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March 2008

Ship pilot charged in spill – San Jose Mercury News

In case you hadn’t heard. Ship pilot charged in spill – San Jose Mercury News Prosecutors on Monday charged John Joseph Cota with misdemeanor violations ofthe federal Clean Water Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, saying that hisnegligence caused the Nov. 7, 2007, collision of the Cosco Busan, spoiled milesof ocean waters and killed [...]

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March 20, 2008 Read the full article →

Web site: PlanetData

I found this PlanetData last week while surfing around. PlanetData “The Security News Network” is a security news and information website organized by important security industry markets including Global Security, Aviation Security, Corporate Security, Cyber Security, Homeland Security, Maritime Security, Law Enforcement and Intelligence.Our goal is to be the trusted source for the timely, relevant [...]

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March 20, 2008 Read the full article →

More From the Strange & Weird Tow Archives

Well, the picture of me towing the ultra-light airplane generated some responses. So far, my favorite is this one. Not only did Richard Rodriguez from VAAA Friday Harbor tow an airplane, he was HIPPED UP to it! Great picture Richard.

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March 20, 2008 Read the full article →

A Little Cross Pollination

Capt. Richard J. Rodriguez works with Vessel Assist up in the San Juan Islands (that’s in the Pacific Northwest for you geographically challenged types), and he also posts a nice blog about assistance towing and salvage and things generally of interest to readers of RRR. He gave RedRightReturning nice plug this week in his blog, [...]

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March 17, 2008 Read the full article →

Can We Salvage Our Vocabulary?

Many years ago, the powers that be carefully laid out the distinction between salvage and towage. The U.S. Supreme Court may have been the very first to coin the term simple towage. Isn’t it ironic that simple towage came into use precisely as a way to explain that most towing of disabled vessels is, in [...]

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March 15, 2008 Read the full article →

USCG SAR Meetings

All the commercial salvors and assistance providers should be attending twice annual meetings with their local USCG units. The meetings are intended to provide a forum to discuss operational issues between the Coast Guard and private enterprise, and to foster cooperation between all those acting within the local SAR system, like local fire, police & [...]

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March 14, 2008 Read the full article →

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