In his determination to boost the PRC‘s status as world power, Chinese President Xi Jinping is proving to be an adept player of his maritime cards. Little is seen of ..
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FEATURE | Nuclear-armed submarines and US defence strategy: the future of the maritime deterrent
Today is an age of acceleration, a time when Moore’s Law is creating profound changes at diminishing intervals, making it difficult to anticipate strategic, social and ..
REMINISCENCES | What’s up, Doc?
We are thinking a lot about medical professionals in these virus-infected days, people have been rightly identified as heroes for their hazardous work in combating the ..
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REMINISCENCES | Five-star bosoms in Kodiak, Alaska
It all started when I received a new job that took me to Tokyo. In 1979, I was selected to be the new Fisheries Attaché at the American Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. I had ..
COLUMN | Fishing in the time of the pandemic [Fishing for a Living]
There was a time, decades ago, when I thought that a cannery or reduction plant was just something that I had to walk past to get down to the boat that I crewed on. Of ..
Welcome to Fishing and Aquaculture Week! 05/2020
It has been an interesting couple of months for the global fishing and aquaculture sectors. Many new and impressive new vessels have been ordered and delivered. At the ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Jamie Ann – Tanker escort and ship-assist tug for Los Angeles/Long Beach ports
The Jamie Ann, the first of four new tugs constructed by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders for the Saltchuk family of companies, has arrived in her new homeport of Long ..
Welcome to Tug and Salvage Week!
Tugs fascinate me. In the more than fifty years I have been connected with the maritime business they have been practically continually launched and, most importantly, ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Governors I – 400-passenger ferry for the popular route between Manhattan and Governors Island
Elliot Bay Design Group (EBDG) designed a double-ended ferry for Governors Island to provide transportation between the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan and ..
FEATURE | Troubled waters: China’s sovereign ambition in the shadows of Covid-19
Around midnight on April 2, a Vietnamese fishing vessel sank in the disputed waters in the South China Sea after allegedly being rammed by the Chinese coastguard. ..