Closing the 97-year-old Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard will mean a loss of $1.3 billion annually and a loss of nearly 10,000 jobs. Those are the findings of a report by Enterprise Honolulu, prepared for the Chamber Commerce of Hawaii, in anticipation of the possibility that the Basic Realignment and Cl
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, fresh from engineering a compromise over state authorization of a tax increase to pay for a new mass transit system, is headed to Washington, D.C., to help argue the importance of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
Mariners docked at the CrewsInn Hotel and Yachting Centre tried to remain calm yesterday as they prepared to experience the possible effects that Tropical Storm Emily would bring.
GREENWICH (AP) — George Smith IV embarked on his honeymoon cruise of the Mediterranean last month with plans to have children and take over his family’s successful business in this wealthy New York suburb.
ISLAMABAD, July 12: Pakistan and China have begun a new era of friendship and cooperation in the naval field, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Shahid Karimullah said on Tuesday. A press release issued by the Naval Headquarters (NHQ) said the naval chief made the remark to the Chinese ambassador at Islam
The Port of Virginia is the second largest on the East Coast. In 2003, more than 13 million tons of cargo moved through the port, making up 19 percent of the East Coast’s load. In an attempt to help secure the safety of the port, officials with the Joint Terrorism Task Force and other local [&hellip
Cleanup plans for the site of the future Hilton San Diego Convention Center Hotel progressed Tuesday, as the Port of San Diego awarded a $16 million contract to Traylor Bros. Inc. for sediment remediation and aquatic enhancement at the former Campbell Shipyard.
A business consultant and Labor Party member is the latest person to cast doubt on the Victorian Government’s arguments for deepening Melbourne’s shipping channels. Peter Fitzgerald says only 5 per cent of the world’s shipping fleet will require the deeper channels in Port Phillip Bay. The Governmen
If recent orders are any indication, a long-time Rainier dock’s transition into a ship manufacturing shipyard is paying off for the workers and the area’s economy. With six tugs on order, Foss Maritime has enough work to keep its 25 workers and local subcontractors busy through 2007.
D’Artagnan, the technically outstanding self-propelled and ocean-going jumbo cutter suction dredge of French dredging contractor SDI (Soci
OSAKA–Hitachi Zosen Corp. and two other shipbuilding-related firms announced Monday that a total of 24 of their former employees have died of mesothelioma, a type of cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases. Although experts knew of mesothelioma cases occuring in the shipbuilding industry in the
There was at least one sporting achievement for France to cheer yesterday when one of its more enigmatic yachtsmen, Francis Joyon, sliced a massive 22 hours, 33 minutes and 5 seconds off the single-handed transatlantic record.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ordered a change in the LNG shipping policy to allow the liquefied natural gas purchaser the choice of carrier. Currently, the Shipping ministry restricts LNG import only on an Indian flag vessel – Indian company holding a minimum of 26 per cent ownership of the car
Global Gas & Refining Ltd., a Nigerian subsidiary of Houston-managed Global Energy Inc., has started up its Cawthorne Channel gas processing plant in the Bonny River area in Nigeria. The 120 MMcfd, barge-mounted facility is the first indigenous-owned and operated gas processing plant in Africa, Glob
