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B1 March 2007
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ANOA rules could touch 100-ton vessels by summer By Lucy Chabot Reed Foreign-flagged vessels over 300 gross tons have had to deal with closer scrutiny and stricter regulations to enter the United States since Sept. 11. But beginning this summer, that magnifying glass may begin looking at vessels as small as 100 tons. The U.S. Coast Guard’s new strategy for marine threats likely will include a lowering of the threshold for such
requirements as the Advanced Notice of Arrival to 100 gross tons, and possibly to zero tons, according to Rear Admiral Joe Nimmich, assistant commandant for policy and planning with the U.S. Coast Guard, “There will be a small boat summit in June to talk about what it is we’re going to do,” Nimmich said in a presentation to the members of Boating Writers International during the Miami International Boat Show in
February. “If we don’t plan for an event and an event occurs, I can guarantee there will be regulations you will not be happy with.” Speaking just three days after USCG Commandant Thad Allen outlined the same strategy to the U.S. Congress on Feb. 13, Nimmich outlined what he referred to as the soft underbelly of security in the United States, the relatively open marine industry. In addition to ports, which cannot
be closed or completely protected, he pointed to areas of maritime concern for the Coast Guard, including the overall increased use of the waterways, the increased exploration on the outer continental shelf, the increased attention to energy infrastructure related to liquid natural gas exploration, the shrinking ice cap of the Arctic passage, the globalization of
See USCG, page A26
Making waves in Miami About 200 captains, crew and industry folks braved some of South Florida’s chilliest weather to network with The Triton and Global Marine Travel at the Yacht & Brokerage Show on Feb. 18. For more photos, turn to page A6. If you missed this one and want to join us next time, sign up for our e-mail service online at www.the-triton.com. PHOTO/ANDY CARRIE
Bridge: A captain’s best job security is his reputation After talking with a few captains in Ft. Lauderdale this spring, we heard some pretty ruthless stories about jobs rescinded soon after they had begun and final month’s salaries not paid. As a result, at least two megayachts were arrested that we know about. Without passing judgment on why those things happened, we got to wondering about job security, and even career security for that matter. From the Bridge So this month, we posed Lucy Chabot Reed the question to eight captains gathered for our monthly captains’ roundtable discussion. In yachting, is there such a
thing as job security? Should there be? As always, individual comments are not attributed to any one person in particular so as to encourage frank and open discussion. The attending captains are identified in a photograph on page A19. “In this business, there are so many things you can’t control,” one captain began. “The only job security is your own ability, your confidence in your ability to get another job if you need one. Your only job security is within yourself.” “We’re not employees,” said another captain. “The people we work for are our customers. Our performance is what keeps us employed.” “But if you’re working for one owner, you can’t control his health and his decision to get out of
yachting,” the first captain said. “Your performance isn’t necessarily job security.” “I think your performance is job security,” said a third captain. “I get more job offers from other people seeing what I do on the boat every day.” There was a bit of discussion on the vagaries of the yachting industry. But for the most part, these captains all agreed that there is no job security, nor should they expect it from one owner at any given time. “Yachting is discretionary,” one captain said. “If something happens [in the life of the owner], the yacht is the first thing to go.”
See THE BRIDGE, page A18