Around 9 a.m. Sept. 11, American Maritime Officers member Rick Araiza was trying to round up the mariners attending the bridge resource management course he was teaching as an instructor for the Raymond T. McKay Simulation, Training, Assessment & Research Center and get them back into the classroom.
Rep. Bob Borski in September criticized a proposal to amend an important cabotage law to accommodate the government of Panama and the U.S.-based foreign-flag cruise industry.
A worldwide investigation of terrorist financing will include merchant shipping and flag-of-convenience vessel registries, a published report said Sept. 28.
Two Congressmen in September introduced legislation that would undermine a critical cabotage law.
American Maritime Officers members working aboard Military Sealift Command's LMSR fleet in the were recognized by Capt. Phillip Lamonica, commander of Afloat Prepositioning Ship Squadron Four, for their assistance with Operation Enduring Freedom.
In a unanimous vote Sept. 13, the Senate approved full funding of the Maritime Security Program in fiscal 2002.
U.S.-flagged merchant ships and the AMO members aboard them were on high alert at press time, awaiting the call to strategic sealift service as the U.S. launched a military response to the Sept. 11 airborne terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., just outside of Washington.
A crippling shortage of U.S.-flag tankers and tank barges will occur unless orders for double-hulled oil and petroleum product vessels accelerate.
American Maritime Officers Sept. 27 urged a House-Senate conference committee to approve $100 million for the Maritime Administration's embattled ship construction loan guarantee program in fiscal 2002.
While legislation to repeal or amend the domestic shipping law has fallen flat since 1995, a drive to include the statute in forthcoming multilateral service trade negotiations continues to intensify.
