Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
(by
Joseph Keefe)
on
May 22, 2013
The way forward for homeland security officials seems to be pretty clear when it comes to the much anticipated and often criticized Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC). Or maybe not. The U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) report…
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
(by
Joseph Keefe)
on
July 11, 2012
Those of you struggling to balance the books at any business on the waterfront know that it just isn’t getting any easier. Dousing the flames by putting the proverbial hose on the problem is complicated enough without the federal and state governments actually adding fuel to fire.
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
January 13, 2012
Umberto Nobile (1885-1978) was an Italian aviator and Arctic explorer. He designed and built leading-edge semi-rigid airships. He is remembered today for two of his creations: the airships Norge and Italia. In 1925, Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer…
Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
on
November 1, 2011
Last year was a good one for container carriers. Most of it, anyway. But that only makes this year’s plunge in profitability that much more spectacular. Any carrier exposed to the trade lanes linking Asia to North America and Europe is limping…
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 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 MarineNews Notes
(by
Raina Clark)
on
February 4, 2010
"...today in the USA different port authorities actively look to restrict the development of inland shipping and coastal sea routes. The best comment I have heard to date while working on the MAMH [Mid-Atlantic Marine Highway] is that the single…
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