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July 2014 Issue
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Nichols Brothers Celebrates 50 Years
By Chris Philips, Managing Editor
The first boat produced by the Nichols family was a tugboat.
George “Mark” Nichols was an orchardist in Yakima, Washington in the 1930s. His 10-acre apple farm failed during the great depression, and in 1939 he moved his family South to the city of Hood River, Oregon, on the Columbia River, to build a tugboat with his brother, Luke.
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PMM Online – Friday, July 25, 2014:
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Crowley Subsidiary Salvages Costa Concordia
Crowley Maritime Corp. subsidiary Titan Salvage and partner Micoperi say that the Costa Concordia – the Concordia class cruise ship that wrecked along shores of Giglio Island, Italy, in January 2012 – has been refloated …(Read Full Article)
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DoD Awards Contracts to BAE,
Pacific Ship Repair
The US Department of Defense said July 15 that it has awarded BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair a $15.1 million cost-plus-award-fee contract for the USS New Orleans (LPD 18). The contract includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations and modifications …(Read Full Article)
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Tacoma Port Has Busiest Container Month
in 9 Years
The 210,149 TEUs that crossed Tacoma docks last month marked the port’s busiest month since September 2005, when it handled 216,430 TEUs, according to newly-released data…(Read Full Article)
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Kvichak Delivers Tender Vessel
Seattle-based Kvichak Marine Industries recently delivered a multi-mission 66-foot, all-aluminum shallow draft crab and salmon tender to the Norton Sound Economic Development Corp. of Anchorage, Alaska. The vessel was christened …(Read Full Article)
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Brian Cross
Advertising Sales Manager, Pacific Maritime Magazine
Brian Cross, a Pacific Northwest native who holds a degree in English from the University of Washington, and whose first job was washing his father’s fishing boat in Bristol Bay, has joined Philips Publishing Group as the new Advertising Sales Manager for Pacific Maritime Magazine.
Contact Brian for help in designing a specific advertising program to reach the West Coast maritime industry.
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