Subscribe toPacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION March 2014 Issue Fidley Watch:Lost By Chris Philps, Managing Editor At press time, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, operating on a Boeing 777-200, had been missing for 12 days after leaving Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia bound for Beijing, China. The flight was carrying a total number […]
Continue ReadingA Broadening Recovery Offsets Near-Term Weakness · Nonfarm payrolls increased across most industries in March, signaling that the recovery is broadening and likely gaining momentum as payrolls rose by 192,000. · The unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.7 percent but the labor force participation rate and employment-population ratio both increased. · Reports on manufacturing, motor […]
Continue ReadingThe economic data released over the past month implies further strengthening of the U.S. economy in 2014. The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index suggests solid growth on the horizon, and manufacturing is still expected to be a key component of the economic recovery, despite the drop of 1,000 net jobs in March. We see many […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Storms Allow Temporary Easing of Delta Pumping Restrictions The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on April 1 approved a temporary easing of pumping restrictions in the Delta that will increase water exports from the estuary by as much as 10,000 acre-feet a […]
Continue ReadingSubscribe toPacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION March 2014 Issue Fidley Watch:Lost By Chris Philps, Managing Editor At press time, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, operating on a Boeing 777-200, had been missing for 12 days after leaving Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia bound for Beijing, China. The flight was carrying a total number […]
Continue ReadingSubscribe toPacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION March 2014 Issue New Business for London Gateway’s Giant Cranes By Peter Marsh The maritime industry in London is closely following the development of the container port of DP World London Gateway, and its strategy to attract traffic from Britain’s biggest port Felixstowe, only […]
Continue ReadingHanging in There · Stronger consumer spending on services led the third estimate of fourth-quarter GDP higher to a 2.6 percent annualized rate. Real final sales increased at a 2.7 percent annualized rate, the fastest pace since the start of 2012. · After a jump in January, new home sales fell back to a 440,000-unit […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. House Holds Hearing on Reclamation Budget The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power, on Tuesday, held a hearing on the Bureau of Reclamation’s FY2015 budget request. The Obama Administration has requested $1 billion for the Bureau, on par with the […]
Continue ReadingSubscribe toPacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION March 2014 Issue New Business for London Gateway’s Giant Cranes By Peter Marsh The maritime industry in London is closely following the development of the container port of DP World London Gateway, and its strategy to attract traffic from Britain’s biggest port Felixstowe, only […]
Continue ReadingSubscribe toPacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION March 2014 Issue US Energy Markets: Transforming the Shipping Industry By Darrell Conner and Nickolas Milonas It was not too long ago that the focus of energy debates in the United States was on importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil. The […]
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