ACWA eNews for April 22, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. ACWA-Sponsored CEQA Bill Clears Assembly Appropriations, Headed to Assembly Floor Submitted by Emily Allshouse on Wed, 04/22/2015 – 12:29pm ACWA-sponsored AB 291 (Medina), a bill that would streamline current California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) noticing requirements […]
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Big Changes Coming to German Shipbuilding By Eugene Gerden The German shipbuilding industry is on the verge of big changes, due to a new development strategy recently approved by the national government. The new strategy, known as the National Master Plan for Marine Technology (NMMT), […]
Continue ReadingApril 17, 2015 ACWA News This issue of ACWA News takes a look at the highlights of ACWA’s April 9 drought briefing – “2015 Drought, Four Years and Counting: Impacts and Actions.” At the event in Sacramento, officials from all levels of government described an all-hands-on-deck approach to the crisis and implored the public to […]
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE JT Marine Delivers A Third Hyak Tug By Peter Marsh Eighteen months after delivering the first 120-foot ocean-going tug to Hyak Maritime in August 2013, the JT Marine shipyard in Vancouver, Washington handed over the third vessel in this series, theM/V Montana, in January 2015. […]
Continue ReadingWells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary – April 17, 2015 Economic Spring Awakening Most economic indicators this week returned to positive growth after weakness earlier in the winter; however, the pace of that growth is still fairly low. Retail sales, producer prices, manufacturing production and housing starts all reversed prior negative trends […]
Continue ReadingBank of the West U.S. Outlook Report for April 17, 2015 US Outlook Report: Is Housing Ever Going to Recover? This week brought another round of lackluster housing news. Housing permits went south dropping 5.7 percent on the month. Building permits often lead housing starts by 1 to 3 months, suggesting homebuilding could remain moribund […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for April 15, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. ACWA-Sponsored SB 385 Clears Senate Environmental Quality Committee Unopposed Submitted by Lisa Lien-Mager on Wed, 04/15/2015 – 4:38pm ACWA-sponsored legislation aimed at aiding compliance with the state’s new chromium-6 drinking water standard on Wednesday cleared the […]
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE JT Marine Delivers A Third Hyak Tug By Peter Marsh Eighteen months after delivering the first 120-foot ocean-going tug to Hyak Maritime in August 2013, the JT Marine shipyard in Vancouver, Washington handed over the third vessel in this series, theM/V Montana, in January […]
Continue ReadingWells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary – April 10, 2015 Not as Bad as It Looks The ISM non-manufacturing index edged down 0.4 points in March, but, at 56.5, remains firmly in expansion territory. The non-manufacturing index has held up well compared to the manufacturing index, suggesting that the headwinds from the stronger dollar […]
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Fidley Watch: Talk, Talk By Chris Philips, Managing Editor On page 6 this month (Pacific Maritime Magazine, April 2015) is the story of Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its plans to build six 20,150-TEU container ships to operate between Asia and Europe via the […]
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