Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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January 19, 2016
Like oil & water, they don’t mix.For many businesses on the collective, global waterfront, it is going to be a challenging year for one reason or another. Hence, you can be forgiven for forgetting that it wasn’t too long ago that the most pressing…
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 Bibby Maritime upscale training in India
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Joseph Fonseca)
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February 3, 2014
Despite the recessionary phase in shipping, training institutes in India known for their unflinching dedication to quality education have done better than most establishments in other sectors of the maritime trade. Even recent entrant such as Sir Derek Bibby Maritime Training Center…
Posted to European delegations’ visits - boost bilateral ties
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Joseph Fonseca)
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November 27, 2013
India plays host to yet another major delegation after the just concluded visit of the eight-member Danish delegation led by Nick Haekkerup, Minister for Trade and Economic Affairs, Denmark having visited the Dadri facility of APM Terminals India Pvt. Ltd.
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 Madden Maritime
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Richard Madden)
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August 31, 2014
What contributes more to safety? Seamanship and common sense or the regulations and management systems that we currently use? Captain Charis Kanellopoulos argues that seamanship onboard modern merchant vessels is almost extinct, leading to an increase in incidents across the industry.
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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August 5, 2014
The magnetic poles are the two points on the surface of the Earth at which the magnetic field points vertically down or up (in the northern and southern hemispheres respectively). These points are located near, but not at the northern and southern geographic poles.
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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May 30, 2014
The UK’s National Maritime Museum in Greenwich was authorized by the National Maritime Act of 1934 and formally opened by King George VI and Princess Elizabeth on 27 April 1937. It is situated in the Greenwich Royal Park in buildings formally…
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 PSA awarded JNPT’s 4th Container Terminal project
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Joseph Fonseca)
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February 26, 2014
With Singapore’s PSA finally being awarded the project for developing India’s largest container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), this afternoon, all apprehensions have finally been laid to rest. PSA was awarded the project nearly two…
Posted to Far East Maritime
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Greg Knowler)
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November 13, 2013
Don’t leave town, police told an executive director at China Cosco Holdings last week. Okay, they probably never said that, but it doesn’t change the fact that Xu Minjie is under investigation in what is widely believed to be part of Beijing’s crackdown on widespread corruption.
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
on
October 11, 2013
The Panamanian-flag bulk carrier Nordic Orion was built in Japan in 2011. Managed by Nordic Bulk Carriers A/S of Denmark, the 75,603 DWT vessel carries dry bulk cargoes worldwide. On 6 September 2013, it departed Vancouver, British Columbia…
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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July 5, 2013
The Gay Head Light is located on Gay Head (or the Gay headland) in Aquinnah on the western end of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. On July 16, 1798, Congress directed the establishment of a lighthouse at “Gay-head” on Martha’s Vineyard and the appointment of a person to superintend same.
Posted to Martin Rushmere
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Martin Rushmere)
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April 28, 2013
Northwest and as the door on a coal terminal closes, another opens for hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Gray’s Harbor, normally associated with autos and breakbulk, is eyeing a huge bonanza in the form of crude-by-rail. The stuff will probably come from the fields…
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 Martin Rushmere
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Martin Rushmere)
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January 31, 2013
As US ports slide further down the world scale of economic efficiency, confronting rising costs and stricter regulations, executives are realizing that sole reliance on pure maritime business is a slow route to oblivion. The largely forgotten port of San Diego is a prime example.
Posted to Eversafe Marine
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song Tom)
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January 29, 2013
Nowadays ship launching with airbags is not novelty. Estimated in China every years there are about 200 vessels have been launched with airbags. Airbag ship launching technology is simple and practical, it can save much money and time. Even recent years shipbuilding market is depressed…
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
on
August 28, 2012
The wood-chip carrier New Carissa grounded just north of Coos Bay, Oregon on 4 February 1999. While there were no injuries to the crew of 22, the environmental and financial consequences were severe. In addition, efforts to address the potential discharge of approximately 400…
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
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July 20, 2012
On May 27, 1990, the container ship Hansa Carrier was en route from South Korea to Los Angeles, California, loaded with several thousand containers. Among these were five containers filled with Nike athletic shoes. An unexpectedly severe storm caused the ship to roll heavily.
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