When it comes to barges and tugboats, what makes for quality deck equipment? What are the attributes and features that make some types of winches, lines and affiliated equipment, as well as deck cranes, stand out? Pacific Maritime Magazine asked these questions, and others, to seven tug and barge…(More)
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Wash. Sen. Slams Stoppage of Port Inspector Escorts
by Mark Edward Nero
Wash. State Sen. Don Benton has sent a letter to the state’s Executive Ethics Board alleging that Gov. Jay Inslee broke the law when he halted the practice of state troopers escorting grain inspectors past picketing longshore workers and into the Port of Vancouver….(Read Full Article)
Elliott Bay Design Wins Ferry Contract
by Mark Edward Nero
Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Elliott Bay Design Group has been selected by the New York Department of Transportation to design a new class of ferries that will operate between …(Read Full Article)
US Congressman Introduces LNG Shipping Bill
by Mark Edward Nero
On July 30, U.S. Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) introduced H.R. 5270, the Growing American Shipping Act, which Garamendi said would promote revitalization of the US maritime industry through the export …(Read Full Article)
Fuel Companies Apply for Alaska LNG Project
by Mark Edward Nero
Alaska LNG, a partnership of oil and gas companies ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and BP, applied to the US Department of Energy on July 18 for permission to export liquefied natural gas for 30 years from a $45 billion to $65 billion development…(Read Full Article)
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.
