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5/3/2016: Collection of information under review by the Office of Management and Budget – various international agreement pollution prevention certificates and equivalency documents
Maritime CommonsTuesday, May 3, 2016 - 7:35 AM
The Coast Guard seeks comment on the reinstatement, with change, of a previous collection for various international agreement pollution prevention certificates and documents, and equivalency documents. [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 3 May 2016
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingTuesday, May 3, 2016 - 6:36 AM
Headlines:
Hudson River – safety zone;
FMC – Rules of Practice and Procedure;
Washington – proposed coal export facility;
India – vessel sharing agreements; and
New Zealand – seafarer certification proposal.
May 3, 2016
Bryant’s Maritime Blog Bryant’s Maritime Consulting – 4845 SW [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 2 May 2016
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingMonday, May 2, 2016 - 6:58 AM
Headlines:
USCG – second round of El Faro hearings;
USCG – VGM equivalency;
USCG – $100,000 civil penalty assessed for laser strike;
MERPAC – meeting on 25-26 May;
Admiralty Inlet – WAMS review;
USCG – hydrogen fuel cell powered passenger ferry;
BSEE – decommissioning cost estimates; [ Read Full Article ]
4/29/2016: Final reminder – discontinued ballast water reporting form
Maritime CommonsFriday, April 29, 2016 - 1:26 PM
The Coast Guard expects vessel owners and operators of vessels equipped with ballast water tanks and bound for ports or places in the United States to use the new form starting on May 1, 2016. [ Read Full Article ]
4/29/2016: Coast Guard works on hydrogen fuel cell high-speed passenger ferry
Maritime CommonsFriday, April 29, 2016 - 11:12 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard is working with Red and White Fleet, Sandia National Laboratories, MARAD, ABS, and Elliott Bay Design Group to examine the technical and regulatory aspects of building and operating a high-speed hydrogen fuel cell passenger ferry and hydrogen refueling station in San Francisco. [ Read Full Article ]
4/29/2016: Merchant Mariner Personnel Advisory Committee working group
Maritime CommonsFriday, April 29, 2016 - 8:27 AM
The Coast Guard published a notice announcing an upcoming Merchant Mariner Personnel Advisory Committee working group meeting. The working group will meet to discuss Task Statement 30, which asks the committee to evaluate utilizing military education, training, and assessment to satisfy national [ Read Full Article ]
4/28/2016: Additional information on Coast Guard determinations about container weight requirements, verified gross mass
Maritime CommonsThursday, April 28, 2016 - 3:45 PM
Today, the Coast Guard filed an equivalency with the International Maritime Organization, and released a marine safety information bulletin that provides additional information on the Coast Guard’s determinations about container weight requirements found in the International Convention for the [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 28 April 2016
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingThursday, April 28, 2016 - 6:25 AM
Headlines:
NTSB – another mission required to recover El Faro VDR;
UN & USCG – the ultimate sacrifice;
USCG & USMS – fugitives rescued and arrested;
Senate – bill introduced re USN dry docks;
UNSC – piracy in Gulf of Guinea;
EU – new integrated policy for the Arctic;
India – vessel [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 27 April 2016
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingWednesday, April 27, 2016 - 6:30 AM
Headlines:
NTSB – El Faro VDR located;
FMC – optional filing method;
NLRB – class action arbitration waiver struck down;
DOD – Freedom of Navigation report;
New Zealand – verified gross mass reminder; and
SS Sultana explosion and fire – 27 April 1865.
April 27, 2016
Bryant’s Maritime Blog [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 26 April 2016
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingTuesday, April 26, 2016 - 4:28 AM
Headlines:
USCG – safety alert re SAFELINK EPIRBs;
USCG – 2016 Offshore Technology Conference;
FMC – Haimark Line cancels future cruises;
EPA – ocean disposal of marine mammal carcasses;
Canada – new survey vessels to be procured;
Panama Canal – initial transit thr0ugh new locks;
Philippines [ Read Full Article ]