All Entries in the "MARITIME" Category
Freight Transportation Services Index for February Rises .3 Percent
- / N2N / – The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.3 percent in February from its January level, rising for the second consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the Freight TSI index has [...]
$ 14.7 Million in Grants to Help Small Business Shipyards
- / N2N / – Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced $14.7 million in grant awards to help improve 17 small shipyards in 16 states. The funds will help these shipyards become more competitive by purchasing modern equipment and training workers. “These grants will help modernize small shipyards and strengthen our [...]
Millions of Pounds of Trash Pollute Oceans, Rivers and Lakes
- / N2N / – Data collected during the 24th annual International Coastal Cleanup provide the only global snapshot of the marine debris problem; 500,000 volunteers around the world removed 7.4 million pounds of trash from our ocean, lakes and rivers. Ocean Conservancy released Trash Travels: From Our Hands to the Sea, Around the Globe, [...]
California Company Wins Bid to Add Armor to Iraqi Navy Vessels
COSTA MESA, Calif. – / N2N / – Ceradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDN), in conjunction with Turner Strategic Technologies LLC (“TST”) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is pleased to announce the award of a contract in an amount estimated between $3.5 million to $6.0 million (range depends on customer exercised options) for the supply and installation of [...]
Radical New Container Ship Design Unveiled
- / N2N / – In the future of the shipping industry in general and the container ship segment in particular, uncertainties will remain as a challenge while flexibility will be a key to prospective success. The new container ship concept is designed to meet the perceived market needs. It has a design speed of [...]
Cargo to be Moved on Rivers to Reduce Highway Traffic
- / N2N / – Federal Officials Announce Program to Expand Use of America’s Marine Highways – Government to Promote Waterways to Cut Emissions and Reduce Highway Traffic. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today unveiled a new initiative to move more cargo on the water rather than on crowded U.S. highways. Under the “America’s Marine [...]
More Answers About Armed Escort Vessel, Archangel Michael
- / N2N / – I recently received some questions from a reader regarding an article published in Nation2Nation called “Armed Vessel used to Thwart Pirate Attacks on Cargo Ships”. The article was about an armed escort vessel called the Archangel Michael, which helps to protect cargo ships from pirate attacks. I paraphrased the reader’s [...]
Tugboat Race & Chowder Cookoff Set for Seattle Maritime Festival
SEATTLE, WA, – / N2N / – Don’t miss the boat when the world’s largest tugboat race thunders along the Downtown Seattle Waterfront. Enjoy the Waterfront Chowder Cook-Off. Check out the survival suit races, a boat building competition, vessel tours, sea-air rescue demonstration, kid’s events, Stories of the Sea, and a container ship full of [...]
U.S. Government Warns of Increased Pirate Activity
- / N2N / – The Maritime Administration yesterday issued advisories to U.S. ships in the waters off the Horn of Africa and in the Indian Ocean. The warnings advise that pirate activity could increase between now and May, due to the end of the Northeast monsoon season and increased range of recent pirate attacks. [...]
Japanese Cargo Ships Rescue Shipwrecked Canadian Students
- / N2N / – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced that its woodchip carriers Hokuetsu Delight and Crystal Pioneer searched for survivors of a training ship 550 km southeast of Rio de Janeiro in the South Atlantic, and rescued all 64 who had been aboard, including high school and university [...]
Freight Broker Industry Training Guide
by Jameson – / N2N – / Are you, or is someone you know looking to get into the freight business? The following guide will give you the basics upon which to begin building a new career. Chapter 1: The Transportation Industry and its Inner Workings I will start this chapter by breaking down the [...]
Shipping Companies Slow Down to Save Big Bucks
- / N2N / – After a brutal 2009 in the shipping industry, companies are taking things a little slower in 2010 – and saving their bottom lines from drowning. Shipping companies, such as Danish carrier Maersk, are taking the slow boat to China, reducing their speeds and cutting their expenses. By halving its top [...]
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in December
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the December 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports in December 2009 increased by [...]
