Nautical Institute : US Gulf

US Gulf Branch

Newsletter May - June 2010 Year of the Seafarer

　

Pause a moment, and pray for the people who died on the Deepwater Horizon, which as everyone knows had a blow-out and explosion on April 20th. While you’re doing that, don’t forget the families who were left behind, and those who were badly injured. While you’re at it, don’t forget the miners who were killed a month earlier, also engaged in extracting fossil fuels.

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There has been significant interest in the upcoming Nautical Institute meeting so we have modified the approach to this technical meeting and will now have two guest speakers instead of one.      

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A big thank you to our outgoing officers: Anuj Chopra –Hon. Chair; Robert Hanraads –Hon. Secretary and Andre Le Goubin –Hon. Treasurer for an excellent job in running our branch during the last year. Well done gentlemen! Merchant Navy Day… I’ sure you all read Capt. Richard Dixon’ e-mail, reminding us that August 31st was celebrated as Merchant Navy Day in the UK. This of course is to honor the contribution of the British Merchant Seamen during the Second World War and subsequent actions.

US Gulf BranchAnnual General & Technical  MeetingWednesday, 23rd September 2009 at  1800 HrsHESS CLUB, 5430 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77056. (713) 627-2283The US Gulf Branch cordially invites you to the Branch Annual General & Technical Meeting.Topic:              ILO MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION 2006

US Gulf Branch NewsletterNautical Institute achieves NGO statusThe following is a copy of a letter from Phillip Wake, the NI Chief Executive, announcing our acceptance by the IMO as an NGO with consultative status. This is a great coup for the Institute, raising it to the level of a truly international organization, instead of a British based Institute with foreign branches.  Dear Colleagues,  I am delighted to be able to inform you that on 3rd July the Council of the IMO elected The Nautical Institute as an NGO with consultative status.

Over 50 members and guests, including members of Houston Chapter of the Kings Point Alumni, attended the US Gulf Branch technical meeting, addressing the requirements of the new Vessel General Permit (VGP) at the Hess Club, Houston, on 11th March 2009.

Speakers were:

1. Dr. Ryan Albert – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters in Washington – Dr. Albert is the main lead from EPA for the Vessel General Permit,
2. CDR Robert L. Smith, JR, – USCG, Chief Prevention Dept, Sector Houston, Galveston, and

US Gulf Branch Newsletter for March 2009

Spring meeting: a reminder that our next meeting will take place at the Hess Club on Westheimer; the date is Wednesday 11th March. While some of us will be out of town on that date, we would appreciate a good turnout by those who can make it. Our success as a club depends on good attendance at our functions. The presentation will be on the subject of EPA-NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System), and VGP (Vessel General Permit), which was discussed in the previous newsletter.

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting (2006-2007)

The Annual General Meeting of the Nautical Institute/ US Gulf Branch, was held at the Black Labrador Restaurant on the west side of Houston, Texas, on Tuesday, 12 September, 2006.

Twenty members and guests gathered socially in The Churchill Room from 1800 hrs.

It was established there was a quorum present consistent with The Nautical Institute’s recommendations.

At approximately 1900 hrs. the Honorary Chairman, Captain Robert Sheen, welcomed those present and brought the meeting to order.

Honorary Chairman’s Address