by Stas | Oct 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
BY STAS MARGARONIS & KEVIN POLICARPO China’s growing naval superiority over the United States is the result of a concerted Chinese commercial and naval shipbuilding effort that the United States and the U.S. Navy chose to ignore while letting its commercial and...
by Stas | Sep 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
BY STAS MARGARONIS, Three Northern California ports – Redwood City, Richmond and San Francisco – reported that they are making headway in 2025 despite a more challenging trade and cargo picture. The Port of Redwood City has improved revenues despite...
by Stas | Aug 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Kaiser Richmond (CA) Shipyard During World War II BY STAS MARGARONIS IN THIS REPORT: WILL SOUTH KOREA MAKE AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING GREAT AGAIN (MASGA)? GCAPTAIN REPORTS BAD NEWS ON SHIPBUILDING ROLE MODEL: SOUTH KOREA’S HYUNDAI SAMHO SHIPS ACT WORLD WAR II SHIPBUILDING...
by Stas | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
National Steel & Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) San Diego, CA displays an older and smaller shipyard lay-out than a new Chinese shipyard featured below (PHOTO: NASSCO) “Commercial ships could carry merchant trade, but they could also carry logistical supplies for...
by Stas | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Kevin Policarpo Cuts to NOAA’s personnel and operations by the Trump Administration have made the agency’s mission much more challenging as evidenced by charges that recent NOAA cutbacks may have delayed flood warnings in Central Texas. This, in turn, may have...
by Stas | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Kevin Policarpo With the number of high-profile airplane crashes in the U.S. since January 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is now under extreme pressure to rebuild the nation’s outdated air traffic control system. The FAA has estimated that the...
