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Joseph Keefe)
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March 8, 2019
Examining the coming changes to the global maritime industry at the Danish Embassy.On Tuesday, March 5, the Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C. organized a panel debate which was entitled, “Staying ahead of the game: How to create a competitive maritime industry.” Taking place at the Danish Embassy…
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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December 4, 2018
Every trade event has a central theme. Often, it isn’t an official edict, but rather, the sometimes coincidental gathering momentum of a particular trend, disruptive technology or the advent of something special. That was the case last week at the International Workboat Show in New Orleans.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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September 19, 2018
Not too long ago, I shared in this venue the wonders of what I saw in terms of new technology for the waterfront at the biennial SMM Trade Show in Hamburg, Germany.And, it was truly impressive; a harbinger of what is to come and indeed, what’s already arrived on our doorstep.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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November 14, 2017
MarTID – the Maritime Training Insights Database – a historic initiative to study global maritime training practices, has officially been launched.Launched just last week, the Maritime Training Insights Database (MarTID) is an initiative of The World Maritime University…
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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September 22, 2017
Believe it or not, it starts right here in the United States.I have been covering invasive species and the ballast water treatment story thread for more than fifteen years. Always entertaining, never easy to understand, it has, over time, been the ‘gift’ story that keeps on giving.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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March 18, 2017
Having just returned from the 4th Annual Ballast Water Management Summit held in Long Beach, CA, I’m completely up to speed (or so I kid myself) on the complex topic of ballast water management systems, treatment and the regulatory quagmire represented by the IMO, U.S.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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June 10, 2016
I must admit that I often struggle to understand where we are headed with the ballast water treatment quandary. But, every once in a while, someone puts things in perfect perspective, so even I – a former boat driver with no engineering skills whatsoever – can understand it.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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April 24, 2016
The invasive species and ballast water treatment situation is dangerously close to spiraling out of control.According to the web site www.mpnballastwaterfacts.com – a site set up in part by a consortium of UV-based ballast water management system manufacturers – the U.S.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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March 18, 2016
Brown Water operators join their Blue Water counterparts at the grownup’s table. With all that glory (and the gain) comes a little pain. Along the way, we also learn that one size does not fit all.In the summer of 1980, I joined my first ship as a young, inexperienced Third Mate.
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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December 16, 2014
Established in 1969, the Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City, Michigan, is the youngest of the six state maritime academies in the United States. Like the others, it educates and trains individuals for careers as officers in the US Merchant Marine.
Posted to DIVING & IN WATER WORKS
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AIM Surveyors)
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July 1, 2013
AIM Control is an independent Vietnam based company specializing in providing underwater diving and maintenance service to the shipping industry in Vietnam and the neighbouring countries with associations strategically located in all the…
Posted to Essar Ports to develop Vizag’s 3 iron ore berths
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Joseph Fonseca)
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June 3, 2013
Essar Ports Ltd (EPL) has won the bid for developing three iron ore berths at Visakhapatnam Port on Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis for 30 year period. The cost of the modernization is estimated at US $ 154 million. The bid was secured through EPL’s wholly-owned subsidiary…
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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December 9, 2014
Texas A&M University (originally the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Texas) has two campuses: College Station and Galveston. Texas A&M University at Galveston is home to the Texas Maritime Academy, one of six state maritime academies in the United States.
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)
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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 Martin Rushmere
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Martin Rushmere)
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February 28, 2013
And there you go. Those critics who claim the World Bank steers clear of maritime investment should note that the bank is looking at Kingston, Jamaica. Details are vague so far, but the government wants to expand the port into the major Caribbean…
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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February 13, 2013
This week, I was at a loss for what to write in this column until I saw a little snippet advising that the U.S. Coast Guard was trying its hand at the new, so far mostly mysterious Maritime Labor Convention (2006). And, that’s what they are supposed to do.
Posted to SCI acquires Kamsarmax Bulk carrier & PSV
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Joseph Fonseca)
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December 19, 2012
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) accepted delivery of a Kamsarmax Bulk carrier, m.v. “Vishva Jyoti” yesterday. The vessel is the first of a series of four Kamsarmax bulk carriers ordered by SCI with Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., China.
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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November 27, 2012
The SS Vestris was built in Belfast and launched on 16 May 1912. Unlike the Titanic, built in a nearby shipyard at the same time, its launching received little notice because there was nothing unusual about the Vestris. At 10,494 gross tons and 496 feet in length…
Posted to Far East Maritime
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Greg Knowler)
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November 10, 2012
Chongqing is regularly described as the largest city in the world. The municipality is effectively a province of its own, one of three such municipalities in the country, and home to anything from 35 to 45 million people. In the past few years…
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