The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Panama-flagged bulk carrier DL Carnation from entering Australian ports for one year after the vessel was caught underpaying crew wages. The AMSA was first alerted to the offense on September 8 when it received a complaint via the International Transport Workers’ Federation alleging discrepancies in the payment … [Read more...]
Ball Diamond Ball – The U.S. Navy’s Failure To Reorient To Danger
By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Collision avoidance requires all members of a bridge team to have certain traits. Observation skills, quick thinking, intuition, pattern recognition and the ability to make and act upon decisions quickly in a complex environment. A prudent watch officer must also be able to recognize when the only good option is to turn the ship around to cut … [Read more...]
DHS Extends Jones Act Waiver and Broadens Geographic Area Covered, But Many Questions Still Unanswered
By Eric Lee and J. Michael Cavanaugh (Holland & Knight) - Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke has issued an extension of the original Sept. 8 Jones Act waiver to Sept. 22. The extended waiver, dated Sept. 11, 2017, but only recently posted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), allows foreign or U.S. non-coastwise eligible tankers … [Read more...]
John Fredriksen Chucks Seadrill Bondholders Overboard to Keep Company Afloat
By Chris Hughes (Bloomberg Gadfly) -- Founder John Fredriksen has had to watch the value of Seadrill Ltd fall from more than $20 billion to barely $100 million in the last four years. Now he has clinched a deal to save the oil services group from failure. He has had to lead it -- and call on some expensive help. Seadrill owns and operates offshore oil rigs used by the likes … [Read more...]
Yemen’s Houthi Leader Threatens to Attack Saudi Oil Tankers if Key Port Attacked
DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi said on Thursday his group could target Saudi oil tankers should Saudi Arabia attack Yemen's main port at Hodeidah. "We could target Saudi oil tankers and we could do anything, we have not done this before," he said. In a televised speech, the leader also said his group's ballistic missiles were … [Read more...]
UK Customs Model Unlikely to Achieve Frictionless Post-Brexit Trade
By Kylie MacLellan SOUTHAMPTON, England, Sept 14 (Reuters) - At Southampton docks, a top British port for trade with countries outside the EU, the scene is one of frictionless international commerce. It's a model that business leaders hope will also work well with Europe after Brexit, but fear it won't. Cranes lift containers smoothly on and off enormous ships berthed … [Read more...]
SpaceX Blooper Reel – How Not to Land a Rocket at Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ Elon Musk could be the only person in the world who could create a video like this and actually be cool about it, but I guess this is just the cost of doing business when you're trying to sell your reusable space rockets to NASA. Then again this blooper reel is almost the epitome of the famous Elon Musk quote: "Failure is an … [Read more...]
