22 Aug

NTSB urges review of pilot training, post-casualty alcohol testing

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
(WASHINGTON) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has issued two sets of recommendations resulting from the 2007 bridge allision involving the tanker Kition at Baton Rouge, La. Click here to view the recommendation that pilots be fully trained in docking and undocking procedures in challenging locations.   Click here to view the recommendation that Coast Guard personnel should be retrained in post-casualty alcohol…
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21 Aug

House subcommittee to hold hearing on New Orleans oil spill

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
The following is the text of a press release issued by U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings:   (WASHINGTON) -- Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, will convene a Subcommittee hearing to examine the circumstances surrounding the collision of a barge and tanker vessel in the Mississippi River near New Orleans,…
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20 Aug

Coast Guard seeks comment on passenger vessel stability rules

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
The following is the text of a press release issued by the U.S. Coast Guard:   (WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Coast Guard's Marine Safety, Security and Stewardship Directorate announced Wednesday the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend Coast Guard regulations governing the stability of domestic passenger vessels.   The changes proposed would affect the process that determines…
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19 Aug

ABS donates $2.5M to Maine Maritime for green classroom

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
The following is the text of a press release issued by Maine Maritime Academy:   (CASTINE, Maine) -- Maine Governor John E. Baldacci announced earliertoday a $2.5 million gift to Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) from ABS ([http://www.eagle.org/ ]American Bureau of Shipping). The gift is thelargest single corporate gift to the Maine public post-secondaryinstitution in the college’s 67 year history.  …
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