APMA Blog Feeds
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8/22/2017: Navigation Safety Advisory Council vacancies
Maritime CommonsTuesday, August 22, 2017 - 9:43 AM
The Navigation Safety Advisory Council provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, on matters relating to maritime collisions, rammings and groundings; Inland Rules of the Road; International Rules of the Road; navigation [ Read Full Article ]
8/22/2017: Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee meeting
Maritime CommonsTuesday, August 22, 2017 - 9:31 AM
The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee and its working groups are scheduled to meet Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., and the full committee is scheduled to meet on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., to discuss various issues related to the training [ Read Full Article ]
8/22/2017: Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee meeting
Maritime CommonsTuesday, August 22, 2017 - 9:10 AM
The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee and its working groups will meet Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, and Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. The meetings are open to the public. [ Read Full Article ]
8/22/2017: Imposition of conditions of entry for certain vessels arriving to the US from Micronesia
Maritime CommonsTuesday, August 22, 2017 - 9:00 AM
The Coast Guard announced in a Federal Register notice that it will impose conditions of entry on vessels arriving from the Federated States of Micronesia. Conditions of entry are intended to protect the United States from vessels arriving from countries that have been found to have deficient port [ Read Full Article ]
8/18/2017: VRP Express and transition to Homeport 2.0
Maritime CommonsFriday, August 18, 2017 - 2:54 PM
This post contain information from the Office of Marine Environmental Protection's Vessel Response Plan staff regarding how the transition to Homeport 2.0 will impact the Vessel Response Plan Express feature, and recommendations for submitting VRPs during the transition period. [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 18 August 2017
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingFriday, August 18, 2017 - 7:48 AM
Headlines:
US Navy – USS Fitzgerald accountability determinations;
US Navy – USS Lewis B. Puller commissioned;
USCG – questions re BWMS type-approval certificate;
Coos Bay – channel modification draft EIS;
Beaufort Sea – Liberty draft EIS;
Senate – bill introduced to lift Cuban trade embargo [ Read Full Article ]
8/17/2017: Responses to questions about latest ballast water management system type approval certificate
Maritime CommonsThursday, August 17, 2017 - 9:20 AM
Maritime Commons received a few questions from our Twitter followers regarding the Ballast Water Management System type approval certificate issued to Echoclor Ltd., Aug. 11, 2017. In order to be as transparent as possible, we are sharing the answers to those questions through the blog in the event [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 17 August 2017
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingThursday, August 17, 2017 - 5:08 AM
Headlines:
USCG – SIMOPS during LNG bunkering;
NOAA – critical habitat for Atlantic sturgeon;
MARAD – RADM Buzby sworn in as Administrator;
DOJ – USN commander pleads guilty; and
Coast Guard executes convicted murderer – 17 August 1929.
August 17, 2017
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8/16/2017: LGC NCOE releases guidance for analyzing risk of simultaneous operations during liquefied natural gas bunkering
Maritime CommonsWednesday, August 16, 2017 - 1:28 PM
Field Notice 01-2017 contains recommendations for the marine industry and Captains of the Port to consider when assessing the risks of LNG Simultaneous Operations. It includes guidance on an optional, formal operational risk assessment, if the vessel operator chooses to conduct one. [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 16 August 2017
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingWednesday, August 16, 2017 - 6:55 AM
Headlines:
USCG – changes re renewed CODs;
USCG – Subchapter M TPO guidance;
DOJ – shipbuilder to pay $9.2 million in settlement;
House – bill introduced re C-TPAT;
California – new biofouling regulations;
ReCAAP – July report;
Singapore – bunker craft operator license revoked; and
Letter [ Read Full Article ]