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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
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Featured MarEx Print Article: Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness

  Standing Up: Commercial Shippers will soon learn that maritime security means global information sharing as defined by OGMSA. This week, the National Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness (OGMSA), in conjunction with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, sponsored a Global Maritime Information-Sharing Symposium (GMISS) at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point. If you don't know what any of those acronyms mean or who exactly the players are that will be involved, then you can for the time being be forgiven. In the world of ocean commerce, however, anyone ... < Read More >
ABS Gift to Maine Maritime Academy is Largest Corporate Donation in College's History

  Gift announced on the Castine college campus recognizing the leadership and support to the college by the international ship classification society. CASTINE, ME (18 August 2008): Maine Governor John E. Baldacci announced earlier today a $2.5 million gift to Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The gift is the largest single corporate gift to the Maine public post-secondary institution in the college's 67 year history. Governor Baldacci praised the expanded mission of ABS to support maritime education and research around the world and thanked ABS Chairman and CEO, Robert D. Somerville, for ... < Read More >
MarEx Mailbag: Reader Response to Last Week's Editorial…

  MarEx readers weigh in on previous online editorial about the potential renaming of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy's training ship ENTERPRISE. In our August 14th e-newsletter, we published an editorial entitled, "Tempest in a Teapot: Mass. Maritime Moves to Change Name of Training Ship." The piece centered on a proposal by Massachusetts Congressman Delahunt (D MA) whereby he advocates the renaming of the Academy's training ship to reflect the name "Kennedy." The subject, originally thought by MarEx to be a primarily regional matter, instead has attracted more readers (article "OPENS") than any other in this online publication over ... < Read More >
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