Pacific Maritime Magazine Online for December 16, 2016

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION   INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE   Line Up By Chris Philips, Managing Editor COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 23! In this space in January of 2014 we made our readers aware of the State of Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) plan to petition the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a no-discharge zone in Puget Sound, which would prohibit the use of USCG-approved types 1 and 2 marine sanitation devices. The actual, stated reasons given by the State Department of Ecology (DOE) amount to the following: Other states have NDZs. It is technically feasible. It feels right. The DOE further explained that the US Coast Guard…. MORE Friday, December 16, 2016   Maritime Commission Approves Major New Carrier Alliance POLB Monthly Container Volumes Drop Steeply Bollinger Delivers Alaska Cutter to USCG POLA Registers Another Record Cargo Month Have a news tip to share? Send an email to Mark Edward Nero Maritime Commission Approves Major New Carrier Alliance By Mark Edward Nero On Dec. 14, the Federal Maritime Commission announced that it has concluded its review of the proposed “THE Alliance” and is allowing it to go into effect as of Dec. 19…(Read full article) POLB Monthly Container Volumes Drop Steeply By Mark Edward Nero The Port of Long Beach says shifting alliance routes and the Hanjin bankruptcy continued to affect its container volumes last month, resulting in container traffic being 13.8 percent lower than during the same month last year…(Read full article) Bollinger Delivers Alaska Cutter to USCG By Mark Edward Nero Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC John McCormick, a Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the US Coast Guard. The FRC will be stationed in the 17th Coast Guard District in Ketchikan, Alaska and will assist in defending US interests in the Alaskan maritime region… (Read full article) POLA Registers Another Record Cargo Month By Mark Edward Nero For the second straight month, containerized cargo flowing through the Port of Los Angeles has surpassed all-time volumes for a North American port, newly released data show… (Read full article)   Pacific Maritime Magazine is published by Philips Publishing Group. All rights Reserved.

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