Posted to Marine Accidents – A Good Cause for study
(by
Joseph Fonseca)
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March 27, 2013
Though marine accidents are universally known to be responsible for bringing international conventions into place, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), Government of India, also finds these as useful inputs for improving management systems…
Posted to Martin Rushmere
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Martin Rushmere)
on
January 30, 2013
US ports are reporting some pretty good results for 2012, despite gloomy assessments from economists about the performance of the national economy. What’s more a couple of forecasts for 2013 are surprisingly upbeat, while indications from others show a good first half of their fiscal years.
Posted to Far East Maritime
(by
Greg Knowler)
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August 18, 2011
“Forget raising factory gate prices; manufacturers are lucky if they have new orders,” said a China cap making factory executive in a South China Morning Post report on how exporters were being squeezed. The strengthening yuan and slowing demand…
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
on
December 17, 2010
Nauru is a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean. It is located south of the Federated States of Micronesia; west of Kiribati; north of the Solomon Islands; and east of Papua New Guinea. Nauru consists of a solitary island with a land mass of 8.1 square miles, surrounded by a coral reef.
Posted to Brazilian Subsea and Maritime News
(by
Claudio Paschoa)
on
November 26, 2009
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced on Monday that the Wahoo #2 well (also called Wahoo North) exploration well in the Campos Basin has encountered more than 90 feet of high-quality net oil pay in the same pre-salt interval as the original Wahoo discovery.