Pacific Maritime Magazine News Online for August 8, 2014

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Deck Machinery
 
By Mark Edward Nero
 
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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   PMM Online – Friday, August 8, 2014:
Have a news tip to share? Contact maritime journalist Mark Edward Nero at Mark.Nero@pacmar.com or (562) 508-7866. 

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Ethics Board Dismisses Grain Inspector Escort Complaint
by Mark Edward Nero
 
The Washington State Executive Ethics Board on Aug. 6 dismissed a complaint filed by a State Senator who maintained that Gov. Jay Inslee broke the law when he revoked authorization for state troopers to escort grain inspectors past picketing longshore workers at the Port of Vancouver….(Read Full Article) 
 

 
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Cruise Line to Add New Ship
by Mark Edward Nero
 
Princess Cruises, a Los Angeles-area subsidiary of Carnival Corp., said July 30 that it has reached an agreement with the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build a new ship, which will enter service in 2017….(Read Full Article) 
 

 
 
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Mexican, Chinese Companies Sign Shipbuilding Pact
by Mark Edward Nero
 
Mexican shipping company Naviera Petrolera Integral SA de CV has signed a contract with Shanghai, China-based Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group for the construction of three SPP17A platform supply vessels….(Read Full Article) 
  

 
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Vancouver USA Welcomes Vessel’s Maiden Voyage
by Mark Edward Nero
 
The Port of Vancouver USA welcomed the chemical/oil carrier Nord Geranium, commanded by Capt. Kim Aarup of Denmark, during her first voyage to the United States on July 29….(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.
 
Call 206-284-8285 or email: brian@pacmar.com
 
 
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