by Stas | Jul 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
NATIONAL SECURITY MULTI-MISSION VESSEL (PHOTO: U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION) BY STAS MARGARONIS, RBTUS In a far-ranging interview, Rear Admiral Ann C. Phillips, US Navy (Ret.), who was sworn in as the 20th Administrator for the Department of Transportation’s Maritime...
by Stas | Jun 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
PHOTO: PORT OF LOS ANGELES By Stas Margaronis The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports on June 14th. The parties gave...
by Stas | May 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Photo OffshoreWind California By Stas Margaronis At the Pacific Offshore Wind Summit that took place in Sacramento California on May 8-10th, some panelists and attendees expressed concerns about the threat to fishing and whales caused by the construction of offshore...
by Stas | May 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Photo: Port of Long Beach BY STAS MARGARONIS On May 10th, the Pacific Offshore Wind Summit, hosted by Offshore Wind California, heard federal, state and industry leaders urge California to move with speed and scale to make offshore wind a reality. The steps include...
by Stas | May 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Today, I’m thankful to live a high-carbon lifestyle and wish the rest of the world could too. Energy poverty = poverty. #decarbonization is dangerous and deadly.”—Tweet from Jason Issac, Texas Public Policy Foundation executive and director of the Life:Powered...
by Stas | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Photo: Matson By Stas Margaronis The United States needs a national maritime strategy to identify commercial, shipbuilding, manpower and military sealift shortfalls as well as solutions, according to officials from the Transportation Institute and the Navy League of...
