REBUILD THE UNITED STATES!

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...

 “Pathways limiting global warming to 1.5°C …. would require rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems…. These systems transitions are unprecedented in terms of scale.…”[1]     This 2018  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) outlook predicts an above-average number of high-tide...

This artist's rendering shows SpaceX's proposed BFR rocket and spaceship system, which will be built at the Port of Los Angeles. (SpaceX) BY STAS MARGARONIS Space X, the Elon Musk company, will be building a new rocket factory at the Port of Los Angeles for rockets capable of travelling to Mars. Space X (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) chose the Port of Los Angeles because the...

By Stas Margaronis Toyota is pioneering the path toward hydrogen fuel cell/zero emissions transportation. From the passenger car, the Mirai, to the heavy-duty truck, Toyota is demonstrating the viability, versatility and scalability of the hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. Toyota has won approval to build its first zero emission auto terminal at the Port of Long Beach powered by hydrogen fuel...

  BY STAS MARGARONIS Paul Strathern’s book The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance, chronicles how Renaissance sculptors, painters and architects were promoted and financed by visionary bankers who also assumed the political leadership of Florence. Beginning in the fourteenth century, Florence benefitted from the growth of the wool trade that required bankers to advance credit for...

By Stas Margaronis European Union mandated cutbacks in Greek government services and spending are winding down. However, the impact to the country  has been devastating and could leave Greece in recession for years. After the 2008 economic crisis, the European Union mandated the cutbacks so that Greece would repay debts that it owed banks. In contrast, Portugal, which began to resist cutbacks in...