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The Marine Safety Manual provides information and interpretations on international conventions and U.S. statutory and regulatory issues relating to marine industry personnel. The last revisions were released on May 27, 1999. The primary reasons for these changes, which are effective as of Aug.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) offering various accident investigation and disaster response courses over the next two months, including its Marine Accident Investigation (22-26 September) and Investigating Human Fatigue Factors (29-30 September).

Source Dennis Bryant's Maritime Blog

The latest edition of the Connecticut Maritime Association newsletter was distributed this week, and among the articles featured is Don Frost's latest in his series on US shipping policy.

This recent Fairplay interview with US Maritime Administration director Paul Jaenichen highlights his initiatives to maintain and strengthen the US fleet.

Don Frost, author of the May editorial "The Fall of U.S. International Shipping 1960-1990" has continued his piece in the June issue of the Connecticut Maritime Association newsletter, posted as follows.

Connecticut Maritime Association newsletter editor Don Frost has written a follow-up to his February editorial on United States maritime policy in the publication's May edition, this time chronicling these policies from 1960 through 1990.

The U.S. Maritime Administration is soliciting feedback on a proposed addition of environmental impact to the criteria considered for Title XI loan guarantees.

Admiralty law firm Blank Rome reports:

New Jersey Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker released a statement Wednesday in response to the delivery of much-needed salt to state ports whose delay was largely but not necessarily accurately attributed to the Jones Act.

American Maritime Partnership has published a fact sheet outlining the factors contributing to the supposed delivery delay of rock salt to New Jersey ports. The sheet reads as follows:

Winston & Strawn Partner Charlie Papavizas has joined in the discussion of the Jones Act's impact on rock salt delivery to New Jersey this past month.