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AIthority
Over 90% of global trade travels by sea. What makes this overseas commerce possible is access to safe, reliable shipping lanes. But as ships grow in size and number, collisions are on the rise. From 2011 to 2017, collisions doubled from 2,000 to nearly 4,000. Almost 75% of these incidents were due to human error, resulting in losses totaling well into the billions of dollars.
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NMLEA
The National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) is pleased to announce the presentation of its annual National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (NMLEA) Award for Excellence in the Field of Maritime Domain Awareness at the upcoming Maritime Security West Conference in Los Angeles/Long Beach August 5th through the 7th.
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NMLEA
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Bulletin warning that commercial vessels are being
targeted by email phishing and malware intrusion attacks.
Cyber adversaries are attempting to gain sensitive information including the content of an official
Notice of Arrival (NOA) using email addresses that pose as an official Port State Control (PSC)
authority such as “port @ pscgov.org.”
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Hellenic Shipping News
International maritime regulators are preparing for a likely lengthy process to write safety rules for autonomous ships, even as researchers advance technology they say could bring robot vessels to the oceans in the next few years.
“Autonomous ships are like driverless Google cars, but much more complicated,” International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Kitack Lim said in an interview.
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Marine Link
We live and work in a frenetic environment replete with a wide range of both human and technological distractions. When those two elements came together on the bridge of a towboat traveling downriver to pick up a load of empty barges, the result was career-changing for the vessel’s first mate, who was on the wheel. It was yet another costly reminder of the need for professional mariners to give their often dangerous jobs their undivided attention and to stay focused on the task at hand.
Daily Mail West Virginia
President George Washington signed the Tariff Act of 1789. The bill was a way to get money for the U.S. Treasury, as there was no income tax or other taxes.
Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton sought the means to collect the tariffs; and in August 1790, Congress passed his proposal as the Act Providing for More Effective Collection of Duties. This included provisions to build 10 ships, called cutters, to enforce the tariffs and trade laws and to fight smugglers.
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Aberdeen News
Austin Norton, a local conservation officer with the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department, still has a teddy bear outfitted with a life jacket to remember the importance of boat safety. The memory of how he came to receive the bear was at the forefront of his mind after learning he was named the 2019 Brook Brown Boating Officer of the Year.
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WGME-TV
A well prepared mariner is receiving kudos from the Coast Guard for being prepared when his boat started taking on water recently. According to the Coast Guard, a 34-foot pleasure craft was in danger of sinking near Crow Island, Maine, when a distress call came in. A Coast Guard lifeboat from the Southwest Harbor station responded, along with a helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod.
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American Shipper
Transportation Department Secretary Elaine Chao and World War II merchant mariners have been named American Maritime Partnership’s first American Maritime Heroes. American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has started a yearlong celebration during which individuals and groups of people will be recognized for adding to the rich history of the U.S. as a maritime nation through their courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities.
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