeal at the time the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion.
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Court of Appeal”) recently reversed and remanded a district court decision holding that the Carmack Amendment does not apply to international multimodal shipment originated overseas under an intermodal through waybill. The Court of Appeal retroactively applied the Supreme Court’s reasoning from Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp (“Kawasaki”), which abrogated the binding precedent at the time.
The facts in this case are materially indistinguishable from the facts found in the Kawasaki case. A cargo ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Jama Idle Ibrahim was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday after admitting his role in the April 10 attack on a U.S. Navy ship off the Somali coast.
The U.S. District Court in Norfolk, VA sentenced Ibrahim after he plead guilty to the following charges: an attack to plunder a vessel, an act of violence against persons on a vessel, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Six Somali nationals were arrested in April for attacking the USS Ashland, which they claim they mistook for a merchant vessel.
The other five men face trial for similar charges.
Read More>>>Back to Top |  HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman, Dubai World and DP World, accompanied by Mohammed Sharaf, Chief Executive Officer, DP World, met last week the President of India, Her Excellency, Pratibha Patil, who was on a four-day official visit to the UAE.
Their talks focused on the historic and friendly relations between the two countries and the important role DP World has played in facilitating trade through the five marine terminals it operates across India.
The DP World Chairman briefed the President on major new deep water International Container Transshipment Terminal in Vallarpadam in the southern state of Kerala, scheduled to open by the end of the year.
... Read More>>>Back to Top |  On Friday, November 19, 2010 ten Cadets of the Workboat Academy at Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle finished the Academic requirements of their 2 year Program.
Once they sit for their USCG exam they will hold a 500 GRT Oceans/1600 GRT Near Coastal License.
Their Sponsoring Partner Companies, Instructors, Family and Friends were all present during the Ceremony which was held over dinner at the Maritime Event Center on Seattle’s waterfront.
The Commencement Speech was given by Scott Merritt, Senior Vice President Operations at Foss Maritime.
The cadets from left to right are:
Chris Clancy, K-Sea Transportation; Jason ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  As an observer intergovernmental organization, the Helsinki Commission for the Protection of the Baltic Marine Environment will take part in the United Nations Climate Change Conference that gets under way in Cancun, Mexico, on Monday. HELCOM will also showcase its activities at the exhibition which is held within the framework of this global conference.
“Climate matters beneath the waves of the Baltic Sea,” says Anne Christine Brusendorff, HELCOM’s Executive Secretary. “Recent reports have revealed that climate related ecosystem changes are already taking place in the Baltic Sea region and further impacts of climate change make it crucial to decrease human induced pressures on the Baltic marine environment. The suite of actions and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Company's northern California group first to complete voluntary exams for 100% of vessels in its San Francisco Bay fleet
Foss Maritime is an industry leader in safety and compliance, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral J.R. Castillo (pictured) said after the company's San Francisco Bay Area-based tug group became the first to complete voluntary examinations for all of the vessels in its Northern California group.
Company officials say the rest of Foss' fleet will soon pass the voluntary exam, which the Coast Guard and federal government consider a bridge to mandatory towing vessel regulations in the future.
Rear Admiral J.R. Castillo, who commands the Coast Guard's 11th ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Survivor Reunited With His Rescuer at ceremony for IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea 2010
A 72 year-old survivor from a yacht that sank off Australia in appalling weather conditions last year, was reunited with his rescuer in an emotional ceremony held on 24 November 2010 at the Headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Dr. Jerome Morgan, of the United States, was on hand to thank personally Fijian seaman James Fanifau when the latter received, from IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, the 2010 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea for his part in plucking Dr. Morgan from the sea in a highly dangerous rescue operation.
Read More>>>Back to Top | _newsletter.png) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich last week announced that the bureau is actively recruiting 15 experts in different scientific fields to fill vacancies on its Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific Committee.
“Science is fundamental to much of what we do at BOEMRE. We want to continue calling on the vast knowledge, talent and experience of the scientific community to fill slots on the OCS Scientific Committee,” said Director Bromwich. “Committee members are regularly consulted on important offshore issues and are a valuable resource in helping to ensure the integrity of scientific products that are used in our decision-making process. Their work directly assists us ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  For several years the Spanish government has utilized wave buoys near the Ports of Tarifa and Algeciras in the Strait of Gibraltar to provide wave data to local maritime stakeholders. While this data is useful, the relative small size of the buoys combined with a very high volume of vessel traffic resulted in occasional impacts and loss of data. To overcome this, Puertos del Estado (OPPE) and the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) have invested in an AXYS WatchKeeper™ met ocean buoy, a much taller and more visible platform with substantially more capabilities.
Sidmar, which is AXYS’ exclusive agent in Spain, deployed the WatchKeeper™ buoy at the mouth of ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today launched a ‘Smart from the Start’ wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable resource.
“The Cape Wind lease is an historic milestone in America’s renewable energy future, but to fully harness the economic and energy benefits of our nation’s vast Atlantic wind potential we need to implement a smart permitting process that is efficient, thorough, and unburdened by needless red tape,” said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.
“Our ‘Smart from the Start’ Initiative for Atlantic wind will allow us to ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  U.S. Navy Responds to Attack
Crew onboard the MV 26 AGUSTOS reported being under attack, Saturday November 28, while sailing through the Horn of Africa. The crew locked themselves in the ships engine room during the attack where pirates couldn’t get tot hem.
Nearby USS Shoup, part of the multinational task force, was alerted of the attack. Pirates, unable to get to the crew or the engine, fled before the warship arrived. A team from the USS Shoup boarded the vessel to let the crew know they were safe.
The crew was unharmed and had control of the ship once again.
The 26 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Passengers and crew were rescued and delivered to San Diego safe and sound
On November 8th, 2010 the Carnival Cruise The Splendor experienced a fire on its engine room which caused the loss of power and electricity leaving adrift the vessel with 3,300 passengers plus 1,167 crew members about 130 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico just a day after its departure from Long Beach, California.
Without hot water and with limited food supply, the 952-foot vessel sent a distress call to get supplies and assistance in order to be towed to a nearby port. While the US Navy provided help through the helicopters of the USS Ronald Reagan and delivered 50,000 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Training provider Videotel Marine International is delighted to announce it has signed an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K Lines Ltd to upgrade its existing video and DVD library to the fully loaded Videotel on Demand (VOD) training systems.
The agreement, which begins this month, means that crew members will have 24‐hour access to a wide range of relevant training DVDs, interactive CBT and/or training courses to be used for individual or group training at a time which suits them. The VOD system comprises more than 300 titles that address STCW, and, for tanker fleets such as MOL, is tailored to include training titles that support all 12 elements of the TMSA framework. Stephen ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  ABS & CCS Sign New Cooperation Agreement
ABS and the China Classification Society (CCS) strengthened their collaborative efforts by entering into a new Cooperation Agreement on 24 November in Washington, DC. While the agreement is comprehensive, the offshore industry will be a priority area of focus for the two leading classification societies.
CCS and ABS will also expand their collaboration efforts in numerous other areas including research and development and software development for large and technologically-advanced ships. The societies will continue to host training and industry seminars in areas of mutual interest including deepwater activities.
“Over the past decade, China has significantly grown in its importance ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
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