Contents

Towing

American Tugboat Review update

A Mariner's Notebook

Big changes underway at Coast Guard Regional Exam Centers

Industry Signals

Mariner groups pressing for changes to Seaman's Manslaughter Statute

Congress holds hearing on allegations of bias by Coast Guard administrative law judges

Fate of two LNG terminals in Maine hinges on dispute over right of innocent passage

Connecticut adds its coastal waters to growing list of no-discharge zones

Ex-Engineer of the Year to head Deepwater

Increments and corrections

Trends & Currents

Increasingly, the first step in salvage is the removal of harmful liquids

Vessel designs, better agents aid firefighting

Maritime Casualties

Jammed rudder suspected in grounding of double-hull tanker in Lower New York Bay

Failure to pin construction barge's spuds caused fire fatal to six, NTSB says

NTSB urges inspections of life raft releases, evacuation slides like those on cruise ship

NTSB cites docking pilot in Bayonne grounding

Two Boston ferries collide in heavy fog

Crew of Canadian tug survives tripping by loaded log barge

Cruise ship, salmon seiner collide in Alaska

Vessels at Work

The Browns of New York: Traditional boats, traditional skills

Features

Tiny Fraser River log tugs have paint jobs that set them apart

Professional Mariner - October/November 2007 Index