Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
on
January 23, 2015
After the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the Roman Republic was led by the Second Triumvirate, which consisted of Octavian (the adopted son of Julius Caesar), Mark Antony (the magister equitum of Caesar’s army), and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (a political ally of Julius Caesar).
Posted to Martin Rushmere
(by
Martin Rushmere)
on
March 31, 2013
In what is essentially an update of a 2012 report, The American Society of Civil Engineers has awarded a C grade to the nation’s seaports and their efforts to keep up with essential maintenance and improvement. Much of the report I covered in…
Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
on
March 15, 2012
South China’s annual throughput was close to 60 million TEUs last year. There is no cluster of ports in the world that can boast that kind of volume, which enabled the province of Guangdong to claim a third of China exports. The rise of manufacturing…
Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
on
January 25, 2012
The Year of the Dragon begins now, represented in the Chinese zodiac by the Water Dragon. There is some irony in that, because the worst drought in 50 years has forced Chinese maritime authorities to close the Yangtze River above the port of Wuhan, more than 600 miles upriver from Shanghai.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
(by
Joseph Keefe)
on
August 25, 2010
Kauai, Hawaii: Standing on the pier this past week, clutching my $7 bottle of spring water, I scanned the horizon over and over again, searching in vain for the arrival of the Hawaii Superferry. It never came and it never will. The reasons for that have been hashed over a hundred times…
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