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Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 7 September 2010
September 7th, 2010 at 11:09 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: NIC – BOP and LMRP recovered; Shipping Coordinating Committee – meetings; House – info requested re offshore rig fire; and Ireland – national ports policy review. ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 3 September 2010
September 3rd, 2010 at 11:05 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: Gulf of Mexico – explosion and fire on offshore oil rig; NIC – capping stack removed; USCG – salvage and marine firefighting information collection; USCG – removal equipment and ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 2 September 2010
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:06 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: California – “no discharge zone” proposed for large oceangoing vessels; Alaska – tidal energy project; EC – environmental status criteria for Europe’s seas; and UK – exercise to be ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 1 September 2010
September 1st, 2010 at 10:02 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: Joint Investigation – evidence handling; HSRP – meeting; Sea Grant Advisory Board – meeting cancelled; Massachusetts Bay – marine mammal harassment; DOS – delegation of certain maritime law enforcement ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 31 August 2010
August 31st, 2010 at 10:48 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: White House – additional economic sanctions against North Korea; White House – Export Control System to be streamlined; FMC- compromise agreements re civil penalty actions; PHMSA – LNG vapor-gas ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 30 August 2010
August 30th, 2010 at 10:10 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: DOJ – Somali suspect pleads guilty to attacking to plunder a vessel; NIC – removal of capping stack and BOP; Joint Investigation – fifth day of fourth session concluded; ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 27 August 2010
August 27th, 2010 at 10:21 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: Joint Investigation – fourth day of fourth session concluded; National Commission – details of Meeting 2; USCG – Sector Puget Sound; EC – formal probe into marine insurance agreements; ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 26 August 2010
August 26th, 2010 at 10:43 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: Joint Investigation – third day of fourth session concluded; National Commission – second meeting; California – “no discharge” zone proposed along entire coast of state; Houston-Galveston – USCG Industry ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 25 August 2010
August 25th, 2010 at 10:15 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: NIC – briefing on Gulf of Mexico spill response; Joint Investigation – second day of fourth session concluded; DOJ – disaster fraud hotline for reporting oil spill-related schemes; Oregon ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 24 August 2010
August 24th, 2010 at 10:07 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: Joint Investigation – first day of fourth session concluded; Gulf Coast Claims Facility – open for business; Gulf of Mexico – boom recovered from certain coastal waters; Gulf of ...more »
Interviews on Jones Act issues re oil spill response
I was interviewed by a reporter for NPR (previously known as National Public Radio) for their "All Things Considered" program. The interview addressed a number of issues regarding the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The only portion of the interview that made it into print and on the air was my discussion of the impact (or non-impact) of the Jones Act on the response to the spill. My comments were taken slightly out of context, but are basically correct. I find it surprising how a few individuals throwing up an obscure statute as the reason that the oil has not been swept from the Gulf of Mexico has gotten so much coverage. (7/10/10).
Prior to the NPR interview, I was interviewed by a reporter for Florida Public Radio regarding the impact of the Jones Act (and other cabotage laws) on the response to the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill. A report of that interview, with a link to the actual broadcast thereof, is attached. The interview took over 20 minutes and the radio broadcast condensed that down to about two minutes, so numerous details relating to cabotage have been glossed over or omitted. (6/23/10).