Posted to Capt Jills Journeys
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Jill Friedman)
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September 19, 2014
Check my blog for todays post on International Talk Like A Pirate Day (with important links) and how you can get involved.
http://captjillsjourneys.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/happy-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
on
May 21, 2014
It’s not a done deal and the long-awaited piece of legislation still needs Senate approval and the President’s signature, but the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) is both hailing the passage of H.R. 3080 as a major victory for U.S.
Posted to Integrating India’s Transport Network
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Joseph Fonseca)
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March 24, 2014
The logistics sector in India has today become an area of priority. One prime reason for it stems from the fact that years of high growth in the Indian economy have resulted in a significant rise in the volume of freight traffic movement. This…
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
on
May 10, 2013
In a move reminiscent of the Athos Canal, built 483-480 BC at the direction of the Persian Emperor Xerxes, or the Corinth Canal, built in the 1890’s by the Greek Government, Norway has tentatively approved construction of a tunnel through the…
Posted to It’s hunky dory on maritime manning & training front
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Joseph Fonseca)
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February 11, 2013
Encouraging updates from the Manning and Training sector in India present a healthy picture of the industry. It appears that the future is set to get brighter as was revealed in a panel discussion held under the aegis of the Company of Master Mariners of India.
Posted to Tallying/ Supervision/ Weighing/ Sapmling/ Testing
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AIM Surveyors)
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October 2, 2012
AIM Commodity/ Cargo Tally Companies in Vietnam & Global We are a leader in providing Tally, Tallying, tally of quantity, tally of bags, sounding & measrement of volume, witness and calculation of weighing for cargo in bulk during loading and discharging into containers…
Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
on
July 4, 2012
Alphaliner’s chart of the week focuses on the new tonnage that has been added by the top 20 container shipping lines in the past 12 months. As incredible as the capacity is – 844,000 TEUs for a fleet growth of 6.4 percent – the one carrier that stands out is CSAV.
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
March 16, 2012
Joshua James (1826-1902) served as a lifesaver for 60 of his 75 years. Born in Hull, Massachusetts, he joined the Massachusetts Humane Society (an organization modeled on the Royal National Lifeboat Institution – RNLI) at age 15 after his mother and one of his sisters died in a ship wreck.
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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April 15, 2011
The Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (following the April 20, 2010 explosion and fire on the MODU Deepwater Horizon) and the reactor failures at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northern Japan (subsequent to the March 11,…
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
on
January 19, 2011
It wasn’t too long ago that a former key official in the previous administration advised me that the problem with today’s version of the federal government and legislative arms isn’t the lack of passion to get the job done right. Instead, I was told…
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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December 29, 2010
With just one weekly MarPro column left to craft before the candle flickers and dies on 2010, I’m tempted to do the ‘year in review’ thing or perhaps deliver an inspirational message to the troops. Instead, I find myself fixated upon a reader response to my December 15 edition…