Congratulations to all SNAME Students Graduating in 2004!

SNAME offers the following benefits to assist you in your career path:

Job opportunities	Free enrollment in local SNAME Section
Medical insurance	Immediate upgrade to Associate Member
Post-graduate scholarships	Professional Referral Program
Networking	Continuing professional education opportunities
Free resume posting on the SNAME website	Substantial discounts on Dell products

One of SNAME’s group insurance benefits is a Short Term Medical Insurance Plan to assist you bridge the gap between student and employee. For more details, visit the SNAME insurance website: click here

Please be sure to inform the Member Services Dept. staff of your new mailing address, email address and phone number so that we may continue to assist you in your career path. E-mail tfaix@sname.org to update your contact details.

Don’t delay - respond today! Visit the SNAME web site at www.sname.org to meet your SNAME Section leaders - a great source of career advancement for you.

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SNAME will participate in the 2004 Posidonia International Maritime Exhibition, which will take place from June 7 to 11 in Piraeus, Greece. SNAME will be sharing with Maritime Reporter Booth no. 678 B, in Level B.

Phil Kimball and nine Greek members will "man" the booth at different times and President Rosenblatt will be visiting for two days. Posidonia is one of the biggest International Maritime Exhibitions in the world. For more information on this event, click on the logo.

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The eighth of the world famous FAST conferences will be held in Saint-Petersburg, Russia from June 27-30, 2005. The conference will take place during splendid White Night period and is timed to coincide with Russia’s Second International Maritime Defense Show. For more information click here. SNAME is a sponsor of FAST 2005.

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WASHINGTON, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The most famous shipwreck in modern history, the R.M.S. Titanic continues to captivate our imagination and to draw audiences into the mystery of her death almost a century after her fatal collision with an iceberg. Now a destructive combination of natural forces and human intrusions is threatening to force the complete collapse of the wreck into the ocean floor. Almost two decades after discovering the sunken wreck of the Titanic, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Robert Ballard is returning to lead a scientific expedition on an urgent quest to determine the factors hastening its ultimate deterioration.

On Monday, June 7, 2004 at 9 p.m.

ET/PT, National Geographic Channel will provide audiences with unprecedented access to the ongoing expedition by broadcasting a one-hour special "Return to Titanic." The telecast will originate from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research ship Ronald H. Brown and include the first-ever live telecast from Titanic's watery grave, some 12,000 feet under the Atlantic Ocean. "Return to Titanic" will follow the expedition's progress every step of the way and bring viewers right up to the moment as the show concludes live from almost 2 1/2 miles beneath the sea. This television event will be hosted onboard by Jay Schadler, Emmy(R) award-winning ABC correspondent and National Geographic Channel veteran. Schadler will follow Dr. Ballard's progress and guide viewers through each phase, both above and below water, allowing audiences to experience the expedition's investigation as it unfolds.

For more information, visit www.nationalgeographic.com/channel

 

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Phil Kimball, Executive Director of SNAME, Rod Allan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OTC (2004-2005), and Bruce Rosenblatt, President of SNAME (2003-2004) attend the opening night reception at the Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX prior to the grand opening of this year's Offshore Technology Conference held from May 3-6, the 35th consecutive year of OTC. This year's attendance of 51,000 was one of the best ever.

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Stevens Institute of Technology, in cooperation with the SNAME, is happy to announce the continuation of the discount programs for any SNAME member who signs up for any Stevens online course. Registration is now open for graduate-level courses on topics ranging from Project Management to Computer Science.

Click here to view the schedule of WebCampus.Stevens.

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US Maritime Day

On May 20, 1933 the U.S. Congress approved by joint resolution the designation of "National Maritime Day" on May 22 of each year. Since then, America has celebrated this day in recognition of those U.S. Merchant Mariners who have served their nation faithfully during peace and war. Throughout the United States each May, many cities, civic groups, and maritime-related organizations hold Maritime Day events to recognize the achievements and services of the U.S. Merchant Marine.

In addition, every year The International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships, celebrates World Maritime Day. The exact date of World Maritime Day is left to individual governments but is usually celebrated during the last week in September.

Presidential proclamations - click here

Maritime Day greeting cards - click here

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For Immediate Release
April 20, 2004
Contact Brian Kennedy or Nicol Andrews at (202) 226-9019

Washington, DC - Today the Congressionally charted U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy released its draft report, marking the single most comprehensive review of our oceans in 35 years. After governors from all 50 states have 30 days to comment, the Commission will issue its final report to Congress and President Bush.

"As Chairman of the Committee with jurisdiction over these critical ocean issues, I am pleased with the effort that the Ocean Commission has taken in producing such an obviously substantive review," said House Resources Committee Chairman Richard W. Pombo (R-CA). "Most important, it appears the Commission has focused on the need for improved coordination between scientists, fishermen and all government entities. More than half of all U.S. citizens live in coastal communities, so it is very important that they be an integral consideration in shaping the next ocean policy."

Click on these links for more information:

Resources Committee Fast Facts on Oceans

Link to U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

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On April 16, Phil Kimball met with Kelly Barnes, Program Director of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI), a division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The meeting was established to determine how the two societies could work more closely in the future in the promotion and joint development of topical conferences and symposia, and in the exchange of technical information among it members with the signing of a cooperative agreement.

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