During its first year of operation, the ExpressRail Staten Island ship-to-rail facility handled more than 44,000 containers and removed about 70,000 trucks from local roads (more…)
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In a bad economy, fun is often the first casualty. For James Hedrick, that means it’s a busy time in his line of work. He’s one of those dreaded repo men. (more…)
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The Delaware River ports are at a critical crossroads where the potential for growth exists, but it will hinge on the region’s ability to take a coordinated approach to future development, (more…)
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Already considered the finest onboard enrichment programme in the industry, Cunard Line’s intellectual pedigree will be further established this summer and autumn with a Cunard Insights line-up featuring history buffs, star gazers, bestselling authors and broadcast personalities aboard Queen Mary 2’s celebrated Transatlantic voyages and aboard QE2’s final Crossings. (more…)
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Just days after world leaders agreed to start cutting emissions of greenhouse gases, ports from around the world announced their own plan—to pre-empt government regulation. (more…)
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The first major retrospective of the work of celebrated British artist J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) to be presented in the United States in more than 40 years will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning July 1, 2008. (more…)
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Just in time for the Fourth of July, the NYPD is dramatically stepping up its war against seaborne terrorist threats. (more…)
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A deal for the historic Nantucket Lightship, which has been docked in Oyster Bay for more than five years, to move to a new permanent home in Stamford, Conn., has fallen through, leaving the owner of the floating lighthouse scrambling to find a new site. (more…)
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When it comes to exports, New Jersey is consistently infamous. Huge volumes of waste paper, scrap metal, wood pulp and chemicals — some of the grimiest remnants of manufacturing and modern-day life — leave the Port of New York and New Jersey each year for other parts of the world. (more…)
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She had rowed a boat, in the East River. She had learned to swim. She had eaten an oyster; (more…)
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| In the summer of 2006, NYCEDC commenced the Maritime Support Services Location Study focusing on the tug and barge industry, ship repair/ dry-dock industry and government services with the goals to develop a sufficient background about these industry sectors to understand their size and economic importance, to define the needs of these industries through 2016 and to identify appropriate assistance to these industries, if needed, to protect their vital functions. (more…)
Add comment June 26, 2008 CITY DOCK DEAL A $1B BLUNDERFour years after the Bloomberg administration allowed IKEA to turn a historic dry dock in Red Hook into a parking lot, a new study has found that the city desperately needs at least seven new docks just like the one it gave up. (more…) Add comment June 23, 2008 Freighter commemorates Lake Champlain’s heritageABOARD THE LOIS McCLURE — The Lake Champlain shoreline creeps by from the deck of the Lois McClure. The vessel wasn’t built for speed, it was built to commemorate the commercial heritage that linked New York City, Buffalo, and Montreal to the Champlain Valley. (more…) Add comment June 23, 2008 SS Columbia on its way to New York HarborPlanning is underway to transport the SS Columbia, the oldest surviving excursion steamer in the United States from Detroit to New York Harbor. The volunteer organization, SS Columbia Projects, needs to match a $750,000 grant from the state, restore the 106-year-old vessel and bring it home to the Hudson River. WAMC Radio
Add comment June 17, 2008 New Study Urges City To Protect Its Maritime IndustryEvery day, men and women work the docks of the ports of New York and New Jersey. But a new study finds while the maritime industry is growing, it may soon face obstacles. (more…) Add comment June 16, 2008 Lake freighters could continue to dump dry cargo residues under Coast Guard planFreighters could continue dumping tons of coal and other dry cargo residues into the Great Lakes indefinitely under a proposed U.S. Coast Guard policy. (more…) Add comment June 12, 2008 Rebuilding a Ship
There is a remarkable project, under way since 2006, to build a replica of the Dutch ship, the Onrust, which was built by Captain Adreaen Block and his crew in 1614. (more…)
Add comment June 12, 2008 Surge in Shipping Benefits a Tiny ExchangeThe prices of wheat, soybeans and iron ore have surged in the last two years, but that is nothing next to the surging cost of shipping goods like these. (more…) Add comment June 9, 2008 On Shore, a Week to Release Stress but Also a Chance to Address ItFor many service members, Fleet Week is a fun time to get some shore leave, explore New York and have a few — maybe free — drinks. (more…) Add comment May 27, 2008 Going Coastal NYCCategories
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