The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has confirmed the award of grants totalling US$220.2 million from the government’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to modernise the nation’s ferry systems. The program focuses in part on expanding ferry service in rural communities, helping communities acquire modern ferry boats (including electric boats), and upgrading shore infrastructure […]
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This book is long overdue. It is the first and, to my knowledge, the only comprehensive natural resource study of modern open ocean fisheries in the US Pacific. In the bo ..
The Samoan government has taken delivery of a new inter-island Ro-Pax ferry built by Japanese shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Corporation. Named Lady Samoa IV, the NK-classed ve ..
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Authorities in the Marshall Islands have reported the successful rescue of all 23 occupants of a foreign-flagged fishing vessel that capsized and sank near the capital Ma ..
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Port Townsend, Wash., based ACI Boats reports that it has been awarded a $3 million dollar contract by American Samoa’s Departmentnt of Commerce for four “Super Alia” commercial fishing vessels.
All four boats will be 38 foot x 14 foot semi-displacement catamarans, designed by ACI Boats and Nordland, Wash., based Coastwise Marine Design.
Constructed with 5086 aluminum hull skins, and 5052 aluminum interior transverse frames, each fishing vessel is identical in design and will be built to...
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The American Samoa Department of Commerce has awarded ACI Boats of Port Townsend, Washington, a U$3 million contract to build four new aluminium fishing vessels. The vess ..
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US National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien has confirmed that the US Coast Guard plans to evaluate the feasibility of basing some of its Sentinel-class fast ..
Columbia County, with its small but rapidly growing population and economic base, will next July host a convention with an international context that will allow it to shine well above its perceived weight.
“We are hosting the 106th annual conference of the Association of Pacific Ports,” said Port of St. Helens Executive Director Doug Hayes. “It is a big deal and will allow us to show we are a highly
diversified driver of the economic engine in this region.”
The conference,...
http://www.longshoreshippingnews.com/2018/10/port-of-st-helens-to-host-international-port-confab/