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- Terrorist and Bogus Marine Credentials Maritime Reporter, Apr 2004 #23
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) completed a 14-month investigation — dubbed Operation Drydock — into national security threats and document fraud associated with U.S. merchant mariner credentials. It revealed nine individuals that held credentials have suspected associations with terrorist groups.
"Through extensive and detailed investigative efforts, we have reduced vulnerabilities to terrorism by preventing the fraudulent use of credentials by those who seek to harm our nation and its citizens," said Admiral Thomas H.
C o l l i n s , Commandant of the Coast Guard. "This is a great example of interagency cooperation in the war on terror.
Using our combined resources and expertise, we will continue to make America safer and more secure." The Coast Guard, working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other interagency partners, examined the records of over 200,000 individuals who hold a U.S. merchant mariner credential to identify potential terrorist links and detect document fraud. In addition to the nine individuals possibly associated with terrorism, the Coast Guard identified thousands of cases of possible fraud or other problems, including mariners with active arrest warrants. In response to this information: • The Coast Guard is suspending and revoking unauthorized credentials.
• U.S. Attorneys are pursuing criminal charges where warranted.
• About a dozen people have been arrested because of active arrest warrants that were uncovered as a result of Operation Drydock.
• The Coast Guard, FBI and the U.S.
Navy worked together to screen mariners serving on Military Sealift Command ships carrying troops and material during the war in Iraq. More than a dozen mariners were removed from service aboard those vessels.
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- Cruise Ship Engineers Indicted Maritime Reporter, Jan 2004 #10
and Marcos Daniel Jimenez, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced that three senior cruise ship engineers were indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami, Fla., for their role in concealing the overboard dumping of waste oil from the SS Norway cruise ship in false log books designed
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- Mission Specific Boat(s)…With a Twist Marine News, Aug 2013 #44
to stage rescue divers and large scale extended dive recovery operations. To this end, over 600 agencies worldwide, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have invested in the boat system that has changed how they conduct water operations. But, perhaps, it is the smaller, less financially
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- Open Letter to the U.S. Coast Guard Regarding Maritime Security Maritime Reporter, Mar 2003 #18
responsible for providing antiterrorism deterrence security measures, but may rely fully on government agencies, such as the Coast Guard, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Defense to handle any response that may be required in the event that a terrorist incident does occur
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 20INTERVIEW One-on-One with ROB LANGFORD, VP, GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND As the U.S. offshore wind industry endures a predictable number of stops and starts during its adolescence, common mantras are ‘learn from the established European model’ and ‘embrace technology transfer from the offshore oil and gas
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 43Products 1 2 VETUS Maxwell In-Mar Solutions 3 Furuno ABB 4 for workboat operators encompasses EH Group 1. Heavy Duty 5 three large-sized MFDs with wide, all- Windscreen Wiper glass displays: the 16” TZT16X, 22” Heavy-duty wiper has a thermal cut- TZT22X and 24” TZT24X. Powered out in
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 42is Mohammad “Ali” Usman has stepping down as head of WSF af- been hired as the chief informa- ter more than 33 years of service. tion of? cer of the Federal Mari- time Commission and appointed Schwandt Takes the to be a member of the senior ex- Helm at SCHOTTEL ecutive service. SCHOTTEL GmbH has ap- pointed
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 28Propellers from Schottel). In a news release, Crowley notes that the new tug “represents a historic innovation through a col- laboration among Crowley, federal, state and local gov- ernment partners. Their mutual commitment to improve air quality through battery energy for the vessel and port technology
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 25for IOOS radar. After the NAS 2022 report, the volunteer expert study committee disbanded. Since then, according to the study’s chair, no one from any federal agency has contacted com- mittee members seeking advice about following up on the study’s recommendations. The NAS study – BOEM’s study – sits on
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 24commercial ? shing vessels, and recreational vessels.” The USCG’s references to radar issues are oblique. (The Wind towers and radar degradation USCG’s Federal Register text does not even include the word Concerns about wind towers and radar degradation re- “radar”; the word only appears in a footnote referencing
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 23, limit, remove, or in any other way interfere” with further de- velopment of the Atlantic lease areas. It’s important to keep in mind, of course, that federal of? cials seek 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030. Then, by 2050, 110 GW, almost a four-fold increase. In its January Notice, the USCG
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 22Feature Navigation inside the approved lease area as a requirement under the BOEM’s attention to the USCG’s recent 27-page Federal terms and conditions of a speci? c lease. Register Notice (January 19) to establish “shipping safety • For structure siting, the USCG (again) “insists” that fairways along
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 21, and this restriction” and that “a condition restricting height to the USCG is closely tracking issues of competing ocean uses. The USCG is one of the federal agencies that re- 1,000 feet would be very problematic”, impacting a proj- ect’s ? nancial and technical viabilities. ACP suggests that sponded
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 16OpEd Shipbuilding U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair Industry Ensures American Strength at Sea By Matthew Paxton, President, Shipbuilders Council of America As Senator Roger Wicker force, the U.S. is falling behind. China, Korea and Japan of Mississippi once said, “Growth in commercial ship-
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 8state pro? les (Sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture Inland Waterways Study (2019); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterborne Commerce Statistics; Federal Highway Administration Freight Analysis Framework; U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics; IMPLAN) 8
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 6is a freelance writer and regular contributor to president of Alternative Marine Technologies and First this magazine. Harvest Navigation, served as the Federal Chairman of the Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program under the 6 Matthew Paxton DOT’s MARAD from 2003 until 2008. He is a past VP is president
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38TECH FEATURE Ammonia and the 15,00 A project initiated by Seaspan Corporation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has set out to develop a design for a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fueled container vessel. Image Seaspan Corporation/Foreship By Greg Trauthwein orking with
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 33Regulatory Update MARAD converted the program to a government loan pro- Title XI support. In short, the tests that measure that the gram with the Federal Financing Bank as the lender.” borrower has ‘a reasonable prospect’ of repaying the debt The repayment term and interest rates available under have
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 32(MARAD) in December issued a ? nal rule yards cost effectively through long-term debt repayment updating its ? nancial requirements for the Federal Ship Fi- guarantees. It can also be utilized by U.S. shipyards to nancing Program, commonly referred to as Title XI. While help modernize their
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 29. In? ation is de? nitely one of them,” said Jan Sloth Møller, offshore site manager at Ørsted. But he noted that the goals and ambitions held by federal and state governments could create an openness to reevaluate funding arrangements for offshore wind projects in light of new cost increases. “I
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 28Feature Offshore Wind © Eric Dale Creative / Adobe Stock US OFFSHORE WIND: D N OOWN BUT OT UT By Eric Haun – Bob Dylan “The winds of change are blowing wild and free.” n the U.S. offshore wind industry, developments over are many stakeholders still committed to ensuring offshore recent months have
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 25Feature Passenger Vessel Safety Interestingly, in the Flagship docu- certain passenger vessels. growing commuter traf? c. “In addi- ment, PVA acknowledges and thanks • Crew shortages have caused tion,” he added, “several small U.S. the USCG for its help in developing a operators to change schedules.
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 23Passenger Vessel Safety occur on a sightseeing vessel or an Ohio River dinner cruise? This contrast between speci? c – sometimes very speci? c – and general comes to mind when considering the numerous safety advisories pertaining to recent amphibious DUKW boat tragedies or the 2019 Conception dive boat
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 17or to upgrade an existing one. electri? cation and will rely on consid- and reducing road congestion. Over Furthermore, most terminals require erable federal incentive to realize their the last two years, WETA has been de- modernization to accommodate the sustainability initiatives. veloping a blueprint
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 16intensity of all ships by 40% by 2030. cording to Siemens energy. Ferry transport is an ideal sector for electri? cation. Al- In November 2023, the Federal Transit Administration most half of the routes operated in the United States are awarded $220 million in grants to fund 13 projects to mod- © jjfarq
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 8& pur- leased will amount to around 80 GW, of which close to chase agreements and allowing the canceled projects to be 26 GW is at some stage in the federal permitting process. rebid into new solicitations. The Commonwealth Wind, And it is not just federal agencies that are advancing off- SouthCoast Wind
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 6New Wave Media titles. 2 Robert Kunkel, president of Alternative Marine Technologies and First 6 Barry Parker Harvest Navigation, served as the Federal Chairman of of bdp1 Consulting Ltd provides strategic and tac- the Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program under the tical support, including analytics
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 4Marine News February 2024 Volume 35 Number 2 Marine News (ISSN#1087-3864) (USPS#013-952) Editor’s Note New York: 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 www.marinelink.com Down but not out. That’s how I’d de- scribe the current state of the U.S. offshore CEO wind