John A. C. Cartner – Cartner & Fiske, LLC

A Billion Here or There - Now that the President has another four years and the budget chasm is before the country. The so-called fiscal cliff comes. Of the many ways to save money, the Congress has chosen the meat cleaver…more

Panama’s Shame in Shipping: The Horrors of Lajoya Prison for Seafarers…more

In This Issue: - God Save The King! - The Necessity That Is The USMMA - If I Were Superintendent - Urgings Excerpt from God Save the King! Delightfully Brief - Returning from holiday is always both a…more

Evaluation of the international laws surrounding armed guards on vessels to deter pirates by John Cartner, M. Sc., M.B.A., LL.M., Ph. D., Master Mariner on maritimeTV The number of armed guards on vessels will continue to…more

Evaluation of Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Hearing held by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure by John Cartner, M. Sc., M.B.A., LL.M., Ph. D., Master Mariner on maritimeTV …more

In This Issue: The Turning Economy? Free Association; Where is the Wisdom? and Urgings. Excerpt from Free Association: Pithy - The moans about the Congress gutting various subsidy programs for US shipping are…more

In This Issue: - Define 'Safe'... - The TSA Big TWIC Lie - Circle The Drain - Urgings Excerpt from "Define 'Safe'... Delightfully Brief. The dog days of summer are upon Washington early -- even without…more

In This Issue: - The Facts - Seafarers vs. Airfarers - Diatribe - Kings Point - Urgings - Excerpt from Seafarers vs. Airfarers: Pithy - It is often said that the airplane people are treated as human…more

In This Issue: - Whose Driving This Thing? - The Inevitable Fate of a Seafarer - TSA: A Useless Agency - Urgings Excerpt from Whose Driving This Thing? Delightfully Brief It is my sense that the…more

In This Issue: - The Law in Danger - IMO: Time for Action - The Renaissance - Urgings Excerpt from The Renaissance Wholly Idiosyncratic Piracy is spreading in the general lawlessness of the world. We…more

In This Issue: - Help or Hindrance: - ECDIS In Charge? - ECDIS: The Demand or The Supply? - Urgings Excerpt from Help or Hindrance Delightfully Brief The current cause de jour is ECDIS. While there are…more

In This Issue: • The Banana Republic • The Tax Dance • Step Right Up! • Urgings Excerpt from "The Banana Repulic" Delightfully Brief If you are American, April 15 is the annual income tax day. In…more

In This Issue: • A Short Straw in the Wind? • Guards vs. Pirates • The Bad and The Ugly: The TSA and TWIC Saga • Urgings Excerpt from "A Short Straw..." Delightfully Brief I think the market may be…more

Delightfully Brief One should not beware the day too much. After all it was 2056 years ago on 15 March that Julius Caesar was done in by Brutus. I am not superstitious; I simply never make important decisions on March 15…more

In This Issue: - Maritima in the Press - 1% Pirate, 99% Disorder - Writhing Death of The TWIC - Urgings Excerpt from Maritima in the Press Delightfully Brief We observe that maritima is the hot topic…more