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Meetings Will Discuss Mariner Training Program
A subcommittee of the Coast Guard's Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) will meet to discuss the training of merchant marine personnel on April 30 and May 1…
Legal Briefs
Avondale Industries, Inc. has agreed to pay $357,750 in penalties for safety and health violations at its shipyard in Avondale, La., and implement a revised safety…
Greenpeace Wins Bid To Delay North Atlantic Exploration
Greenpeace won its bid to delay oil exploration in the north Atlantic when a judge ruled the British government was failing to apply a European Commission environmental…
Carnival, Wärtsilä Clearing The Air
As the world's cruise lines grow exponentially larger and are increasingly falling under the gaze of environmental and regulatory bodies, the push to ensure that ships are run safely…
Statoil Commences Drilling Off Faroe Islands
Norwegian state-controlled energy company Statoil is to start drilling for oil off the North Atlantic Faroe Islands this week in the first test well on the Faroe shelf.
Petrotin Moves Ahead With Offshore Exploration Joint Venture
Venezuela has given the state-owned Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago, also known as Petrotrin, approval to enter a joint venture to explore an offshore oil…
Shipping Internet: Where Next?
The shipping dot.com epidemic will not be remembered for its abundance of straight talk. However, one unusually candid comment from a fraught CEO has stuck. If insiders…
Coast Guard Tries to Fix Towboat Licensing Rule Problems
The USCG published Interim Rules concerning new licensing regulations for Towing Vessels on November 19, 1999. These rules were generated in order to improve the safety record of the towing industry.
MITAGS, NWS Marine Prediction Center Sign Formal
Glen Paine, Executive Director of the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) and Pacific Northwest Maritime Institute, has announced that…
Silversea and Clipper Sign Contracts with RTM STAR Center
Silversea Cruises Ltd., Fort Lauderdale, and Clipper Cruise Line, St. Louis, have signed training and licensing contracts with RTM STAR Center. STAR Center is a maritime simulation…
Another Licensing
As discussed in a recent article, the USCG is now talking openly about centralizing the nationwide administration of the licensing and certification of seamen and…
Regional Examination Centers on Borrowed Time
The USCG currently admits its Regional Examination Centers (RECs) are broken and don't provide the service needed to the maritime public. The USCG believes drastic…
Proposed & Interim Rules
EPA is proposing an emission control program for new compression-ignition marine engines rated at or above 37 kW. The affected engines are used for propulsion and…
User Fee Increases for Licenses, MMDs
Increased user fees for merchant marine licenses and Merchant Mariner Documents (MMDs) will take effect October 4. The USCG had proposed the fee increases in April 1998…
Regional Report: Pacific Coast
Seattle's MARCO shipyard has been completing a rush job for Great Lakes Towing affiliate TUGZ International and is expected to have three new tractor tugs ready for christening by February 13.
User Fee Increases for Licenses, MMDs
Increased user fees for merchant marine licenses and Merchant Mariner Documents (MMDs) will take effect October 4. The USCG had proposed the fee increases in April 1998…
India Eases Norms For Ship Imports
India has eased norms for the import of ships, the government announced last week. Import of ships by open general license (OGL) under a bareboat charter-cum-demise method…
Carnival, Wärtsilä Clearing The Air
As the world’s cruise lines grow exponentially larger and are increasingly falling under the gaze of environmental and regulatory bodies, the push to ensure that ships are run safely…
Implementation Issues Key to Effectiveness of Licensing Rule, AWO Tells USCG
Ensuring the smooth and effective implementation of new licensing requirements for towing vessel officers will be the most critical USCG-industry challenge as the…
Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Rules Published
After many years of work, the USCG published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Outer Continental Shelf Activities, 33 CFR Subchapter N, in December.