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- Bush Administration Backs Senate Approval Of Two Environmental Treaties Maritime Reporter, Nov 1991 #66
Two international maritime treaties that address oil pollution preparation and response and ship salvage operations are being pushed by the Bush Administration.

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Richard J. Smith, and Adm. J. William Kime, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, supported the treaties during a recently hearing on them before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Mr. Smith said the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation will increase the protection of the marine environment principally in four categories—planning, reporting, technology sharing and cooperation.

He added that a global response coordination mechanism created by the convention will make a significant contribution to minimizing damage from major oil pollution incidents.

Initiated by President Bush at the 1989 Paris economic summit conference, the treaty enters into force when 15 nations ratify. The International Convention on Salvage 1989 will update and replace the 1910 Brussels Convention.

The new salvage convention will retain many of the elements of the old, but would make one significant change: protections of the marine environment will be a fundamental consideration, Admiral Kime said.

The following features are included in the salvage convention: • Recognition that "damage to the environment" is a significant consideration in salvage law.

•Reciprocal obligations on ship- owners and salvors to exercise "due care to prevent or minimize damage to the environment." •Recognition that a salvor's efforts to prevent damage to the environment is a factor to be considered in determining salvage awards.

•Guarantees of reasonable expenses for salvor assistance to a vessel that, by itself or its cargo, threatens damage to the marine environment.

Under current law, Admiral Kime noted that in situations involving a threat of damage to the environment, salvors have little economic incentive to conduct operations in an environmentally conscious manner because there is no means to compensate them for actions taken to prevent or minimize damage to the environment.

The treaty creates financial incentives for salvors to be environmentally conscious, he said.
- Japan Lobbies To Defeat Bills Calling For End To Drift-Net Fishing Maritime Reporter, Nov 1991 #86
bills, he said the fisheries association, which is partly funded by the Japanese Government, would use these results to lobby Congress and the Bush Administration. The new study found, Mr. Macnow said, that 28 percent of the catch hauled in by Japan's driftnet fishing of squid and tuna was by-catch
- White House Promises New Merchant Marine Policy Maritime Reporter, May 1992 #4
The Deputy Secretary of Transportation, James R. Busey, told the Connecticut Maritime Association's annual conference that a Bush Administration policy designed to protect the nation's merchant marine is forthcoming. Mr. Busey said that one major reform being considered is the elimination of the
- Title XI: Left Out in the Cold Maritime Reporter, Mar 2003 #8
regard to these profits) it must seek a yearly appropriation, through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congress. For FY 2002 the Bush Administration's budget as submitted to Congress provided "0" for Title XI, and this was so for FY 2003, and for FY 2004. OMB has stated that it intends
- Storm Warnings Raised over Readiness Concerns Maritime Reporter, Jun 2004 #70
Guard Commandant Adm. Thomas H. Collins described his concern over current readiness trends in early March during congressional testimony on the Bush administration's proposed fiscal year 2005 budget. "Our greatest threat to mission performance continues to be that our aircraft, boats and cutters are
- Barge Rates Surge As Demand Rises, Water Levels Fall Maritime Reporter, Nov 1991 #138
River, and the displacement of some grain barges into other trades. The catalyst that sparked the rally in barge rates ultimately was the Bush Administration's announcement of a $1.5 billion farm credit package to the Soviet Union, reversing the negativism that had held the market back all year
- Pentagon Seeks To Expand, Modernize Sealift Fleet Maritime Reporter, May 1991 #59
decade at a cost of $7.3 billion. Billions of dollars could be added to those costs because of longterm maintenance and operating costs, but the Bush Administration is expected to ask Congress to authorize only a small portion of the total this year. In a recent memo to Navy officials, Navy Secretary
- Congressional Leaders Take Hard Line On Foreign Shipbuilding Subsidies Maritime Reporter, Dec 1990 #43
leaders are threatening to levy a strong legislative response against foreign governments who practice the use of shipbuilding subsidies, if the Bush Administration does not meet the impending December 14 deadline for reaching a multilateral agreement to end foreign shipbuilding subsidies. The threat
- House-Senate Panel Agrees On Funding For MarAd, FMC And NOAA Maritime Reporter, Nov 1991 #81
approved nearly $234 million for MarAd's Ready Reserve Force acquisition and maintenance program, an increase of about $9 million above the Bush Administration request. The force is a 96-vessel component of the National Defense Reserve Fleet kept in a quick activation status to meet surge supply require
- Rear Admiral Pluta Redefines Maritime Security Maritime Reporter, Jun 2002 #64
ports, regarding passengers, crew and cargo; • VTS in ports and waterways; • Deepwater Integrated System; • Continual support from Congress and Bush Administration. A Perfect World With No Budgets If there were such a thing as a perfect world, the terms "fiscal" or "budget" would not be in the vocabulary
- Prospects Abound, But Where's the Money? Maritime Reporter, Jun 2002 #32
financing needs. To date, in this decade, there has been only limited recourse to these two potentially important financing programs. And, the Bush Administration Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has apparently targeted both of these programs for termination. What conclusions can we draw concerning
- Congressional Conferees Near Compromise On Double-Hull Tanker Phase-In Maritime Reporter, Jul 1990 #66
much more freedom in determining which ships would be required to have double skins and when the legislation would be implemented. The Bush Administration, which, for quite some time, resisted the inclusion of mandatory doublehull tanker legislation as part of the oil spill bill, recently announced

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RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND With COVID, we had to make some hard choices for our Do your CIVMARs have upward mobility? mariners because we couldn’t rotate. Many of our mariners The Navy has Sailors who become “Mustangs,” and work found other employment, and were able to use their skills
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Capt. Josh Ferguson, master of the eWolf. Administration (MARAD), which all provided ? nancial support and other resources. “This tug becomes somewhat commercially viable be- cause of the grant process,” Manzi said. “Unlike a ferry service that’s paid for by tax dollars, we have to collect fares and
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Feature Shipbuilding Crowley Crowley’s electric tug eWolf, built by Master Boat Builders. Administration (MARAD) put a cost of $97 million on the ulatory ? lings, the vessel “is expected to be delivered and vessel. The same yard has also been contracted to build an operational in 2025.” Filings with
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• Investment in Infrastructure and Onshoring Man- sharing best practices. Additionally, given the global nature ufacturing: The administration is committing over $20 of maritime operations, international cooperation is essen- billion towards U.S. port infrastructure over the next tial for establishing
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Column Cybersecurity The Maritime Industry Has Unique Cybersecurity Challenges By Joe Nicastro, Field CTO, Legit Security With supply chain attacks on the rise, works, while foundational, have not evolved in tandem and nation-state attackers constantly looking for new ways with these digital threats
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OpEd Shipbuilding can industrial base. building, repairing, repowering and local communities at a time in which Second, the Congress must pri- maintaining ships, not to mention our maritime strength is needed more oritize stable and predictable budgets the massive supply chain that sup- than ever
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Insights tion on a couple of issues, including engine room crew- For AWO, as an organization, what is its top ing on ATBs with automated systems. This is an issue priorities for the coming six to 12 months and that Congress thought that it addressed in the last Coast what’s being done to address them? Gua
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By the Numbers US Inland Waterways: Economic Impact by State In 2021, nearly 500 million tons of goods valued at more than $158 billion moved on the U.S. inland waterways system, which includes a vast network of 12,000 miles of connecting waterways and 219 locks. The U.S. Department of Transportation
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METHANOL STORAGE provals from other classi? cation societies are ongoing, said Lilp, – including accommodation.” although he acknowledges that journey from AiP to full class ap- As of September 2023, methanol had been speci? ed for 216 proval is substantive. In an area where the regulations underlying
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Vessels Crowley’s All-electric Harbor Tug eWolf Delivered By Eric Haun Crowley has taken delivery of its groundbreaking vessel ers and shipyards,” said Garrett Rice, president of Mas- eWolf, the ? rst all-electric, ship assist harbor tugboat in ter Boat Builders. “We are proud to have partnered with the
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Column Washington Watch 2 project had also been terminated. Notwithstanding the rather Equinor and BP will look to recompete for a new contract’s termination, GLDD’s Jones Act-compliant Sub- NYSERDA OREC Agreement in 2024 (of course, with a sea Rock Installation Vessel (SRIV) remains under con- substantial
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ment, work processes and technology progress, and it can if you start the new year out by listening to your workforce be hard to keep up with the latest changes. In 2024, keep and implementing necessary changes to work practices an eye out for updates to existing standards and implement based on their
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Column Going Green For Ferries to Go Green, Governments Will Need to Provide the Green By Kaiya Levine, Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Arup Whether it is from international organizations ? ve nautical miles or less, meaning they have relatively low or state government agencies, there is growing
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into force in 1958, and only gave the IMO broad and, vague tion. But shipbuilders, oil companies, miners, chemical man- powers “to deal with” the regulation and practices “relating ufactures and others with huge ? nancial stakes in shipping, to technical matters of all kinds affecting shipping in inter-
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Back to the Drawing Board T e Worst Ship in History ... Exxon Valdez By Rik van Hemmen, President, Martin & Ottaway hile Greg Trauthwein never assigns me col- ? rst moment of conception. I can think of other more recent umn subjects, each time the Great Ships issue less well-known recent examples too
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Feature Power & Propulsion Crowley Crowley’s new electric tug eWolf is being built by Master Boat Builders for scheduled delivery in 2024. WORKBOAT POWERWORKBOAT POWER New Alternatives Join Diesel to Power Current—and Future—Vessels By Barry Parker nalysts and commentators are quick to point which

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