REBUILD THE UNITED STATES!

SHIP FINANCE AUTHOR MCCLEERY & GREEKS BEARING GIFTS   BY STAS MARGARONIS   THE SHIPPING MAN is the saga of a hedge fund manager named Robert Fairchild who takes a plunge into the shipping business by way of the intoxicated purchase of a 35-year-old bulk carrier. The novel has become a best-seller among shipping executives, investors, lenders, brokers and marine suppliers in North...

S&P: Credit Risks Mount For U.S. Vessel Carriers By Stas Margaronis   The U.S. domestic shipping industry, which supplies Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico as well as tug and barge carriers transporting coal, and agricultural products along the nation’s inland waterways, is facing an ageing crisis due in part to problems of finance.   As a result, U.S.shipbuilders will build fewer...

  NEW PALMDALE DEVELOPMENT COULD BE A ROLE MODEL FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL   BY STAS MARGARONIS   The Southern California city of Palmdale’s transportation manager, Mike Behen, says that a new higher density development will encourage more bicycle and pedestrian travel because it is close to an existing train station that could also be a high speed rail station.   Behen...

DOW’S LIVERIS URGES “MAKE IT IN AMERICA”   By Stas Margaronis, Rebuild The United  States   In his book MAKE IT INAMERICA, Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of Dow Chemical Company, calls for theUnited Statesto re-invent its economy by restoring its once strong manufacturing base . Speaking  at the American Hellenic Council annual dinner  inLos Angeles, Liveris warned that the lack of a...

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION 3/23/2012   Storm Signals: Mega-Boxship Orders and Low Freight Rates Send Out Global WarningsIt looks like rough weather ahead for containership operators as slots are added with tepid demand. At the recent Trans Pacific Maritime Conference (TPM) inLong Beach, delegates wrestled with the volatile mix of big ships and small returns. BY STAS MARGARONIS, AJOT The...

ORTHODOX CHURCH MOBILIZES AID FOR GREECE BY STAS MARGARONIS The worsening economic situation in Greece is prompting a mobilization  by Americans to speed up aid efforts to Greece, spearheaded  by the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC). A recent IOCC report explains the gravity of the situation in Greece: "Each day the streets of Athens become more crowded with families newly...

U.S.OFFSHORE WIND NEEDS POLITICAL SUPPORT By Stas Margaronis, Rebuild the United States Offshore wind power has the capacity to replace fossil fuel power with renewable energy that can economically transform the United States. The problem is that  its deployment is delayed by political resistance, regulatory delays and lack of financing. Offshore wind is a jobs and economic game changer for...

By Stas Margaronis There is a growing concern here that Greece is facing economic disintegration as it continues to cut back on wages, pensions and public spending in response to European demands for Greece to accept new austerity measures in exchange for bail-out funding. The unemployment rate has jumped to 21 per cent as the crisis worsens and the Greek Orthodox Church is reportedly feeding...

November 10, 2011 The Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee approved on November 2, 2011 language in S. 1430, to strengthen US build requirements for ships the Maritime Administration Act for Fiscal Year 2012, require the Maritime Administration to certify that it is not possible to "use a United States when issuing waivers Jones Act waivers. This provision is a response to the...

BY STAS MARGARONIS, RBTUS/Jobs Bank A European consortium, Friends of the Supergrid, is advertising the potential for fast-tracking construction of offshore wind farms by first building off-shore transmission lines as Europe continues to move forward with new wind farm development. The Friends of the Supergrid (FOS) was making its case at the American Wind Energy Association off-shore wind...