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Good day, ... Did you know? ... The Port of Everett earns “Marad Short Sea Shipping” designation, enabling grant funding to fund infrastructure improvements and equipment to enhance barge service.(Maritime Professional) Chugging to victory. Railway Age is now accepting entries for its annual Short Line/Regional Railroad of the year competition....

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Portugal's rich legacy

Korea Times 10 Jan 2019

It is hard to think of Portugal apart from the Porto wine and maritime power ... Da Gama's discovery of the route to India contributed greatly to the age of global maritime power ... Standing there and looking out to the sea, I could visualize and feel connected to the Portuguese explorers who were part of Portugal's golden age of discovery ... ....

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Richard M. Burston

The Brunswick Times Record 10 Jan 2019

After graduating from Kents Hill at age 17, and as the US was on the brink of entering into WWII, Dick enrolled in the Maine Maritime Academy earning the title of Naval Reserve Officer and serving in the South Pacific aboard the USS Alhena during the war, for which he will be honored at Arlington at a future date....

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Charles Lightoller Stayed Aboard The Titanic Until The End. In WW2 He Volunteered to Help ...

War History Online 08 Jan 2019

Lightoller’s maritime career began at the age of 13 when he started a 4-year apprenticeship on the ... By the age of 21, Lightoller would be the survivor of a shipwreck, a cyclone, and a fire at sea ... However, this was not the end for the seaman as he found himself part of Operation Dynamo in 1940 at the age of 66....

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StealthGas: Stars in alignment for LPG in 2019

Splash24/7 04 Jan 2019

Harry Vafias is in typically bullish form when Maritime ... “The stars finally seem to align,” Vafias tells Maritime CEO citing the low orderbook, an ageing existing fleet, increasing demand and the higher price of oil as reasons for his optimism....

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Children to mix art with science at CBMM

The Star Democrat 04 Jan 2019

MICHAELS — Each Saturday this February, young mariners ages 4 to 9 are invited to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum to participate in the museum’s STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) Team ... for children ages 7 to 9....

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TWENTY QUESTIONS: Victoria Butler, St. John Paul II

The Barnstaple Patriot 02 Jan 2019

Wednesday ... Her interest in the sports of lacrosse and basketball were piqued at an early age while following the exploits of her older brothers ... Maritime, while her brother, Walter, was a football player at both schools. Victoria picked up lacrosse at the early age of seven, when she was in the second grade ... John Paul Golf Team since her freshman year....

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'No excuses' accepted as Maritime NZ targets boaties in safety campaign

TVNZ 29 Dec 2018

Auckland maritime officer Kain Grant says no matter where you are in New Zealand you either have to have lifejackets on board, or be wearing them, and make sure you have enough on board for all sizes and ages ... That's the older age males, so males over 40 years of age seem to ......

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Scrapping scrap, saving earth

China Daily 24 Dec 2018

Dong Liwan, a professor specializing in the shipping industry chain at Shanghai Maritime University, said some Western countries now are expecting Southeast Asia to scrap aged ships, before they upgrade their green recycling technologies in the ship-breaking sector....

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Japan to spend more on defense, refit 1st aircraft carrier

News & Record 18 Dec 2018

Defense officials say Japan needs higher deterrence and increased missile defense and fighter capability as North's missile and nuclear threat remains unchanged in the absence of concrete steps to dismantle them, and China's maritime activity has grown increasingly assertive....

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Japan to Boost Defense Spending in a Bid to Counter China and North Korea

Time Magazine 18 Dec 2018

Defense officials say Japan needs higher deterrence and increased missile defense and fighter capability as North’s missile and nuclear threat remains unchanged in the absence of concrete steps to dismantle them, and China’s maritime activity has grown increasingly assertive....

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Japan new defense plan bolsters fighter capability, budget

News & Record 18 Dec 2018

Officials say the Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter carrier Izumo, a 250-meter (820-foot)-long, flat-top destroyer that can carry 14 helicopters, is set to be refitted as an aircraft carrier ... integrating the ground maritime and air forces to better coordinate operations....

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Japan to spend more on defense, refit first aircraft carrier

The Brownsville Herald 18 Dec 2018

Defense officials say Japan needs higher deterrence and increased missile defense and fighter capability as North Korea's missile and nuclear threats remains unchanged in the absence of concrete steps to dismantle them, and China's maritime activity has grown increasingly assertive....