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Talking Point: Beyond Foolhardy for (Australia) to Lose Maritime Skills

PUBLIC interest has been drawn to the continued decline of the Australian merchant shipping fleet with the events surrounding the Alexander Spirit and its delayed departure from Devonport as it heads overseas to engage new, apparently more internationally competitive, crew.

U.S. Representative Seeks To Honor Merchant Mariners

Jul 31, 2015 12:56 PM

U.S. Representative Susan W. Brooks (R- Ind.) wants to grant World War II Merchant Mariners with the highest civilian honor. Brooks has introduced the Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act (HR 2992) to Congress. If passed, the bill would collectively award a Congressional Gold Medal to merchant mariners who served during World War II.

U.S. Coast Guard Revises Casualty Reporting Rules

Jul 31, 2015 12:54 PM

TITLE 46, CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR), PART 4 MARINE CASUALTY REPORTING PROCEDURES GUIDE WITH ASSOCIATED STANDARD INTERPRETATIONS

Korean Shipbuilders Awash in Red Ink

Jul 31, 2015 12:54 PM

All three South Korean shipbuilding giants have now reported massive operating losses. After market close Wednesday, Samsung Heavy Industries reported an operating loss of 1.55 trillion won ($1.3 billion). Analysts had thought the loss would be 343 million won.

Egypt Completes Work on New Suez Canal

Jul 31, 2015 12:52 PM

Egypt has finished building its New Suez Canal, its overseer said on Wednesday, a project President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sees as a symbol of national pride and a major chance to stimulate an economy suffering double-digit unemployment.

Maritime Industry Advocates Slam New York Times Article as Attack Journalism

Jul 31, 2015 12:52 PM

In the below interview by Maritime TV, maritime industry advocates Clay Maitland and Carleen Lyden-Kluss, Executive Director of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), criticize the recent New York Times article Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship by Ian Urbina as a misrepresentation of the international maritime industry, making the case that the article is an example of attack journalism that inaccurately portrays the safest industry transportation sector

Senate Committee Lifts Crude Export Ban

Jul 31, 2015 12:51 PM

The U.S. Senate Energy Committee narrowly passed a bill to lift a 40-year old ban on the export of crude oil, but the measure faces an uphill battle in getting passed by the full Senate.