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The draft guidelines are open for comment until Jan. 23, 2015 and appear to be primarily an effort to open more training slots aboard Indian flagged vessels.

Draft guidelines are available here.

11 December 2014

Shipping confidence drops to two-year low as concern mounts over cost of regulation

They threatened back in June and are know acting. From our colleagues at Seatrade-Global

The German flag is to lose its largest ship manager by the end of June 2017 as Reederei NSB's flags-out its fleet of 38 containerships by the deadline, with the layoff of 486 onboard personnel.

We thought our subscribers might be interested in a recent discussion as to the history of and continued debate about the Jones Act (aka the Merchant Marine Act of 1920). Here's the link to the video. 

http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/12/jones-act-vs-free-markets

From our friend Dennis Bryant's excellent blog at www.brymar-consulting.com - The Hong Kong Marine Department issued a&nb

The following caught our notice from our friends at Montgomery McCracken in their most recent Maritime and Transportation Newsletter. The article explains recent court rulings with respect to the extent of the USCG authority to detain foreign flag vessels suspected of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS). The authority is broad and not to be taken lightly.

Privately owned GM International Services Limited, founded in 1974 and run by John A. Gauci-Maistre K.M., has been offering consultancy services in maritime, corporate and financial sectors for four decades working not only with his own State administration.

113 ships detained for MLC related deficiencies

Fleet has made the most of celebrating its twenty years, hosting parties with clients and staff around the world.  The photos were taken in September on Cyprus where senior management and shareholders joined with clients and Fleet’s team based in Nicosia for an event celebrating and acknowledging one of the company’s most important centers.

11 November, 2014

The Liberian Registry has used a $10,000 donation from Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) to procure medical supplies to help combat the spread of Ebola in Liberia.