Food, Not Bombs
Remember when North Korea loomed menacingly as the next big nuclear threat on the world stage, ... from the U.S. and increased aid from the World Food Program. International Herald Tribune: A U.S. cargo ship ... to give international aid workers the most access so far to its hunger-stricken land, the United Nations [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 17:19:03
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Privateers to battle pirates
Anyone who learned some Tudor history at school has probably heard of “privateers”. (Licensed pirates,) Plus ca change etc ... from hijacking cargo ships. The international efforts may soon be extended to include “private contractors ... , international co-operation can’t stamp out piracy in the Gulf of Aden. But in that case, what chance [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 21:35:57
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U.S. Navy: Pirates Not Our Problem (Updated)
Galrahn blogs about naval matters at Information Dissemination. The U.S ... by essentially throwing its hands in the air. The U.S. Navy said the international naval force CTF-150 ... so far just in September: a French yacht, an Egyptian dry cargo ship, a South Korean cargo ship [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 20:05:07
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Danger Room - Wired Blo...
Lowongan Berlian Laju Tanker
PT Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk is an international Liquid Cargo Shipping Company, established in 1981, ... . The Company has extensive international networks in terms of operation, sales and marketing. In addition ... quality has let to the implementation of International Safety Management Code/ISM Code as well [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 18:01:32
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Lowongan Kerja Indonesi...
What Makes an Effective Custom House Scorecard
By Sam Miller A custom house is an institution that collects levees on imported and exported goods. Usually, this is one of the government agencies ... with shipping, warehousing, freight operators, documentation, cargo handling, and processing. International ... one person or company to save time, effort, and money. All shippers would like to see [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 13:11:21
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New Business Ideas...
Putting The ‘Piracy’ Back Into Conspiracy
October 28, 2008 Angry Immigrant Rants, Terrorist | Tags: Conspiracy Theory, Iran, Israel, Pirates, Somalia | Piracy, like most disasters, ... Men is usually limited to individuals, seeing it on an international level (where ... one is a fairly straightforward ship, but the cargo’s final destination was in doubt: Ukranian ship (MV Faina [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 17:28:58
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The 12 Angry Men Blog...
Hurricane Ike Impact Felt In Space
full story Oxygen Theory Of Mass Extinction Questioned By New Research Findings Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior ... In Space Hurricane Ike has delayed the scheduled Friday arrival of a Russian Progress cargo ship at the International Space Station 220 miles above ... > [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 18:20:54
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Science Daily: News &am...
New Global Pact to Dump Dirty Diesels at Sea
Good news on the Dump Dirty Diesels Campaign front today... Yesterday, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) ... , sootiest cargo ships on the high seas, including those that are foreign-flagged operating ... in international trade (i.e., even those not in ECAs) will be required to use fuel with no more than 5,000 ppm [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 21:16:29
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NATO Fleet Sails Toward Somalia to Guard Against Piracy
AP/IHT October 22, 2008 BRUSSELS — A NATO flotilla sailing toward the Somali coast will begin antipiracy operations within the next few days, ... cargo ship, the Faina, carrying 33 battle tanks and heavy weaponry, has focused international attention ... of engagement. The seven NATO warships will escort cargo ships carrying United Nations food aid to [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 01:57:40
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East Africa Forum » New...
Pirates step up attacks
Pirates step up attacks November 4th, 2008 Voice of America The London-based International Maritime Bureau, or IMB, ... the Gulf of Aden - are the most dangerous in the world for international shipping. IMB Director ... . “We’ve had tankers, bulk carriers, general cargo ships,” Mukundan said. “The biggest vessel, which [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 22:18:39
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Hunt of the Sea Wolves ...
Sen. Dodd Wants to Slip Iran Sanctions Amendment Into Defense Bill
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., urged his Republican and Democratic colleagues to swiftly enact tough sanctions against Iran before the end of the ... constitute an act of war. H. Con. Res. 362 “demands that the President initiate an international ... , vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran; and prohibiting [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 20:00:00
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Indian-born’s company ties up with Boeing for US space supplies
As India's Chandrayaan-1 cruises to the moon, marking the nation's foray into the big league of space missions, ... services (CRS) contract to ship cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) after 2011 as National ... role includes providing cargo carrier development, cargo integration services, and ISS integration [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 06:52:13
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First Goodwill Visit of Chinese Navy Ship to Cambodia
Today (November 09), Cambodia celebrates 55th anniversary of independence ... and China Military Online. Posts in MarineBuzz on this day a year before: Indian Cargo Ship MV ... Navy Ship Tabar Prevents Piracy Attack on Indian Merchant Vessel Port and Ship International India [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 16:58:56
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Investing in Tankers: Ship, Ship, Hooray?
By Eli Neusner It's easy to forget in this day of digital commerce, fiber optics, and the Internet, ... and automobiles. Perhaps the most critical link in an era of international commerce is the sea. Cargo ships and tankers transport massive quantities of manufactured products, like cars and toys [more...]
Date: 2008-08-01 17:53:59
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Stock Market News, Opin...
Pirates Overfished Into Stealing Tanks
The Somali pirate standoff continues, with sixty or so pirates (some of them have been shot by certain others among them) ... by satellite phone from the bridge of the Faina, the Ukrainian cargo ship that was hijacked about 200 miles ... International, we now know that the vast rightwing conspiracy is in fact behind the theft of the Ukrainian [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 22:33:07
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Amazing video of spacecraft re-entry
NASA has posted some spectacular footage of the re-entry of the 13-ton ATV-1 "Jules Verne" spacecraft on Sept. 29 ... Vehicle," is a sort of robotic cargo ship designed to carry cargo to resupply the International Space [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 16:31:36
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Wind powered cargo ships?
My neighbor and I had a brief conversation a while back about peak oil and some of its ramifications. I said, half jokingly, that at least companies that import cheap ass goods from overseas might ... Falcon. This thing definitely isn't the result of someone trying to greenify international shipping [more...]
Date: 2008-08-17 07:30:00
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Institute of Jurassic T...
Exports jump at L.A., Long Beach ports but imports falter
Incoming goods are down so much that the twin ports are on pace to record their second straight year of declines in overall international trade ... this year, the biggest U.S. contribution to the international supply chain were vast mountains of empty cargo containers outbound on ships to China, where they were quickly refilled with the imports [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 05:23:22
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Breaking Business & Fin...
My op-ed in Mail Today: Send the Navy to tackle Somali pirates
India must act to protect its interests off Somalia In today’s op-ed in Mail Today, ... be on the planet. ACCORDING to the International Maritime Bureau, pirates have attacked 69 ships off ... for ransom. Along with the ships and their cargo, they are holding more than 200 sailors hostage, of whom [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 01:13:16
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The Acorn on The Indian...
LEX Nexus, now a specialised shipping law firm
LEX Nexus established in 1998 was restructured in December 2007 as ‘projects and shipping’ law firm is restructured further on May 2, ... to the Supreme Court of India. He is the president of Worldlawyers.NET a network of international maritime law ... numerous ship owners and charterers, hull and cargo insurers, P & I and Defense Clubs, salvage [more...]
Date: 2008-05-02 04:03:00
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US destroyer watching hijacked ship
A U.S. destroyer off the coast of Somalia closed in Saturday on a hijacked Ukrainian ship loaded with tanks and ammunition, watching it to ensure the pirates who seized it do not try to remove any cargo or crew. As Russian ... ship off Somalia’s coast, an international anti-piracy group said. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-28 05:00:00
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LJWorld.com / Today's n...
Inside Pirate Central
The Times’ Jeffrey Gettleman has a dispatch from Boosaaso, Somalia — the booming, lethal heart of the country’s pirate trade ... ” for a cargo ship to rob: a moonless night, a lull in patrols, and enough money to buy weapons ... masks and black shirts, motor out into international waters, sidle up to the ship, and climb [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 18:18:58
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The Bronx Neighborhood ...
Konig & Cie looking to set up KG fund in India
Mumbai: Hamburg-based shipping investment firm Konig and Cie has targeted the lucrative Indian market for its next shipping fund ... of international cargo carried over the next two years. ‘As of August, the strength of our fleet comprises of 886 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 08:58:48
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Cargo Ships: Now With Kites, Solar Sails, and Less Fail!
It’s fascinating to see environmental technologies advacing in places you wouldn’t expect to find them ... in the future of international shipping design during a period when rising fuel costs ... and the most economic and environmentally sound source of energy on the high seas. And yet, shipping companies [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 00:58:51
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All things future — The...
Inside Pirate Central
The Times' Jeffrey Gettleman has a dispatch from Boosaaso, Somalia -- the booming, lethal heart of the country's pirate trade ... " for a cargo ship to rob: a moonless night, a lull in patrols, and enough money to buy weapons ... masks and black shirts, motor out into international waters, sidle up to the ship, and climb on board [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 15:22:04
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Danger Room - Wired Blo...
Of Pirates and Mercenaries
This is a post by NSN Intern Amanda Hillman Wired’s Danger Room blog team has been posting the past few weeks on the nearly ... worldwide attention when they hijacked the Ukrainian cargo ship, the Faina, laden with “$30 million worth ... ; over 100 ships have been hijacked, with their crews and cargo held hostage. The situation has spurred [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 20:45:48
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Even Somali Pirates Have Flacks
The New York Times has managed to interview a "spokesman" for the band of Somali pirates who sparked an international incident last week by hijacking a Ukrainian cargo ship laden with Soviet-made tanks, artillery shells, rocket-propelled grenades [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 16:11:27
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Selective Amnesia
Russia set to invest heavily in space industry, Reuters "It is obvious that this status of a reliable international partner should be constantly upheld ... European and Japanese cargo ships from time to time." Editor's note: Gee, and when their space [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 15:03:53
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NASA Watch | NASA news,...
New Law Buoys U.S. Efforts to Make Ocean-Going Ships Cleaner
cargo ship carrying ocean freight U.S. agencies have taken another step forward in implementing a key international agreement to reduce air ... emissions – known as MARPOL Annex VI - from large diesel-powered, ocean-going vessels. Under [more...]
Date: 2008-07-22 20:38:41
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Astronauts at Space Station don't like Hurricane Ike
Russia launched a Progress cargo ship to the International Space Station on September 10, 2008, but NASA had to close down Mission Control in Houston due to the hurricane hitting... [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 16:22:02
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iTWire - Technology new...
Chertoff Hits the North Pole; Arctic Showdown Ahead?
The good news: Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff was shipped off to the North Pole last week ... under the polar cap -- or send lots of cargo ships through the famously iced-in Northwest Passage ... and international ice breaking capability decline as reliance on foreign icebreakers grows.” Russia [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 19:29:42
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Danger Room - Wired Blo...
Pirates seize Danish ship, 13 crew near Somalia
AP November 8, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Pirates have hijacked a Danish cargo ship with 13 crew members near Somalia, ... in the Gulf of Aden when it was seized Friday, said Noel Choong, who heads the International Maritime Bureau ... and to escort cargo vessels. The European Union has said at least four warships backed by aircraft [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 17:10:55
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East Africa Forum » New...
No International Agreement on How To Tackle Somali Piracy
(Photo from FOX News.com) No Consensus on How to Solve Somali Pirate Problem -- FOX News Despite international outrage at the persistence of ... of a hijacked Panama-flagged cargo ship, on the other hand, ended Tuesday in a violent resolution ... : This is so typical of international efforts .... no agreement on what to do .... and fear to take [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 06:00:01
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War News Updates...
Stephen Colbert’s DNA to back up the human race
Um. I can’t really add much to the title, churnalism be damned, this is good stuff: ... - the first cargo ship in space (0) Could Bigelow’s inflatables replace the International Space Station ... and sent to the International Space Station (ISS). According to the Associated Press, Stephen Colbert [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 22:06:36
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Futurismic - near-futur...
Hurricane Ike Impact Felt In Space
Hurricane Ike has delayed the scheduled Friday arrival of a Russian Progress cargo ship at the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 03:29:39
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Space News as it Happen...
Air cargo shipments down in first half at Sea-Tac Airport
The total amount of air cargo shipped at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport dropped about 8 percent in the first six months of 2008, compared with a year earlier. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 21:47:24
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Puget Sound Business Jo...
Hunting for Nuclear Fuel
FOLLOW ADAM ON TWITTER: http://twitter.com/adamhousley ADAM’S OTHER BLOGS: foxnews ... by truck, train and cargo ship, with soldiers guarding and escorting the material at all times. Only ... of International Relations and arms Control agrees, “A great deal remains to be done, and I think it really needs [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 17:23:15
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US Ship Fires On Iranian Boats!
The Iranians got within 200 yards of the US ship! Coastal Patrol Ships (PC)- USS Typhoon PC 5 (OKNAPC) ... : WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cargo ship contracted by the U.S Military Sealift Command has fired at least ... Venture was travelling north in international waters in the central Gulf at around 8am local time [more...]
Date: 2008-04-25 17:29:58
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Gateway Pundit...
RA's Daily Russia News Blast - Sept 12, 2008
TODAY: Putin’s three-hour interview both “pugilistic and needy”; Medvedev focuses on military; confusion over South Ossetia’s aims; ... cargo ship has blasted off successfully carrying supplies for the international space station [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 06:08:25
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Official: Three Somali pirates shot dead in tank ship feud - Summary
Nairobi/Mogadishu/Kiev - The presence of international warships has provoked a gunbattle that led to three Somali pirates being shot dead aboard a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship carrying tanks, a maritime official said Tuesday. There was a shootout b... [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 14:42:07
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Blackwater: 13 firms want pirate protection
Source: Navy Times The contractor Blackwater Worldwide is in talks with 13 shipping companies interested in hiring the firm’s ship to escort their cargo vessels through the pirate-plagued waters off the Horn of Africa, the company’s president ... as possible for their vessels, partly because the U.S. and international warships in the Gulf of Aden [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 16:35:31
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Iran Blockade Off (For Now)
A little good news in a bad week on the foreign policy front, via the Washington Times: ... the floor. ..... The draft "demands that the president initiate an international effort" that would impose "stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains and cargo [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 19:10:00
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Hit & Run - Reason Maga...
The Iranian Death Ship
This story is an example of the Demonic Convergence in action: nuclear weapons, the Iranian effort to destroy Israel, Chinese complicity in international terrorism, and the Somali pirates, all rolled ... into contact with the unidentified cargo of the ship became seriously ill, and since then sixteen [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 16:40:00
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Gates of Vienna...
I believe they know what they are doing - in a large coalition with forces not allied beforeRussia denies stolen, missing nuke claimscould they be exported via cargo ships to "friendly nations" such as Venezuela ... and Venezuela have no plans of attacking anybody, they cooperate on the basis of international law [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 20:02:00
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THE SIGNS OF THE TIME...
Popular Air Cargo Freights
by Kim and Charles Petty In the present day, we usually get and receive our material things from different places around the world ... are divided into two divisions; International Freight Forwarders, which ship goods to other countries or Domestic Freight Forwarders which ship goods within one country. Various methods of shipping goods [more...]
Date: 2008-04-29 04:40:38
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Retire in Paradise...
Popular Air Cargo Freights
by Kim and Charles Petty In the present day, we usually get and receive our material things from different places around the world ... are divided into two divisions; International Freight Forwarders, which ship goods to other countries or Domestic Freight Forwarders which ship goods within one country. Various methods of shipping goods [more...]
Date: 2008-04-29 03:43:12
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Unique Article Director...
Tom Doyle stories as audiobooks - previously on Futurismic
yesterday’s post sent lots of you off to listen to Tom Doyle’s audio readings of his stories… and great for Tom himself, too! ... to the International Space Station (ISS). According to the Associated Press, Stephen Colbert’s gene package ... (0) New research on aging hints we might be able to prevent it (2) Jules Verne - the first cargo ship [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 15:00:43
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Futurismic - near-futur...
Top 5 Nooners: #4. Apparently Pedophilia is Hilarious in Europe
This week, while Ross is in the mountains of Mexico training for his new role as a Cracked columnist, ... that probably marks the closest the Cracked Blog has ever come to starting an international incident ... , or the cheapest way to transport your new and lovely bride back to America (cargo ship), the charming [more...]
Date: 2008-05-20 16:00:45
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Funny Articles by Crack...
General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers USNS Amelia Earhart
General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers USNS Amelia EarhartOctober 30, 2008SAN DIEGO – General Dynamics NASSCO, ... international marine technologies and commercial ship-design features into T-AKE class ships, including ... 40-year service life. With a cargo capacity of more than 10,000 tons, the primary mission of T-AKE ships [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 17:41:00
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Defense Industrial Base...
Open Door
Today's Bizarro may not be reproduced in any manner – electronic, mechanical, oragami, mime, Kabuki, ... big international publication from a major publishing house/bigger money. 4. You have members ... to a mural on the side of your cargo ship – just ask me. My electronic door is always open. [more...]
Date: 2008-07-16 15:28:00
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