Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
on
August 13, 2013
The battle for the hearts and minds of shippers has begun as two port-operating giants compete for Britain’s containerised trade. Felixstowe, owned by Hutchison Port Holdings, has been a long established hub and the busiest, and biggest, port in the UK.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
(by
Joseph Keefe)
on
July 10, 2013
A recent report issued by, of all people, the DOT’s U.S. Maritime Administration, chronicles the good news emanating from U.S. shipyards, from sea to shining sea. The report arrived in June while I was on brief holiday and I have finally had a chance to sit down and go through it.
Posted to TAMP to lose its tariff fixing role
(by
Joseph Fonseca)
on
January 9, 2013
Facing all round flak the government has finally decided curtailing the tariff fixing function of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP). This was one of the major decisions taken at the 14 Maritime States Development Council (MSDC) meeting of 8 January 2013. The Union Shipping Minister G.
Posted to India’s port expansion and capacity upgrading summit
(by
Joseph Fonseca)
on
November 26, 2012
Lnoppen, better known as the “corridor of insight” organized their 3 India Port Expansion & Capacity Upgrading Summit last week on 22 and 23 November, 2012 in Mumbai. The Chairman of the conference Anand V. Sharma, Managing Director of Mantrana…
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
July 31, 2012
The United States Navy disposes of many of its old, obsolete, and decommissioned warships by sinking them in deep ocean waters. This practice, called a sinking exercise or SINKEX, involves removing toxic and hazardous substances to the maximum practicable extent…
Posted to Maritime Training Issues with Murray Goldberg
(by
Murray Goldberg)
on
November 2, 2011
Blog Notifications: For the latest maritime training articles, visit our company blog here. You can receive notifications of new articles on our company blog by following the blog.Share this blog post.Follow me on Twitter.Part 2 of 3: Establishing…
Posted to Martin Rushmere
(by
Martin Rushmere)
on
September 23, 2011
The Panama Canal's Alberto Aleman Zubieta is doing the rounds of the maritime equivalent of the TV talk shows – annual conferences and conventions. Most recently he was at the South Carolina trade conference, where the audience pondered deeply…
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
September 16, 2011
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was born at West Point, where his father was an instructor. After graduating with distinction from the US Naval Academy in 1859, he served blockade duty on a number of warships during the Civil War. Mahan was promoted at…
Posted to USCG Safety Advisory
(by
Jocelyn Redfern)
on
January 31, 2011
U.S. Coast Guard Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) are discovering Fuel Oil Quick-Closing Valves (QCVs) intentionally blocked, modified, and poorly maintained preventing them from operating as designed during an emergency. compromised. flammable liquid fire.
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
June 25, 2010
Live oak is a term used to refer to oak trees that are evergreen (retain leaves year-round, thus “alive”). There are a number of evergreen oak species and many are found in the southeastern United States (North Carolina to Texas). A mature live oak tree is massive…
Posted to Gulf Coast Maritime
(by
Matt Gresham)
on
January 12, 2010
New Orleans-based McMoRan Exploration Co. reported this week what could be one of the largest oil and gas finds in decades in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, according to company Co-Chairman James Moffett. McMoRan drilled more than 28…
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