Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
(by
Joseph Keefe)
on
August 6, 2014
Just last month, the Secretary General of the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) opined that the sixth negotiations round of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) should include concessions from the American side on maritime transportation issues.
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
August 5, 2014
The magnetic poles are the two points on the surface of the Earth at which the magnetic field points vertically down or up (in the northern and southern hemispheres respectively). These points are located near, but not at the northern and southern geographic poles.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
(by
Joseph Keefe)
on
February 27, 2014
U.S. This week, President Obama said that he would call on Congress to appropriate as much as $300 billion for repairs and upgrades to the nation’s aging roads and railways. Conspicuously absent from that discussion was any mention of ports and inland waterways.
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
November 5, 2013
The fluyt or fluitschip was one of the first ocean-going ships built exclusively for commerce. Previously, ships tended to be built to perform the dual role of fighting battles and carrying cargo. Thus, their construction was fairly robust and they carried cannons, ammunition, and combat personnel.
Posted to US Gulf Coast Shipyards
(by
Patrick LaBauve)
on
October 28, 2013
There are approximately 40 shipyards in the United States that are currently performing maritime construction and building vessels of 140 feet or longer. These vessels range from super-large oceangoing ships such as cargo ships and oil tankers…
Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
on
October 24, 2013
The Year of the Horse is riding into China early next year and it is playing havoc with shipping schedules in the first quarter. Chinese New Year falls at the end of January and factories traditionally close for three weeks and sometimes even longer.
Posted to LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC News
(by
Alicia Williams)
on
October 15, 2013
October 2, 2013 LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC delivered the first of two (2) Z-Tech 2400 tugboats, the Chloe K to G & H Towing Company. The Chloe K was constructed at LEEVAC Shipyard Jennings, LLC and was later transported, via one of LEEVAC’s own dry-docks, to LEEVAC Shipyard Lake Charles, LLC facility.
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