From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Kent Dresser trains Assistance Captains in Bermuda

Kent Dresser developed and teaches the C-PORT Safety Management Systems course. You probably took the course, as have most of your captains. Kent will be conducting assistance towing training in Bermuda: Confident Captain/Ocean Pros Conducts Specialized Training for Bermuda’s New Marine Assistance Company, Sea Assist Limited – PR.com

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May 13, 2008 Read the full article →

Large Low Pressure system stikes East Coast

I’m holed up in Cape May, NJ, waiting for this stinking lousy weather to pass. This low was forcast to bring gusts around 45kts. We’ve had sustained winds over that for most of the morning, and local weather stations are recording gusts over 58kts. My readers ask for more photos. Here is what Cape May [...]

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May 12, 2008 Read the full article →

Jones Act and the election

Red Right Returning avoids political topics when ever possible. But once in a while, politics may have a direct bearing on your business. With that in mind, I post this link to a document from the nice folks over at International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots. This simply states where the 3 major contenders [...]

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May 12, 2008 Read the full article →

Yacht Sinks, Insurance company sues: The Princess Gigi decision.

If you attended the 2007 C-PORT conference, you probably remember my somewhat abbreviated seminar on salvage and insurance. Once the session was aborted, there were some heated debates about why insurance companies fight salvage bills. Indeed, some of the participants singled out one company as primarily responsible for the industry’s billing problems with the insurance [...]

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May 9, 2008 Read the full article →

More Perdictions of $200/barrel crude coming

Another energy analyst is predicting oil going up to $200/barrel: Crude oil prices could surge to $200 a barrel in the next two years, according to the Goldman Sachs analyst…He said: “The possibility of $150-$200 per barrel seems increasingly likely over the next six to 24 months.” Last month, Chakib Khelil, president of Opec, also [...]

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May 7, 2008 Read the full article →

TWIC Deadline extended to April 2009

The DHS issued this statement today: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that the finalcompliance date for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)program will be April 15, 2009, which reflects a realignment of the Sept. 25,2008 compliance date set in the final rule. The seven month extension is adirect result of collaboration [...]

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May 2, 2008 Read the full article →

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