Ship Shape: Ports Spearhead Drive to Clean Up Shipping

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.

P.A. loses lawsuit to halt sale of key Bayonne waterfront site

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey yesterday lost a bid to block the sale of valuable waterfront property in Bayonne to the nation’s largest terminal operator, dealing a blow to the bistate agency’s plans for expansion.

Major Retrospective of British Artist J. M. W. Turner Opens at Metropolitan Museum

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.

NYPD Unveils $1 Million Anti-Terror Patrol Boats

Just in time for the Fourth of July, the NYPD is dramatically stepping up its war against seaborne terrorist threats.

Nantucket Lightship relocation deal is scuttled

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.

Shipments through Port Authority spike 425%

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.

Taking Lessons, and Confidence, From the Water

She had rowed a boat, in the East River. She had learned to swim. She had eaten an oyster;

MARITIME SUPPORT SERVICES LOCATION STUDY

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. CITY DOCK DEAL A $1B BLUNDER Four 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. Freighter commemorates Lake Champlain’s heritage ABOARD 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. SS Columbia on its way to New York Harbor Planning 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     New Study Urges City To Protect Its Maritime Industry Every 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. Lake freighters could continue to dump dry cargo residues under Coast Guard plan Freighters could continue dumping tons of coal and other dry cargo residues into the Great Lakes indefinitely under a proposed U.S. Coast Guard policy. 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. Surge in Shipping Benefits a Tiny Exchange The 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. On Shore, a Week to Release Stress but Also a Chance to Address It For many service members, Fleet Week is a fun time to get some shore leave, explore New York and have a few — maybe free — drinks. Investigators find gaps in port security program A Department of Homeland Security program to strengthen port security has gaps that terrorists could exploit to smuggle weapons of mass destruction in cargo containers, congressional investigators have found. St. Vincent’s Pleads Poverty to Evade Landmark Law In the contentious world of New York landmark preservation, it is not always hard to be a hardship case. A New Governor, Yes, but an Old Port Authority For all the drama of the coup d’escort that brought down Eliot Spitzer and delivered David A. Paterson into the governor’s office, any shifts of power in the state since then have been as noiseless as a fog. Met’s Nautical Mural Has a Return Voyage For nearly two decades some patrons of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s old first-floor restaurant liked to perch at the bar so they could take in the lustrous splendors of its big Art Deco mural. Next Posts Previous Posts Going Coastal NYC Connecting People to Coastal Resources Categories Bronx Brooklyn Dive In Get Wet Go Coastal Manhattan Maritime Natural Waterfront Notable Nautical Public Waterfront Queens Region Staten Island Archives September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 Links 1000 Days at Sea Aquatic Network Beach Walk Project Clean Marina Partnership going coastal Going Coastal TV Maritime Book List Maritime Compass New York Sailing Club NYC Beaches Sea Fever Sea History Water Watch Waterways Journal Working Waterfront Committee World Ship NY Theme: Blix by Sebastian Schmieg . Blog at WordPress.com.