PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE
By Chris Philips,
Managing Editor
In mid-April, Nancy McLernon, president and CEO of Organization for International Investment, wrote a piece for the Wall Street Journal in which she claimed that only a handful of US ports could accommodate “the most modern transport ships.”
She blamed this lack of capacity on a shortage of US dredges, and singled out a 112-year-old law, the Foreign Dredge Act of 1906, as the culprit for our country’s sad state of port capacity.
Ms. McLernon claimed, as an example, that a deepening project at the Port of Savannah was two years late and almost 40 percent over budget, because “US dredging companies simply aren’t capable of meeting demand…
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New Tenant for Portland Business Park
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The Port of Portland-owned Gresham Vista Business Park has announced a new tenant. U.K. synthetic diamond manufacturer Element Six, which is part of The De Beers Group…(Read full article)
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Olympia Executive Resigns
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Last week, the Port of Olympia commission accepted the resignation of Executive Director Ed Galligan. The commission put Galligan on administrative leave last month to spark…(Read full article)
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Los Angeles Harbor Boulevard
Open for Business
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By Karen Robes Meeks
Port of Los Angeles and civic leaders on Thursday feted the newly finished $15.6 million Harbor Boulevard Roadway… (Read full article)
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Port of San Francisco Adds Artwork
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The Port of San Francisco has teamed up with the San Francisco Arts Commission on a new art installation that will serve as an official … (Read full article)
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