Medium Marine News 2013 Articles

• • Active Regulatory Projects page: 8
  pablished in:
  Marine News
  on November 2013

  The September hearing held by the House subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation centered on maritime transportation regulations and their ultimate impact on safety, security, jobs and the environment. As various industry advocates used the public venue as a vehicle to vent and for el

• • By the Numbers: Subchapter M Statistics page: 8
  pablished in:
  Marine News
  on May 2013

  The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (Aug. 9, 2004), established new authorities for towing vessels. Out of that came a proposed regulatory scheme requiring towing vessels to become inspected vessels and obtain a Certificate of Inspection (COI). The proposed Subchapter M for title

• • By the Numbers: Oil Spill Response page: 8
  pablished in:
  Marine News
  on April 2013

  The Coast Guard’s Incident Specific Preparedness Review (ISPR) – January 2011 An explosion aboard the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010 set off a chain of events that led to its sinking and subsequent oil spill. That same day, the DHS Secretary declared the Deepwat

• • JK Fabrication’s Emergency Towing Reel page: 54
  pablished in:
  Marine News
  on April 2013

  You’ve got an emergency towing wire. Of course you do. It’s rusted beyond belief, probably retired from primary service two years ago when it developed that kink and those nasty fishhooks. And, it’s deployed where it should be; out on deck, in the open and exposed to the elements. Will it perform wh

• • Tampa Yacht Manufacturing’s TEMPEST 50-FAC page: 10
  pablished in:
  Marine News
  on April 2013

  The Tempest 50-FAC from Tampa Yacht Manufacturing (TYM) is designed to provide Patrol and surveillance in shallow coastal and riverine waters by day and night in marshy areas of creeks with shifting sand bars, with low draft, high maneuverability and speed. The vessel’s hull design, which includes f