Thursday, July 31, 2014

THE MIDDLE EAST, TRACING THE TROUBLES VISUALLY

http://www.vox.com/a/maps-explain-the-middle-east

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We have in our NAVIGATION SECTION a subsection on CARTOGRAPHY where we like to collect links to sites that explain all sorts of information using traditional cartographic techniques. Properly prepared maps can present all sorts of information on subjects that go far beyond how to navigate from point A to Point B. Our single most popular post within the blog is a simple link to "THE WORLD EXPLAINED IN 40 MAPS a cartographic presentation by the Washington Post. Recently we came across a similar presentation by an organization called VOX and an author / editor named Max Fisher. Unlike the global content of ,THE WORLD EXPLAINED IN 40 MAPS this new link "40 Maps That Explain The Middle East" deals with the Middle East, the region depicted on the CIA WORLD FACT BOOK map illustrated above. We found this new site extremely informative and will be placing the link to it permanently in our NAVIGATION AND CARTOGRAPHY SECTION . We try to alert our general readers when we find something like this of interest and long term utility. Unfortunately we have found that our daily posts, tweets, Facebook postings, and G mail posts are a very big and not well organized collection and our key word search engine seems to be more of a title search engine. So the really utilitarian stuff we try to find a permanent home for in our subject matter reference pages. These are listed to your right at the home page and each listing is a hot link to the special interest page . Just click on the name of the special interest page and you're there. Each Special Interest Page contains books, book reviews and recommendations, videos, links to free videos, links to specialized sites on the particular subjects aligned with the page title, and some cases descriptions and contact information for relevant schools and training institutions.

We highly recommend "40 Maps That Explain The Middle East" as a quick visual reference guide and background source for this most complex and constantly news making region.

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ABOUT 9 HOURS DOWN THE ROAD ARE THE SEA ISLANDS OF GEORGIA

This in from Capt. Richie:

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Jekyll Island Fishing Report - There's baitfish, Tarpon, Bull Redfish and Black Tip Sharks everywhere right now. Joshua Cook and I went through nearly 100 baitfish today before noon with solid action all morning.

The Scoreboard today: 0 for 3 on Tarpon, 2 for 2 on Bull Redish and multiple hook ups and landings on Black Tips, Spinner Sharks and huge Finetooth Sharks. What a great day on the water. We were definitely blessed! See more at http://www.georgiasportfishing.,com

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As US Oil Booms, Congress Lifts 40-Year Oil Export Ban

IT IS NOW PROVEN THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS MORE OIL THAN SAUDI ARABIA AND MOST OF THE MIDDLE EAST COMBINED.

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We have been advocating the lifting of the ban for years. below is a link to Yahoo's coverage of the December 18, 2015 lifting of the ban. Below that is our last post advocating the lifting which we include for historic background. YAHOO: U.S. LIFTS 40 YEARS OLD OIL EXPORT BAN

OUR LAST POST ADVOCATING THE LIFTING OF THE BAN:

THE DEMOCRATS HATE THE IDEA. IT COULD HELP RETIRE THE NATIONAL DEBT, INSURE OUR INDEPENDENCE AND GENERATE A WIDE SPREAD PROSPERITY. OF COURSE A WIDE SPREAD PROSPERITY WOULD ELIMINATE AN ELECTORATE WILLING TO GET ON THE BUS AND PULL THE LEVER AS INSTRUCTED TO CONTINUE GETTING A FEDERAL DOLE. IT WOULD CHANGE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE WORLD IN FAVOR OF THE U.S. AS ONCE AGAIN, THE UNRIVALED FULL SERVICE SUPER POWER. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN MANNING THE PARAPETS TO KEEP IT ILLEGAL FOR THE U.S. TO EXPORT PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS MADE FROM U.S. CRUDE STOCKS. REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE SYSTEM IS COMING APART AT THE SEAMS ANYWAY.

EDITORS UPDATE: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorized Freeport LNG Development, L.P. to construct, and operate facilities to liquefy and export domestic natural gas from its existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal located near the city of Freeport, Texas. This is the first crack in the LNG export prohibition. Apparent approval date was July 14, 2014.

later... The DOE said that it has approved OREGON LNG for export of up to 1.25 billion cubic feet a day of liquefied natural gas. Oregon's next hurdle is approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. .

8/4/2016 Democrats capture the White House in January. we continue to advocate complete lifting of the ban.

In mid July 20 14 the Japanese trader Mitsui & Co. chartered the Liberian registered tanker ZAMBESI to carry a load of roughly 400,000 barrels of condensate to the South Korean refiner GS Caltex. The ZAMBESI arrived in Galveston for the on load and is expected in South Korea for early September. This was the first export of U.S. condensate in 40 years due to the present ban on U.S. produced petroleum products derived from U.S. crude. In recent years new technologies in deep sea recovery methods, fracking, and directional drilling have allowed the U.S. to economically bring in previously unexploited reserves. For several years now the only thing blocking U.S. oil self sufficiency and export capacity has been federal laws and policies that seemed to be based on the assumption that the U.S. would never even approach self sufficiency in oil and gas again.

The 1975 ban was a bipartisan response to the Arab oil embargo that created gasoline shortages in America and Quadrupled crude oil prices at a moment in time when U.S. crude oil production was slipping . Today the United States is the number one oil and gas producing nation on earth. Not something that you generally hear a lot about from the U.S. general media. But we have not been able to take advantage of that fact thanks to the Democrats in Congress and the White House who have clung to the ban on oil and gas exports. The President has withheld the permits to reverse engineer our old and now useless import liquefied natural gas plants into export facilities. The Congress has continued to avoid the repeal of the 1975 act. But that act came with some regulatory provisions for exceptions. The industry has peppered the Commerce Department with applications for exceptions and exceptions have begun to trickle in. Recent ruling have released as much as 1.2 million barrels of oil a day for export.

The ban is being worked around slowly but surely. However if the Republicans regain a majority in the Senate in September the entire ban could be lifted at once. This would leave the Democratic president in the White House just as the economy starts into a steep climb up and the balance of payments start down. Like any other occupants of the White House in history the present occupant will do everything in his power to take credit for the turn around in the economy that he tried to block. This could put a Democrat back in the White House still holding sway over the LNG reverse engineering permits. Politics could still kill the positive economic factors. But it appears that our incredibly wise catfish analyst the Great Namazu was right. The oil and gas based economic boom he predicted way back in November of 2012 is tuning up. ( http://americanadmiraltybooks.blogspot.com/2012/11/1172012-namazu-fully-loaded-namazu.html

and http://americanadmiraltybooks.blogspot.com/2012/11/11712-namazu-fl-part-2-namazu-fully.html

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Lloyds Ballast water survey

SHIPS JUST DON'T RUN AS CLEAN AS THEY USED TO. SO MORE REGULATIONS SEEM TO ALWAYS BE FORMING

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Lloyd's List Ballast Water Survey Is In Progress Through August 22, 2014.

The survey will help Lloyd's List determine how ready the global shipping industry is for ballast water regulations. If you are a ship's officer (any flag state) , or ship manager please take 5-10 minutes to participate in the survey. You input will help Lloyds develop more intelligent underwriting tools related to risks associated with ballast water management. Please see their direct solicitation @ Lloyd's List Ballast Water Survey 2014

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Managing Maritime Accidents and Emergencies

16 - 17 September 2014, The Hatton, London

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Lloyds Maritime Academy is a primer provider of short courses and seminars on subjects of vital concern to marine insurance professionals, admiralty law professionals, classifications surveyors, and shipping managers. We noticed that their marine accident and emergency management course will be offered September 16-17 in London. These short courses are very informative and frankly having a Lloyds Maritime Academy course certificate or two in your possession can be an attractive addition to your resume when time to fleet up. Here are some of the subjects covered in the Managing Maritime Accidents and Emergencies program:

Find out about the primary causes of maritime incidents
Analyse the impact of human behaviour and reduce human error
Identify casualty management strategies
Learn about risk management and assessment
Examine the legal implications and liability issues
Understand claims investigations and wreck removal
Communicate effectively with the media during an incident

The programs of the Lloyds Maritime Academy are usually not free nor particularly inexpensive but we feel confident in recommending them as value for the money and time spent. Lloyds is not an advertiser with the AAB. For more information click here:

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Saturday, July 26, 2014

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NOTICE: Today an updated report on the lack of enforcement of the Jones Act and its negative impact on our economy and energy security. Yesterday we observed that China had removed its offending floating oil rig from Vietnam's waters, but bet that the move wasn't an olive branch, they just finished drilling. Fridayday Dr. Miriam Ibrahim and her family had arrived safely in Italy and met with the Pope, free at last from the shadow of the Gallows for being a Christian. Norway had raised the security bar at ports due to enhanced terrorist possibilities.

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