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When it comes to protecting job turf, few unions are as ferocious as the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). And the union isn't about to compromise that reputation, with its collective bargaining agreement set to expire September 30. "It looks like we're going to have a strike," said ILA President Harold Daggett (see photo). On August 22, talks in Delray Beach, Fla. between the ILA and a shipping industry trade group, the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), broke down. At this writing, they remain at an impasse, though each side has agreed to meet soon. The ILA, which represents about 65,000 employees...

Mar. 15, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Release #036-12 John Paul Jones, Baranof Rescued 24 Filipino Mariners By U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs ARABIAN GULF – Guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Baranof (WPB 1318) rescued 24 Filipino mariners in Arabian Gulf, March 15. At approximately 2 a.m., local time, John Paul Jones, assigned to Combined Maritime Forces’ Commander, Task Force 152, responded to a distress call from the Liberian-flagged motor vessel Stolt Valor, operating within international waters 48 nautical miles southeast of Farsi Island, Iran. Once on scene, John Paul Jones...

Text of a letter sent to Sen. Patrick, Rep. Simpson, Lt. Gov. Dewhurst: Dear Sen. Patrick, I understand from press reports that Federal agents have threatened to impose a "No Fly Zone" over Texas, as has been done in the past and present to rogue states such as Iraq, Libya and Bosnia, and this threat is in response to the exercise of the duly constituted legislative powers of the Texas Legislature. I am of the opinion that this federal threat is contrary to the U.S. Constitution, as per Article 1, section 9 quoted below. Article. I. - The Legislative Branch...

Fellow Freepers, I am leaving Thursday to join a merchant ship in the far east. I will be delivering fuel to our forces in South Korea and Okinawa. Altough I will not be in harm's way, I look forward to sustaining our troops arrayed against one pole of the axis of evil, N. Korea. Hoping for fair seas and a following wind, I will return in three months. Keep up the good work Freepers. Freegards, ThirdMate

October 4, 2001 New reporting requirements for ships entering, leaving U.S. Most ships entering U.S. ports will have to provide 96-hour advance notice of arrival (NOA) to the U. S. Coast Guard along with crew, passenger, and cargo information, under new rules that go into effect today. A 24-hour advance notice has long been required for ships calling at U. S. ports. In the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, ships have been directed by U.S. Coast Guard order to provide advance notice plus detailed information about crews, passengers, and cargoes. The new temporary rules will also suspend some ...

DE LOVIO v. BOIT et al. Case No. 3,776 Circuit Court, D. Massachusetts 7 F. Cas. 418; 1815 U.S. App. LEXIS 162; 1997 AMC 550; 2 Gall. 398 October, 1815, Term COUNSEL: Mr. Selfridge, for libellant. Mr. Welsh, for respondents. OPINIONBY: STORY OPINION: This is a libel brought in the district court upon a policy of insurance, alleging it to be a maritime contract, of which that court, as a court of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, has cognizance. There is a plea to the jurisdiction, and the present question rests solely on the general sufficiency of that plea as a ...

SOURCE CODE: THE STAR - MALAYSIA ------------------------------------ NEW PIRATE GROUP IDENTIFIED THE Marine Police are hot on the heels of a bigger group of Indonesian pirates that has emerged barely two weeks after a group of six was crippled on Oct 13 in the Straits of Malacca. The new group, which consists of 20 armed members and operates with three speedboats, has since Oct 26 attacked eight merchant ships in the waters near Pulau Undan, Malacca and Tanjung Tohor, Johor. Of the eight attacks, three attempts were foiled by alert ship crew who used high_pressure hoses to deter the pirates ...