REBUILD THE UNITED STATES!

  By Stas Margaronis   The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created in 1935 and typified President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs that provided jobs, economic stimulus, and upgrades to the nation’s infrastructure. The WPA provides a positive historical model for the United States to embrace in 2020. At a time when the United States’ infrastructure is crumbling due to lack of...

  By Stas Margaronis On August 19, 1418, Filippo Brunelleschi was awarded the contract to build the dome that would enclose the Florence cathedral Santa Maria de Fiore. Brunelleschi would dedicate the next 28 years to solving the puzzles of the dome’s construction. In the process, he did nothing less than reinvent the field of architecture according to King. Denounced at first as a madman,...

  Credit: Containerships   BY STAS MARGARONIS CMA CGM-owned Containerships has received the 1,400-TEU Containerships Nord – the first newly built container ship sailing in Europe to run on dual-fuel LNG. The company announced that “The second of our LNG-Powered vessels, CONTAINERSHIPS POLAR, will join her fellow her vessel in Europe in just a few short weeks!” The two  1,400-TEU feeder...

    Source: Waterstudio NL   BY STAS MARGARONIS Sea level rise is magnifying the flood damage from hurricanes and storms  posing a growing threat to coastal communities around the world. In response, a growing number of flood and storm specialists as well as architects, home builders and developers are arguing that coastal cities need to be rebuilt for sea level defense. The...

BY STAS MARGARONIS The harbor trucking business is a tough business.  Pick ups and deliveries are complicated by late vessel arrivals, overcapacity at terminals, traffic congestion on freeways and customers who want their containers yesterday. The situation at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is especially challenging, because these are the number one and number two ports in the United...

BY STAS MARGARONIS This sea level rise projection map is provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and shows the impact of a 2 foot sea level rise on the lower 48 United States. Areas shaded in light blue show permanent flooding.  [1] IN THIS REPORT Sea Level Defense Investment for U.S. Ports & Cities Needed Now The Growing Threat: U.S. Coast Guard Response...

  REVIEW BY STAS MARGARONIS, RBTUS THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY In an era when world leaders and companies communicate through Twitter and Facebook, it is not surprising that some U.S. universities and colleges are cutting back on the teaching of subjects such as history. As part of today’s commercial reality, it seems out of fashion to seek truth through historical facts that don’t seem...

By Stas Margaronis The Netherlands has taken the lead  in building dikes and sea gates to protect the country from the rise in sea level. Beginning after catastrophic floods in 1953, the Netherlands embarked on a series of projects in the southwest part of the country called the Delta Works. The Dutch government’s Rijkswaterstaat built the system “to protect the country against flooding from the...

 “No one passes a test that qualifies them to be born in a country of their choice. It’s the luck of the draw...Being born in a peaceful country, you must share your luck with the less fortunate ones.”---Michael Sohner  By Stas Margaronis As Greece struggles to rebuild its economy and lower unemployment, it continues to struggle with the flow of refugees from the wars in Syria and Afghanistan...