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- El Paso Announces Proposed Offerings Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1978 #8
Five subsidiaries of The El Paso Company, Houston, Texas 77001, announce proposed offerings of an aggregate of $30,864,000 United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Bonds, Series P and Q, subject to approval of the Maritime Administration. The bonds will be offered publicly by Merrill Lynch White Weld Capital Markets Group.

The bonds will be fully guaranteed by the United States Government under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The bonds are to be offered severally by the five companies to assist in the financing of five liquefied natural gas tanker vessels presently under construction at domestic shipyards. These vessels will be used for the transportation of liquefied natural gas from Algeria to terminal facilities on the East Coast of the United States.

The Series P bonds will be due on March 31, 2003, and the Series Q bonds will be due on October 15, 1983. Interest on the bonds will be payable semiannually, and the bonds are subject to semiannual redemption through the operation of mandatory sinking funds.
- Luckenbach And Lavino Named Agents For Cuban Fishing Fleet In U.S.A. Maritime Reporter, Jan 1978 #15
States. An agreement between the Cuban Government, headed by Orlando Muniz, Chief Inspector for International Fishing Regulations, and the United States Government was signed on December 6, 1977, in Washington, D.C. The first vessel, the Playa Duaba, arrived December 10 in New York Harbor and anchored
- Calship Receives Loan To Finance Improvements Maritime Reporter, Feb 15, 1977 #10
," according to A.A. Walker, president of Calship. He stated that "The company is de-emphasizing marine repair work for agencies of the United States Government, because of continuing losses incurred in such work and difficulties in contract administration." Calship and a predecessor company have
- National Maritime Council Elects Barker Chairman Maritime Reporter, Jul 15, 1977 #44
leadership and outstanding contributions in the furtherance of the NMC objective of a unified maritime industry working together for a strong, stable United States-flag merchant marine. Mr. Barker had previously served as chairman of NMC's Executive Committee. Elected to replace him in this position
- Our Transportation Policy Is No Transporation Policy Maritime Reporter, Jun 1986 #46
and withholds its largesse. The National Transporation Policy, codified at 49 USC 10101, states in part that ". . . it is the policy of the United States government to provide for the impartial regulation of the modes of transporation." Unfortunately, this simple policy has been supplanted by an incoherent
- United States Cruises Acquires Title To SS 'United States' Maritime Reporter, Apr 15, 1981 #4
with an irrevocable letter of credit for $3 million, and subsequently electronically transferred the funds from its Seattle bank to the United States government account. It also gave MarAd a check f o r $24,977.60 to cover all unpaid out-of-pocket expenses for the care of the ship through March
- Australia Receives First Of Four Gas-Turbine-Powered FFGs From Todd Seattle Maritime Reporter, Jan 15, 1981 #10
. Four of the 12 FFGs under Todd contract are being purchased by the Royal Australian Navy under a "foreign military sales" agreement with the United States Government. The total contract price for all 12 ships is roughly $750 million, or about $62.5 per ship. The Adelaide is 445 feet long and displaces
- U.S. Coast Guard: Dogged by a Unique Past Maritime Reporter, Aug 2004 #48
Good Conduct Medals. He's been on report several times and he's raised hell in a number of ports. On a few occasions, he has embarrassed the United States Government by creating disturbances in foreign zones. Perhaps that's why Coast Guardsmen love Sinbad. he's as bad as the worst and as good
- Todd Shipyards Los Angeles Division To Build Four 89,700-Dwt Tankers At A Total Cost Of $136 Million Maritime Reporter, Mar 1974 #11
be built for subsidiaries of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., and the other two are to be constructed for affiliates of Seres Shipping, Inc. United States Government commitments for guarantees under Title XI of the Merchant Marine -Act of 1936, as amended, have been issued for each of the four vessels
- Admiral Synnot Compliments Todd Shipyards At Launching Of Frigate For Australian Navy Maritime Reporter, Aug 1978 #8
in the FFG program which began in 1973 when Australia was examining options for new destroyers. The Memorandum of Arrangement signed by the United States Government and the Australian Government in 1974 has subsequently led to a unique arrangement whereby Australian officers have been "totally integrated in
- Why TWIC? Maritime Reporter, Jun 2013 #14
threat has not been examined. In the period immediately after the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the American public and the United States Government saw terrorists on every airplane and hiding behind every shipping container. Numerous innocent passengers were taken off commercial aircraft
- Ocean Policy Study: Shortchanging Water Transport? Maritime Reporter, Jun 2004 #21
In August 2000, Congress directed the President to appoint a group of experts to study the policy of the United States conwith respect to the oceans and make recommendations for changes. The legislative mandate was broad - covering protection of life and property; responsible stewardship; protection

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RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta/released U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Carter Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, Commander, United States Navy’s Military Sealift Command, visits USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) for a tour of the ship at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., November 20, 2023. ENDLESS
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RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND With COVID, we had to make some hard choices for our Do your CIVMARs have upward mobility? mariners because we couldn’t rotate. Many of our mariners The Navy has Sailors who become “Mustangs,” and work found other employment, and were able to use their skills
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and emergency medical ships. A large percentage of our ships are 40 years old or older and need to be replaced.” Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, Commander, United States Navy’s Military Sealift Command Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) pulls into Joint Expedition
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RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND Photo by Brian Suriani USN Military Sealift Command From a global supply chain perspective, What makes MSC so vital to the we’ve learned a lot about dealing with Navy’s ? eet and our military disruptions. COVID delivered a big forces around the world? wake-up
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ROB LANGFORD, VP, GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND ob Langford has worked in the offshore industry ABS. “We are growing and evolving our services across all for more than three decades, ‘cutting his teeth’ offshore infrastructure along with our continued support to the in a UK design ? rm working in the North Sea
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about methanol This study concluded that the Toyota Prius Prime is the green- where we concluded that methanol is a prom- est car you can buy in the United States. ising sustainable liquid fuel for transportation The Council assesses vehicle “green scores” not only by Mdevices when batteries cannot
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People & Companies Nevey to Head TAI Hires Kalla Washington State Ferries TAI Engineers appointed Amer Steve Nevey has been selected to Kalla as director of production design. serve as assistant secretary for the FMC Names Usman CIO Washington State Ferries Division, Nevey Schwandt succeeding Patty
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Vessels General Arnold Chasse, La. The 32-inch CSD will immediately begin work on Phase Four of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project. The project will bene? cially reuse 100% of the dredged material removed from the channel deepening and widening. The General Arnold is the newest,
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collaboration Imagine a shipyard as a football team, where the dis- parate execution of roles, along with precise timing and placement are paramount for a united victory. Just as dif- ferent football teams leverage their unique strengths to create an advantage to win games, shipyards must em- ploy unique strategies
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? rst fully electric tug in the Crowley we began to think it was possible to do it here as well.” ? eet, but it is also the ? rst of its kind in the United States. So, Crowley set out to produce an electric tug of its own, Faced with stricter regulations and commercial pressure and in 2021—the same year
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Keppel AmFELS), in Brownsville, Texas on Charybdis, the sole Jones Act compliant wind tur- bine installation vessel (WTIV) un- der construction in the United States. The most recent announcements have put the WTIV’s cost at $625 mil- lion, with delivery pushed back to late 2024/early 2025. www.marinelink
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Feature Shipbuilding WindServe Marine you don’t have the sustained backlog.” Previous editions of Marine News’ U.S. Shipbuilding re- port have noted the increasing concern about what ABS’s Bleiberg (moderating the Marine Money panel) called “the big push for sustainable” shipping”, adding that: “What we
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Feature Shipbuilding Loumania Stewart / U.S. Coast Guard focus), which require very different business systems to be in place. “We’ve been able to do both,” he said, noting that having systems in place for government jobs makes East- ern Shipbuilding “move-in ready for the Navy and other DOD agencies
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Feature ECO Edison, the ? rst U.S.- Shipbuilding built wind farm service operations vessel. Ørsted U.S. SHIPBUILDING REPORT By Barry Parker If nothing else, building vessels in the U.S. is a com- handle), handling “…government and commercial work, plicated business. primarily newbuilds, but also
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• Investment in Infrastructure and Onshoring Man- sharing best practices. Additionally, given the global nature ufacturing: The administration is committing over $20 of maritime operations, international cooperation is essen- billion towards U.S. port infrastructure over the next tial for establishing
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Column Cybersecurity The Maritime Industry Has Unique Cybersecurity Challenges By Joe Nicastro, Field CTO, Legit Security With supply chain attacks on the rise, works, while foundational, have not evolved in tandem and nation-state attackers constantly looking for new ways with these digital threats
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OpEd Shipbuilding can industrial base. building, repairing, repowering and local communities at a time in which Second, the Congress must pri- maintaining ships, not to mention our maritime strength is needed more oritize stable and predictable budgets the massive supply chain that sup- than ever
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readiness. In fact, on March 12, Wisconsin Senator Tammy the importance of strengthening the Jones Act. Baldwin, Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey and the United First, the U.S. must create a de? nable national maritime Steelworkers, among others, joined together to call for the strategy that bolsters the
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Q&A time, sometimes we win in game seven, but it really takes now to make sure that folks understand that tug and barge a united industry, and so I just really appreciate the great transportation is the most sustainable mode of freight work of AWO members, of coalition partners, shippers, transportation?

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