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What Happens When a Racing Rule Conflicts with a Navigation Rule?

It is the last race on the last day of a series that featured wind shifts, recalls, multiple sail changes, and knockdowns.  The gilded age mega-yacht Rose Bud has endowed this series with a sense of...

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New Rules on Offshore Windpower Support Vessels

Followers of this blog know that we are watching this issue carefully. U.S. coastwise laws (aka Jones Act) could spur new business for shipbuilders as development of offshore wind power facilities in...

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Meet the Verrill Dana Maritime Group in Gloucester, MA

Please join us to network with folks from marine technology and related companies, learn about MOTN, (the Marine & Oceanographic Technology Network), its collaboration with the City of...

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Offshore Wind Energy in New England Takes Significant Step Forward

On July 2, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its Environmental Assessment (EA) for offshore commercial wind leases on the Outer Continental Shelf of Rhode Island and Massachusetts...

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ABA Supports Ratification of Law of the Sea Convention

As most of our readers know, U.S. ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty would not only mean an immediate boost to business for the American maritime industry, but would also position our country to...

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Offshore Wind: Featured in Upcoming Regional Wind Energy Summit

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) will hold a Regional Wind Energy Summit, September 5-6 in Portland, Maine.  The Summit includes an informative panel on the latest legal and policy...

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New Air Quality Rules Go Into Effect

Large ships are now required to switch to low sulphur fuel when they operate within 200 miles of the U.S. Coast.  The switch is not expected to impact cargo ships which spend limited amounts of time in...

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The Polar Land Grab Continues

The ice caps are shrinking.  Commercial and governmental interests are scrambling to position themselves for a time when the arctic ocean in navigable in something other than a nuclear submarine....

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Splash Protection in Practice

Ben Ford contributed an article about the U.S. Vessel Hull Design Protection Act to Professional BoatBuilder's August/September issue. The article examines the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act and its...

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First Chinese Ship Crosses Arctic Ocean Amid Record Melt

Economic opportunities changes presented by a warming planet are very real.  This message is not lost on the Chinese government which, in its continued attempt to establish a presence in the arctic,...

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Loss of the HMS Bounty

HMS Bounty – Once again it all comes down to the quality of the decisions made by the master and ship’s owners. The article linked below succinctly puts forth the classic issues before a master in...

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Department of Justice and SEC Issue Guidance on FCPA

After over a year in preparation, the DOJ/SEC have finally issued their guidance document concerning the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. It is quite comprehensive and gives a good overview of the FCPA...

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A Ship is Not a Product Under Maritime Law

Judge Eduardo Robreno, the judge who oversees the multidistrict maritime asbestos litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (MDL 875), recently held a ship...

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Marina Construction & Lease Inquiry

The Town of Yarmouth, MA located in Cape Cod, is seeking non-binding responses from marina developers and/or operators interested in leasing 22.5 acres of waterfront property from the Town for the...

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Education and Ocean Robotics Come Together in Gloucester Harbor

Since late 2011, Verrill Dana and MOTN, the marine technology industry association to which we belong, have been working cooperatively with the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts in that historic...

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Update on Canadian Ship Building for the Arctic

$25 billion in procurement gets a lot of attention and prompts a lot of activity.  See Maritime Today’s  article at: http://www.marinelink.com/news/emerging-maritime-halifax351613.aspx

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Congratulations to Ecochlor, Inc.

Congratulations to Ecochlor, Inc. for receiving Product Design Assessment (PDA) Approval from ABS (American Bureau of Shipping classification society) for its full range of ballast water treatment...

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Marine Spatial Planning References

UNESCO maintains a very good website with links to U.S. and worldwide references for marine spatial planning materials/authorities. See:  http://www.unesco-ioc-marinesp.be/msp_references

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Maine Wind Power Continues Move Offshore

The below article describes some of the challenges facing the Statoil project, both offshore and from ashore. http://www.pressherald.com/news/Two-Maine-offshore-wind-projects-move-closer-to-fruition.html

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Ecochlor Receives US Coast Guard AMS Acceptance

Congratulations to our client Ecochlor, Inc., which announced today that it is among the first group of companies that have received US Coast Guard Alternative Management System (AMS) acceptance for...

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