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19 Jan

Applications Sought for National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

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The Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing is looking for those interested in being part of the National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee. The role calls for a candidate with a QMED rating endorsement. Those with an officer rating cannot apply. Established by the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, the committee is tasked with advising the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security through the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard on U.S. Merchant Marine personnel-related issues such as training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness of mariners, according to the agency. For more, visit https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/12/2021-00383/national-merchant-marine-personnel-advisory-committee-vacancy. Candidates should reach out…

19 Jan

New Changes at Maritime Firm

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Hockema Whalen Myers Associates, Inc. kicked off 2021 with the announcement of a new name and management changes to the company, which specialized in engineering and consulting services, naval architecture and marine engineering. The longtime West Coast firm - which has offices in Seattle, Washington, and Bend, Oregon - has been renamed Hockema Group, Inc. effective Jan. 1. The company also announced changes in leadership. Founder Hal Hockema will ease back on day-to-day management and continue on a part-time basis as an advisor. John Myers will serve as company president and managing principal. Michael Minnig will take on Myer’s former…

19 Jan

Los Angeles Port Chief Announces Cargo Numbers, 2021 Priorities

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About 9.2 million TEUs flowed through the Port of Los Angeles last year, the fourth busiest year on record, Executive Director Gene Seroka announced at the recent virtual Pacific Merchant Shipping Association’s sixth annual State of the Port of Los Angeles. The port saw cargo volumes surge in the last half of 2020 by 50 percent over the first half of 2020, according to the port, which finished the year about 1.5 percent down from 2019. There was a 94 percent jump in the week leading up to Christmas compared to the same time in 2019. “Our container business in…

15 Jan

CAAP Meeting Set for Jan. 27

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The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will update the public on the status of their San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan goals on Jan. 27. The meeting – the first for 2021 – will take place virtually from 10 a.m. to noon. The ports first created the plan in 2005 and since then has seen pollution from port operations decrease, including diesel particulate matter, which fell 87 percent, nitrogen oxides by 58 percent and sulfur oxides by 97 percent. The ports updated its plan in 2017 to quicken its goals to a zero-emissions and focus on…

15 Jan

Update on Merchant Mariner Credentialing Endorsements

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Qualifying mariners will be issued STCW endorsements for Basic and Advanced International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other Low Flashpoint Fuels (IGF) Code Operations if they have completed the STCW requirements and ask for the endorsement, the National Maritime Center announced Tuesday. Applications for IGF Code Operations endorsements should be sent in accordance with CG-MMC Policy Letter 01-21. National endorsements for IGF Code Operations will not be issued by the National Maritime Center. Inquiring mariners should reach out to the Mariner Credentialing Program Policy Division at MMCPolicy@uscg.mil or 202-372-2357. Visit https://www.dco.uscg.mil/national_maritime_center/ for more.

15 Jan

USCG Cutter Joseph Gerczak on Patrol

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The crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak recently stopped in Honolulu after finishing the first stage of their patrol to uphold illegal fishing rules in the Pacific and augment maritime law enforcement self-sufficiency with Kiribati partners, the agency said. The crew traveled about 2,400 million from Hawaii to Kiribati from Dec. 28 to Jan. 3. “We’re working to increase awareness of unlawful fishing operations in remote territories of the United States, the Pacific, and the Republic of Kiribati’s exclusive economic zones,” said Lt. James Provost, commanding officer of the Joseph Gerczak. “Over the course of our patrol we queried one…

15 Jan

South Terminal Project Completed

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The long-awaited $57 million South Terminal modernization project at the Port of Everett has been completed, port officials announced this week. The updated terminal allows the port to accommodate bigger ships and heavier cargoes, including the new 777X and other wide-body aircraft, and more diverse cargo. It also supports efforts to bolster the regional economy. In the last 10 years, over $125 million has been put into port facilities to meet market demand and the needs of its customers. The South Terminal is vital to the port’s modernization efforts. In 2018, the port started on the second phase of the…

12 Jan

Port of Camas-Washougal Honored for Award

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The Port of Camas-Washougal has been honored with the Washington Public Ports Association’s 2020 Community Engagement Award. The port won the award for its work with stakeholders on the 10-year Parker’s Landing Waterfront Development project. In its application, the port spoke about its community interaction over the project slated at a former lumber site along the Columbia River in east Clark County. Since the mill’s shutter in 2010, the port implemented cleanup efforts and engaged community members in a series of open houses for the public, which “viewed this site as a natural beauty for its access to the Columbia…

12 Jan

Matson Announces Initial 4th Quarter Results

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Honolulu-based Matson, Inc. on Monday the initial financial results of its fourth quarter. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Matt Cox said Matson ended a strong year with continued solid performance in the fourth quarter from Ocean Transportation and Logistics amid the challenging effects caused by COVID-19. "Within Ocean Transportation, our China service saw significant demand for its CLX and CLX+ expedited ocean services through year end and was the primary driver of the increase in consolidated operating income year-over-year,” he said in a press release. “We continued to see favorable supply and demand dynamics in the transpacific trade lane during…

12 Jan

New Port of San Diego Commissioner Sworn In

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Port of San Diego’s newest board commissioner representing National City is Sandy Naranjo, who was sworn into office virtually earlier this month. The political economist and labor and environmental justice advocate joins the seven-member board that governs the Southern California port. She has served in various committees, including the National City Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis to the Sweetwater Authority Citizen Advisory Committee, the AB 617 steering committee to advise the San Diego Air Pollution Control District and the California Energy Commission’s Advisory Committee for the Clean Transportation Program Investment Plan, according to the port. “Commissioner Naranjo’s background in environmental justice and…