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Chinese-Built Peruvian Port at Chancay Will Have Far-Reaching Implications on Latin America & U.S.
By Stas Margaronis The soon to be completed Chinese built port at Chancay, Peru will expedite trade links between Latin American nations and China and have far-reaching implications on Latin America and the United States. The construction of the Chancay port in Peru...
Chinese-Built Peruvian Port at Chancay Will Have Far-Reaching Implications on Latin America & U.S.
By Stas Margaronis The soon to be completed Chinese built port at Chancay, Peru will expedite trade links between Latin American nations and China and have far-reaching implications on Latin America and the United States. The construction of the Chancay port in Peru will be operated by China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO). The port will expedite trade links between Latin American nations and...
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MAKE AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPPING GREAT AGAIN
By Stas Margaronis President-Elect Trump has pledged to “Make America Great Again” by investing in American infrastructure and creating new jobs. One area in which the new president can fast-track infrastructure revitalization and job creation is by upgrading existing U.S. loan guarantees to leverage public/private funding of new ships, new shipyards, and new maritime jobs. New shipbuilding and...
Greece: Austerity Undermines Healthcare – MSF’s Dr. A. Veizis
Interview: Dr. Apostolos Veizis, Director of Medical Operational Support (Greece), Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), June 24, 2016 By Stas Margaronis The Greek economic crisis of 2010 continues to undermine healthcare in Greece. Hospitals have experienced major cutbacks, medical insurance has been cut back due to unemployment and the treatment of disease has been adversely...
CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT PLAN DOWNPLAYS SHIPS
BY: STAS MARGARONIS The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and other California agencies issued the 2016 “California Sustainable Freight Action Plan” (Action Plan), “an unprecedented effort, intended to integrate investments, policies, and programs across several State agencies to help realize a singular vision for California’s freight transport system.” The Action Plan says,...
CARB: IGNORING SHIPS AND TUGS AS SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT TRANSPORTERS?
BY STAS MARGARONIS The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has been a trailblazer in reducing emissions in California and is now engaged in a new initiative to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) in the transportation of freight. The result could be a transformation of the California economy that will make California the role model for the world. CARB is holding hearings on its 2015 “Sustainable...
PORT OF STOCKTON: SAN JOAQUIN RIVER NAVIGATIONAL CHALLENGES
BY STAS MARGARONIS ATTRACTING BUSINESS TO THE PORT OF STOCKTON The Port of Stockton (POS), located in California's San Joaquin Valley, is positioned near many distribution centers serving Northern California. It is also the nearest port for many San Joaquin Valley farm exporters who currently ship out of the Ports of Oakland, Los Angeles and Long Beach. The POS could be an import and...
“THE FINEST HOURS” MOVIE REVIEW
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 the heroism of the U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboat Station crew at Chatham, Massachusetts and the U.S. chief engineer and his shipmates...
PROPOSED MAINE FLOATING WIND FARM PROJECT ON SCHEDULE
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, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and principal investigator for the...
World Shipping Council’s Koch Predicts “Very Challenging” 2016
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 Shipping Council.... Please see full story: http://www.ajot.com/blogs/full/blog-world-shipping-councils-koch-predicts-very-challenging-2016...
DO RUSSIA/CHINA NAVAL CHALLENGES = NEW U.S. SHIPBUILDING?
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 from the Black Sea and Mediterranean to the Pacific. Admiral Richardson told the Financial Times that Russian President Vladimir...
A NEW SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SHIPYARD CAN REDUCE CALIFORNIA’S I-5 TRUCK CONGESTION, EMISSIONS & CREATE NEW JOBS
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 international trade center as well as reducing long-hauling trucking costs and emissions in California’s San Joaquin Valley (SJV). New...
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