SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Offshore and Coastal Towing By Jim Shaw The towing industry has been playing second fiddle to the ship assist and escort sectors for many years as new propulsion technologies have been introduced to the latter, including azimuthing and cycloidal drives, but extensive offshore petroleum work has […]
Continue ReadingThe next Abandoned/Derelict Vessel Workgroup Meeting will held on Wednesday, September 23rd at 10:00am. The meeting will be at the Historic State Capitol Building in Benicia. Please click here to view the meeting agenda.
Continue ReadingAugust 2015 For many of us, the summer holidays have come to an end and it is time to get back to work! Indeed, PIANC is facing many interesting activities in the months to come. To start with on the South American continent, there is the […]
Continue ReadingAttached here is the September 2015 issue of Farragut’s Press, the newsletter of the Mare Island Museum. In this issue you can read about wooden submarines, what life was like when serving on a submarine and how Mary Pickford, silent movie star, and Max Baer, world boxing champion, were associated with Mare Island. Remember you […]
Continue ReadingWednesday, September 16, 2015 to Friday, September 18, 2015. Lafayette Park Hotel 3287 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette CA 94549 (925) 263-1725 Hotel Reservation OnLine Registration Link CMANC’s Fall Meeting PLEASE MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS NOW! We will be at the Lafayette Park Hotel in Lafayette, CA (East of Berkeley and Oakland) for our Annual Fall Meeting. […]
Continue ReadingSPONSORS Produced By Ferries Conference Update October 6, 2015 – Seattle, Washington Join us in Seattle this October, where public transit agencies, port districts, municipalities and other ferry system users, will meet with the operators, architects, engineers and shipyards providing the boats and expertise needed for successful ferry operations. This year’s program […]
Continue ReadingThe PIANC InCom WG 140 – ‘Semi-Probabilistic Design Concept for Inland Hydraulic Structures’ has been released today. Attached here you can find a press release dealing with this recently published report.
Continue ReadingNews Brief — July 30, 2015 www.hhpinsight.com Top News CNG-Fueled Texelstroom Ferry Launches Today Costa-Aida Plans Include Aidaprima LNG Port Power in 2016 Lloyd’s Register and Penn Oak Back LNG Retrofits Singapore Will Help Pay for Vessels as It Licenses LNG Sandia Leads Study of Hydrogen Ferry for San Francisco Jensen ATB for LNG Bunkering Gets […]
Continue ReadingThe 2015 PIANC-Smart Rivers Conference will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 7-11, 2015. This 5-day event will gather waterway professionals and experts from all around the world to share their expertise and knowledge on the area of river transport and technical aspects of navigation. Please see the below flyers (english and spanish) to […]
Continue ReadingWednesday, September 16, 2015 to Friday, September 18, 2015. Lafayette Park Hotel 3287 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette CA 94549 (925) 263-1725 CMANC’s Fall Meeting We will be at the Lafayette Park Hotel in Lafayette, CA (East of Berkeley and Oakland) for our Annual Fall Meeting. The Hotel is convenient to BART for those flying into San […]
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