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Friday, November 21st, 2008
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Are Guns the Answer to Attacks on Vessels?

  Stuart Flynn, vice president business development at global maritime security service provider, Securewest International, weighs in on the all-important question of how to best combat piracy and further protect vulnerable commercial maritime assets.
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Not only is piracy at an all time high but, during recent weeks we have seen the perpetrators widening their targets, seizing workboats, super tankers and even vessels carrying arms. Attacks off Somalia this year alone have more than doubled and yielded as much as $30 million in ransom payments, and seafarers from numerous countries taken hostage in the process. It ... < Read More >
Featured MarEx Print Article: Larry Kiern’s Washington Insider

  Washington attorney and MarEx columnist Larry Kiern weighs in on litigation against dredging contractors in the wake of Gulf Coast hurricanes. This week’s featured archive MarEx print article is taken from our October edition, which also features the leaders of the American Salvage Association on the cover. Follow along as Larry Kiern, our regular Washington Insider columnist leads you to a better understanding of the national policy implications of recent decisions of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in cases arising from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The court issued important rulings in ... < Read More >
U.S. Coast Guard Safety Alerts (2)

  Inspection of Fuel Oil Quick-Closing Valves & Electronically-Controlled Cargo Pump Engine Components •INSPECTION OF FUEL OIL QUICK-CLOSING VALVES The U.S. Coast Guard strongly recommends that owners and/or operators, vessel engineers, marine inspection personnel and others involved with the technical examination of machinery space equipment fully understand the critical nature and importance of fuel oil quick-closing valves (FOQCVs) and associated systems. FOQCV systems must be well maintained and tested in the same way they would be used in an emergency (e.g. close all valves on each system at the same time). Crewmember knowledge, testing, maintenance and repair, system ... < Read More >