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More Than $90 Million Available for US Port Security Grants
Journal of Commercehas announced that total funding available for the fiscal year 2013 Port Security Grant Program is about $93.2 million, to be invested in maritime transportation infrastructure security activities.DHS has apportioned a percentage of the total amount available to port area groups covering 145 ports. Port areas will compete for funding within their specific group.Applications are currently being ...
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Rotterdam Hits Out at EU Port Package
Journal of CommerceThe Port of Rotterdam said the European Union's proposal to appoint a supervisor for ports in every member state will increase bureaucracy on the waterfront.Europe's largest port said the proposal, which is part ...
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Inside Account Navy clocks a first by holding summit-level meet via video-conferencing
India TodayThe recently held Naval Commander's Conference was not only a summit-level discussion among senior naval leaders on maritime issues facing the national interest but in its very conduct, a path-breaking one. Till now, no other force has utilised its internal, secure communication facilities to obliterate the need to physically travel and attend summit conferences.What happened this time was ...
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Tears for honourable mans cruise ship death
News.com.auEvery pew of the Anglican church in Petersham was filled today, as family and friends gathered to farewell Paul Rossington, the paramedic who jumped from a cruise ship to save his girlfriend
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I built my own pirate ship
CNN>Editor's note: MainSail is CNN's monthly sailing show, exploring the sport of sailing, luxury travel and the latest in design and technology.(CNN) -- The Mississippi River: home to grand old paddle steamers, blues music, Huckleberry Finn, and... pirate ships. With its skull-and-cross-bones flag flapping in the wind, and swashbuckling captain at the helm, this is perhaps the last boat you'd ...
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Worker dies at Port of Palm Beach
Business JournalPort of Palm Beach A worker has died on the job at the Port of Palm Beach after falling into the hull of a barge, WPBF 25 New reports. Rescuers were on the scene in the early afternoon on Thursday. "So far all we know is a worker went into the hole of a barge on slip 3 and is unresponsive," Port of Palm Beach spokeswoman Julie Trieste told WPBF 25 News. Calls to the Port of Palm Beach ...
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NuStar CEO says low demand increased competition hurting shipping-fuel business
Business JournalNuStar Energy Curt Anastasio says the shipping-fuel business is being impacted by low demand and increased competition. Lower margins are taking a bite of pipeline company NuStar Energy LPs business of bunkering, or supplying heavy fuel to ships, CEO Curt Anastasio told the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships MLP Investor Conference on Wednesday. There has been pressure lately in ...
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HSH Nordbank Warns Shipping Recession Will Last Into 2014
Journal of CommerceGermany's HSH Nordbank, the world's biggest ship financier, warned the crisis in the shipping market could deepen through 2014, as it announced sharply lower net income and more than tripled loan loss ...
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SinOceanic Orders 10 Ships for Long-Term Charters
Journal of CommerceSinOceanic Shipping ASA said it has placed an order with China's Jinhai Heavy Industries for 10 8,800 20-foot-equivalent unit container ships that the Oslo-listed company will manage for a foreign shipping line.The "super eco" vessels will start long-term fixed charters following delivery beginning in mid-2015.The total transaction, including the cost of building the ships and the ...
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Napier Orders Port Cranes From Terex Port Solutions
Journal of Commercehas received an order for two Terex Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbor cranes, of the new G HMK 6408 variant, from Port of Napier in New Zealand.The two cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 100 tons and radius of up to 51 meters (about 549 feet), are to be modified by Terex Port Solutions to meet the specific conditions of the quays in the port and, from late summer 2013, will be handling mainly ...
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Canadian Pacifics VP Marketing Sales Energy and Merchandise to address Global Transportation Conference
CNW GroupMontreal providing North American customers a competitive rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the globe. CP is a low-cost provider that is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. ...
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Porsche forgotten on ferry in Tsawwassen by not so swift driver
Vancouver SunMETRO VANCOUVER - A newer model Porsche abandoned on the Spirit of Vancouver Island at Tsawwassen terminal Wednesday night delayed the vessel's final sailing by more than an hour while B.C. Ferries staff and police scrambled to find the owner.B.C. Ferries' cameras captured images of the car as it and its lone male driver went through the ticket booth and onto the ferry at Swartz Bay. ...
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Shipping company expanding in Mt. Pleasant bringing 30 jobs
General SourcesA leader in the container shipping industry has announced plans to expand operations at its Mt. Pleasant facility, bringing 30 new jobs to the Lowcountry.
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SAIC to support Navys ARC program
Middle East TimesA U.S. military program for adaptive radar countermeasures will receive engineering services from SAIC through a multiple-award contract. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is for a six-month base period of performance with 54 option months. The value of the contract to Science Applications International Corp. and another awardee would be $31.5 ...
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Pope Sends Condolences to Victims of Gas Tanker Explosion in Mexico
EWTN22 Victims Dead in Ecatepec in Tragic High AccidentBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, May 08, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis sent his condolences to the victims of the tragic gas tanker explosion that occurred yesterday in Ecatepec, Mexico yesterday. The message was sent by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father.The accident occurred yesterday ...
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