Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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June 5, 2013
Outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood last month announced the members of the National Freight Advisory Committee (NFAC). The newly announced Advisory Committee will be comprised of 47 voting members from outside the Department of Transportation.
Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe
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Joseph Keefe)
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May 8, 2013
Fully 6 months after winning a second term in office, President Obama has (finally) nominated a candidate for U.S. Secretary of Transportation to replace outgoing DOT Chief Ray LaHood. On April 29th, Anthony Foxx, the Mayor of Charlotte, N.C., was tapped for the role.
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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April 2, 2013
On 2 April 1513 (500 years ago, for those who have lost count), a fleet of three Spanish ships commanded by Juan Ponce de León sighted land west of the Bahamas. He believed it to be another island and named it La Florida (the Flowery Isles) in recognition of its verdant landscape.
Posted to Essar Shipping inducts two mini cape vessels
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Joseph Fonseca)
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November 19, 2012
Essar Shipping Limited (ESL) today reported having taken delivery of two mini cape bulk carriers, m v Kishore and m v Ashok. These new builds are the last two mini cape vessels out of six that have been on order with STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China.
Posted to Far East Maritime
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Greg Knowler)
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October 25, 2012
China became known as the world’s factory by offering manufacturing costs that could not be matched by the developed nations. Its wages paid to uneducated rural migrant labour were a fraction of the mostly unionized pay required in the West, and land for factories was plentiful and cheap.
Posted to Marine Engineers’ Convention on overcoming economic meltdown
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Joseph Fonseca)
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September 24, 2012
It is incredible that the two-day 26th National Convention of Marine Engineers finally took place in Mumbai, (Navi Mumbai to be exact) over the past weekend on 22 and 23 September 2012. It is in fact the first time in several years that Mumbai was selected as the venue of this convention.
Posted to Far East Maritime
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Greg Knowler)
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September 4, 2012
“A general rate increase in November? Skou must have lost his mind,” was the retort of Hong Kong Shippers Council executive director Sunny Ho to news that the Maersk boss planned to hike box rates from November 1. It was an understandable reaction from the feisty Ho…
Posted to On-Line exams for Certificates of Competency
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Joseph Fonseca)
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August 15, 2011
As the clamor for holding examinations for certificates of competency (COC) on-line took on a strident pitch, head honchos and leading lights of the maritime trade especially from manning agents, training institutes, ship owners, classification…
Posted to Proposed Indian Ports Bill could get shelved
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Joseph Fonseca)
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July 6, 2011
The Government of India proposal to come out with the Indian Ports Bill for replacing the extant Indian Port Act, 1908 and the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 in order to meet the current operational and developmental requirements of the Indian Ports sector.
Posted to SHIPPINGInsight
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James Rhodes)
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July 23, 2012
You may have seen the announcement, reported on MarineLink.com last week, that Maersk LIne has saved almost USD$90 million on fuel costs in three years by measuring the performance of individual ships. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were…
Posted to Maritime Transportation Security News and Views
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John C.W. Bennett)
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September 8, 2010
It has been reported that, about two months ago, the Suez Canal Authority began enforcing a prohibition on merchant vessels transiting the Canal with firearms on board. A vessel with weapons is now required to hand them over to Egyptian authorities…
Posted to ABG’s Advance Pollution Control vessel for Coast Guard
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Joseph Fonseca)
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July 18, 2012
ABG Shipyard, India’s largest private shipbuilding company has built what is considered to be one of the most advanced pollution control vessel in the world. Christened Samudra Paheredar the vessel is set to be commissioned tomorrow and will…
Posted to India’s On-Line COC examination draws global interest
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Joseph Fonseca)
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July 9, 2012
Maritime regulatory authorities, the world over, are showing keen interest in the on-line examination system, ‘ePariksha’ for seafarers who appear for the certificate of competency (COC) examination. The Director General of Shipping (DGS), Ministry of Shipping…
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
on
June 29, 2012
Amelia Island is the northern-most portion of Florida on the Atlantic coast. Georgia lies just across the St. Marys River. This political separation today is of little significance, but it was highly important in earlier times. Some years after…
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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February 14, 2012
A Kort nozzle is a hydrodynamically-designed shroud that encircles a ship’s propeller just outside the blade tips. The entire assembly of the propeller and the nozzle is referred to as a ducted propeller. The concept of the ducted propeller…
Posted to MarineNews Notes
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Raina Clark)
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May 8, 2011
Whatcom County Public Works Ferry Division is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Whatcom Chief, a ferry connecting Lummi Island to mainland Washington via a short run across a narrow waterway between Bellingham Bay and Lummi Bay.
Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
on
December 22, 2011
When Daily Maersk was announced a couple of months ago, the industry held its breath to see what the other carriers would do about it. What Maersk was offering were guaranteed transit times between certain Asian and European destinations with the payment of penalties for late delivery.
Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
on
April 27, 2010
South Korea’s government believes it was a torpedo that blew up and sank its warship near the border with North Korea last month. The 1,200-tonne Cheonan was blown in two on March 26 by an “external explosion”, according to an investigation…
Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
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February 23, 2010
Ports and terminal operators across China are showing some impressive year-on-year container throughput growth for January. The problem is that in January last year the container throughput arrow at the ports in question was heading in the same direction as a downhill skier in Vancouver…
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