APRIL 2013 Pacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION April 2013 Issue Green Terminals By Kathy A. Smith Federal, state and local regulations call for better management of possible pollutants and invasive species, while at the same time shipping lines are calling for green alternatives both for themselves and to pass along […]
Continue ReadingAPRIL 2013 Pacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION April 2013 Issue Commerce Security from Offshore Port Design By Hank Glauser During the next 20 years the maritime industry may undergo some profound changes, but what will they be? How will […]
Continue ReadingAnother Spring Slowdown? · NFIB’s Small Business Index slipped 1.3 points in March with fewer businesses expecting sales increases and few planning to hire new workers. · Inflation continues to be well contained as both the import price index and the producer price index indicated that prices have begun to edge downward. · March retail […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Obama Releases 2014 Budget; Proposal Includes Bay-Delta Restoration Funding President Obama sent his 2014 budget plan to Congress on Wednesday. The $3.8 trillion proposal would increase funding for the departments of Interior and Energy and reduce budgets for the Army Corps of Engineers […]
Continue ReadingAPRIL 2013 Pacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION April 2013 Issue Fidley Watch – Justice for the Downtrodden By Chris Philips, Managing Editor After suffering more than a hundred years of repression at the hands of King County taxpayers, Seattle Port Commissioners will finally […]
Continue ReadingIn This Issue: Modest Job Growth—Still No Boom -Gains in employment, the ISM manufacturing index and factory orders reported this week support our view for modest economic growth for this year, but there is no sign that elevated first quarter gains will be sustained. -The labor market added 88,000 nonfarm jobs in March, with improvement […]
Continue ReadingThe April 5 issue of ACWA News is now available online, with stories on further reductions to 2013 water allocation estimates and ACWA Board discussion on Water Bond modifications and policy principles for headwaters. Other highlights this issue: Steinberg, State Water Officials Headline ACWA 2023 Spring Conference & Exhibition Brown Administration Continues to Roll Out […]
Continue ReadingMARCH 2013 Pacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION March 2013 Issue Piracy Series Final Installment By By Capt. Keith F. Graham The unfortunate events of 9/11 seem to have captured the world maritime community’s interest that, in fact, the phenomenon of “maritime terrorism” was something more than an academic legal theory, […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Steinberg to Keynote ACWA Conference Opening Breakfast Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) will kick off ACWA’s 2013 Spring Conference & Exhibition with a keynote address at the opening breakfast May 8 in Sacramento. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is set to […]
Continue ReadingMARCH 2013 Pacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION March 2013 Issue Piracy Series Final Installment By By Capt. Keith F. Graham The unfortunate events of 9/11 seem to have captured the world maritime community’s interest that, in fact, the phenomenon of “maritime terrorism” was something more than an academic legal theory, […]
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