SEPTEMBER 2009 - Association of Marina Industries

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Industry News
Study Tour Marinas and Schedule
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
7:00 am: Breakfast in hotel
8:00 am: Depart for study tour
9:00 am: Rybovich
10:25 am: Palm Harbor
12:15 pm: Lunch
1:10 am: Aquamarina Hidden Harbour
3:10 pm: Pier 66
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm: Discussion and Analysis
6:00 pm: Dinner
Thursday, October 29, 2009
7:00 am: Breakfast in hotel
8:45 am: Lauderdale Marine Center
10:30 am: Lauderdale Marina
11:35 am: Lunch
1:00 pm: Port Condominiums (Vertical Yachts)
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Discussion and Analysis
5:00 pm: Dinner
State Signs New Operator at Lake
Oroville’s Bidwell Marina
Source: News10/KXTV
The State Has Signed a New Operator for Bidwell Canyon
Marina at Lake Oroville.
California State Parks announced the 30-year contract with
Lake Oroville Marina, LLC on Monday.
Pending approval from the Attorney General’s Office, the new
operator will take over Dec. 1, 2009. According to the contract
terms, Lake Oroville Marina will spend $4.2 million in improvements
and equipment, and an average of $300,000 or a percentage
of gross receipts, whichever is greater, in yearly rent.
The 40-year-contract that Frank Moothart, the current
operator of the Bidwell Canyon Marina has had with the
state ends Dec. 1, 2009. State parks in an earlier story with
News10 said they wanted upgrades to the marina, including
envrionmentally friendly composite or concrete docks.
Moothart previously told News10 he had no interest in bidding
on a new contract because of what he considered onerous
terms. “Anyone in his right mind would not bid on it,” he said.
Meantime, hundreds of boat owners were caught in the
middle when Moothart sent them notices to remove their
houseboats from their slips due to projected low water levels
and the expiring contract.
Marina Wants New Snap-On Lifejackets
as Standard Equipment on Ships
Source: GMANews.TV
To make lifejackets easy to use during disasters, maritime
authorities have required seagoing vessels to replace the
old ones with snap-on type starting January 1, 2010.
Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) chief Maria Elena
Bautista said Sunday that the new type should replace the
old lifejackets that require complicated procedures.
“Starting January 1, nire-require naming lifejacket yung
snap-on, wala nang tali-tali, para mas madali isuot (Starting
January 1, we will require that the lifejackets be of the
snap-on type, instead of the ones having so many strings
and laces),” Bautista said in an interview on dzBB radio.
She said the new lifejackets must have the Marina’s logo,
as well as the date of approval for easier monitoring and
inspection by authorities.
The lifejackets should comply with international safety
standards, she added.
“Batay sa international convention kailangan na ang lifejacket
ay madaling isuot, ‘di na kailangan mag-isip pa paano gamitin
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