"Tragedies frequently result in flurries of legal activity. Last years witnessed the Myspace tragedy in which a 13 year old girl committing suicide. Unfortunately stalking laws have been clumsy tools that are difficult if not impossible for law enforcement officials to...
Things are heating up in The Gulf. The issue, as I understand it, hinges on the capability's of the Iranian missiles. With the help of the Chinese, the Iranians reportedly have acquired missile technology...
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"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. The...
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Yesterday, a US Navy ship has set off for the Central Visayas region to assist in the rescue and recovery operations, said Press Secretary Jesus Dureza who is in the United States with the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other officials. ...
Talk about a Mobile Home and House boat ! Barge floats 2-story home from Wash. to Canada Here is a Story Board of the Move. Here is video of the move HUNTS POINT, Wash. - Rolling the waterfront house onto a...
""We have to be strict. Foreign fishing boats or any foreign ship entering or operating in Indonesian waters illegally will be sunk," he said after witnessing the signing of an agreement on Standard Operating Procedures between his ministry, the National Police and the...
Yesterday's story about the City of North Vancouver's
move to remove the heritage designation from a number of shipyard
building near Lonsdale Quay defines short-sightedness.It's not like there aren't compelling...
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""The purpose of installing the seven radars is to support maritme defense and security in the South East Asian region," Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono told ANTARA News on Tuesday.He said the US government was...
"Trouble In The Strait
Of Hormuz
Terrell E. Arnold
1-15-8
The Strait of Hormuz has been an important waterway since the earliest development of maritime trade. That means if you scan the pages of histories, or the countless clay tablets that speak of great historic empires...
Here's a post a wrote for gCaptain today one Japan's Whaling Fleet; Reuters has an update on Australia’s recent attempts to track Japan’s whaling fleet:
"CANBERRA,
Australia (Reuters) — An Australian...
From across the ocean Captain John Konrad watches the sunset from the bridge of his ship, a world record setter in size and capability. From his perch 100 feet above the water’s edge he has control of six 8,000...
"The P-3C has been a key Navy maritime patrol aircraft since the 1960s. It is a land-based, four-engine turboprop designed for long-range maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare and surveillance missions.In recent years, its missions have expanded to include reconnaissance...
""Of course we also need the support of regional governments," he added.
The maritime and fisheries sector, he said, had a competitive ability to move the national economy.
The fisheries sub-sector`s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had increased by 18 percent...
"Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Freddy Numberi said four islands disappeared when the massive tsunami devastated Aceh on December 26, 2004, the state-run agency reported.
Twenty other islands in Sumatra's Riau province and in the Seribu island group in Jakarta Bay...