by Stas | Feb 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
BY STAS MARGARONIS The movie “The Finest Hours” is based on the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard rescue of the crew of a T-2 tanker that broke up in a violent storm off the Massachusetts coast in 1952. The successful rescue of the T-2 tanker crew was the result of...
by Stas | Dec 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
PROPOSED MAINE FLOATING WIND FARM PROJECT ON SCHEDULE BY STAS MARGARONIS, RBTUS Construction of two floating wind turbines, each generating 6MW (megawatts) of electricity, is scheduled to begin in 2017 for deployment off the coast of Maine. Professor Habib Dagher,...
by Stas | Dec 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
World Shipping Council’s Koch Predicts “Very Challenging” 2016 By Stas Margaronis Ocean carriers – and by extension, shippers – will be facing “very challenging and competitive” conditions in 2016, according to Christopher Koch, Senior Advisor at the World...
by Stas | Nov 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
DO RUSSIA/CHINA NAVAL CHALLENGES = NEW U.S. SHIPBUILDING? BY STAS MARGARONIS, RBTUS RUSSIA/CHINA CHALLENGE TO U.S. Admiral John Richardson, chief of U.S. Naval Operations, has warned that Russia and China are posing growing challenges to the United States Navy...
by Stas | Oct 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
A NEW SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SHIPYARD CAN REDUCE CALIFORNIA’S I-5 TRUCK CONGESTION, EMISSIONS & CREATE NEW JOBS BY STAS MARGARONIS A new state-of-the-art shipyard located in the Stockton area could have a transformational effect in establishing Stockton as an...
by Stas | Sep 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Long Beach Chamber Provides Marine 5 Highway Forum By Stas Margaronis The Green Business Council, a committee of the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, hosted several presentations at its September 16th meeting. I discussed the Marine 5 Highway vessel service...
