Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
December 20, 2013
Madagascar is a large island in the Indian Ocean located 250 miles off the southeast coast of Africa. Now home to the Republic of Madagascar, the island was first settled by natives of Borneo, who arrived in waves by outrigger canoe between 350 BC and 550 AD.
Posted to Crew Workers Wanted
(by
Cindy Miller)
on
August 28, 2011
We want to use this medium to inform you that our Cruise company has offer employment opportunities for foreigner. We have jobs opening from restaurant, Office-work, to child care section in London, United Kingdom. Job Salary: This will Depend on your specialization…
Posted to Maritime Transportation Security News and Views
(by
John C.W. Bennett)
on
April 15, 2011
The US Government having been kept in business for another week, the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) started a two-day meeting on April 12th. The agenda previously discussed was modified such that the day started with the discussion of Seafarer Access Shore Leave Policy…
Posted to Maritime Transportation Security News and Views
(by
John C.W. Bennett)
on
September 30, 2010
Last week the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) updated its list of TWIC Readers that have successfully completed the Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) to include an additional hand-held reader. This brings the total of portable…
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
June 18, 2010
Water bridges, also called navigable aqueducts, were first developed by the Romans, but didn’t come into use again until 1690. That year, the Canal du Midi opened. The 150-mile long Canal connected the Garonne River (which flows into the Atlantic)…
Posted to Martin Rushmere
(by
Martin Rushmere)
on
June 17, 2010
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, the carriers' carrier, is like a bus. Never there when you need one and then three press releases come along at the same time. Right now is just the moment for a news bulletin to be issued, to give another angle to the thorny topic of antitrust immunity.
Posted to Marine Propulsion Report
(by
Keith Henderson)
on
April 23, 2010
Now more than half way through a two-year experiment, the solar-power assisted vessel Auriga Leader is a Pure Car Truck Carrier of 60,213 GT., jointly developed by NYK and Nippon Oil Corporation. For main propulsion there is a two-stroke Mitsubishi…
Posted to Gulf Coast Maritime
(by
Matt Gresham)
on
January 28, 2010
In a closed door meeting last week in Houston, Texas, Lars Herbst, the Minerals Management Service director for the Gulf of Mexico, told industry leaders there would be delays in plans to expand offshore drilling off the Atlantic coastline, specifically Virginia.