Posted to Martin Rushmere
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Martin Rushmere)
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March 31, 2013
In what is essentially an update of a 2012 report, The American Society of Civil Engineers has awarded a C grade to the nation’s seaports and their efforts to keep up with essential maintenance and improvement. Much of the report I covered in…
Posted to Indian dredging companies face a bad patch
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Joseph Fonseca)
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October 3, 2012
Dredging business is said to have passed through a bad patch in the past few months with many small players losing heavily in some of the contracts undertaken by them. Among these were mostly new comers into the field who in a hurry to make…
Posted to Maritime Training Issues with Murray Goldberg
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Murray Goldberg)
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April 2, 2012
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Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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March 28, 2012
With another Presidential election coming up fast, the usual alliances are in place and we can expect another polarized election, just like the two that preceded this one. Or, can we? A savvy, Washington-based maritime attorney once told me that three months is a lifetime in any election cycle.
Posted to Far East Maritime
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Greg Knowler)
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March 15, 2012
South China’s annual throughput was close to 60 million TEUs last year. There is no cluster of ports in the world that can boast that kind of volume, which enabled the province of Guangdong to claim a third of China exports. The rise of manufacturing…
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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January 31, 2012
The M/V Delta Mariner was recently involved in a bridge allision on the Tennessee River near Cadiz, Kentucky. There were no reports of injury or pollution. The incident is under investigation and it is premature to speculate as to the cause.
Posted to Maritime Transportation Security News and Views
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John C.W. Bennett)
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December 13, 2010
The 13 Coast Guard District has announced that moving maritime security zones in Puget Sound will be enforced with flashbangs fired from shot guns aboard Coast Guard assets escorting high value vessels. The flashbangs will be fired in front…
Posted to Martin Rushmere
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Martin Rushmere)
on
September 2, 2010
Maersk, the Wal Mart of the ocean, has been at the forefront of critics of the fledgling container derivatives market. (In March, boss Eivind Kolding called the business "a casino.") This week a UK retailer sued Maersk for alleged breaches of contract on price and services.
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