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PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE
By Chris Philips, Managing Editor
“For years I have expressed significant concerns about offshore drilling in the Arctic. The federal administration should not enable new oil and gas drilling in these untouched areas that host such a fragile environment.” Jay Inslee, Governor, Washington State, March 31, 2015
“No future extraction [on public lands]. I agree with that.”
Hillary Clinton, Democratic Nominee for President,
Feb. 4, 2016
Who owns the West? Increasingly, it’s the US Federal Government, with the help of compliant state executives, and if you don’t mind, they’d prefer you got off their lawn.
Federal lands account for 24 percent of the country’s resource production. According to the Chamber of Commerce paper, a ban on future energy production …
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 Zero Emission High-Speed Passenger Ferry Feasible: MARAD
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It’s technologically possible to build and to operate a 150-passenger, high speed, zero emission hydrogen-powered ferry and its associated hydrogen station in the current regulatory environment, according to a newly-released feasibility study by the US Maritime Administration…(Read full article)
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PMA, ILWU Meet Regarding Contract Extension
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Representatives with the Pacific Maritime Association and International Longshore & Warehouse Union met Nov. 1 in San Francisco for the first of what could be a series of meetings regarding a possible contract extension, both sides have confirmed…(Read full article)
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LA, LB Ports Partnering on Supply Chain Conference
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By Mark Edward Nero
In an effort to streamline and optimize supply chain efficiency in the maritime industry, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are partnering with the US Dept. of Commerce and USC Marshall School of Business to host the first-ever Supply Chain Digital Transformation Conference Nov.18-20… (Read full article)
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BC Ferries Launches ‘SeaForward’ Sustainability Program
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By Mark Edward Nero
BC Ferries, the contracted service provider responsible for ferry service along coastal B.C., announced on Nov. 1 the launch of an initiative that the company says brings together the company’s existing environmental activities, conservation efforts, community investments and new sustainability endeavors under a single program called SeaForward… (Read full article)
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