shipping - most popular good stuff headlines NowPublic

New Maritime Security System to fight high-seas piracy. | Photo 02

7

1

SHIPS FIGHT BACK AGAINST PIRATES - New Anti-Piracy System

Recently, a maritime security company, IMSN, conducted system testing of a not-lethal Anti-Piracy System including safety drills with crewmembers onboard the Horizon, a US flagged container ship operator...

81

opinion by aurealeus | 4 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago
244 views | 14 recommendations | 2 comments

duo

13

Dear John (USPS)

Dear John USPS, the last thing i have time for right now is a blog entry, and yet here it is. in two days i'll be moving, and so it was, at one of the worst possible times, that i sold a dvd on amazon. don't get me...

opinion by dysamoria | 9 wks ago
49 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

3

Minister Baird announces Oshawa Port Authority

On May 21, 2009, Transport Minister John Baird announced his long-awaited decision about the future of the Oshawa Harbour: the Oshawa Harbour Commission is to become the Oshawa Port Authority. It is a surprising...

created by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago
106 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment

St Lawrence Seaway Project. Image courtesy Barnkat (via Flickr) | Photo 02

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

5

50 years of the St. Lawrence Seaway

This summer, the St. Lawrence Seaway turns fifty. Over the last half-century, the Seaway has shaped the Great Lakes and its communities in ways perhaps unexpected when it was first opened to international...

created by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper | 37 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago
237 views | 12 recommendations | 0 comments

danesller0127

31

Philippine tourist traffic up despite global crisis-- DOT

With DOT's target of 3.5 million tourist arrivals this year and five million by 2010, the industry must expand total capacity in terms of physical infrastructure, room accommodations and manpower... "Local...

59

created by danesller0127 | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
354 views | 8 recommendations | 2 comments

pjat

15

ContainR : Solarpowered Mobile Cinema

My friends are doing this project. They've curated a programme of sports art films and are screening them in a custom built solar powered mobile cinema made from reconstituted shipping containers. It will be located...

created by kate | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
220 views | 36 recommendations | 8 comments

Jay Adan

19

Dell Reduces Packaging, Not People

Computer company Dell has launched a plan to save about $8.1 million in the next four years by changing the way their computer and parts are packaged and shipped - the new packaging will be made from recycled...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 50 wks ago
206 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments

Iran test-fires new surface-to-surface missile

The Iranian military on Sunday test-fired a new surface-to-surface missile from a warship as part exercises along a strategic shipping route."Iran's military test-fired a new surface-to-surface missile from a warship as part of exercises along a strategic shipping route,...

61

created by hussain | 1 year ago
91 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments

Estimates Show Sarah Palin's Assets Top $1M

integrityforamerica

1

Palin backs sending U.S. natural gas overseas

Sarah Palin tells campaign audiences the United States needs to become energy independent, produce what we use and use what we produce."But the Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate has pushed the...

85

created by dunkelberg | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
92 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment

Kite-Powered Cargo Ship: US Navy Sets Sail, Literally

Edmund Jenks

2

3

Kite-Powered Cargo Ship: US Navy Sets Sail, Literally

The US navy chartered the MV Beluga to deliver US military cargo from Europe to the States. The Beluga is a kite-assisted ship, equipped with a gigantic parachute-like wind capture device to help it save on...

created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
310 views | 6 recommendations | 1 comment

SOLARLIFE

1

Human Jet prepares to cross Channel

A man is going to attempt to fly across the English Channel today using a single jet-propelled wing. If he is sucesful, he will set a world record for the flight. If you're there to witness this sight in the UK or...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
229 views | 7 recommendations | 4 comments

Hurricane Gustav Makes Landfall Near Cocodrie Louisiana as Category 2

Vinny

1

Oil price falls as Hurricane Gustav weakens

The price of oil has fallen to below $111 a barrel as Hurricane Gustav weakened on its approach to the US coastline. "A stronger dollar also helped reverse the course for oil prices, which had risen by nearly $3...

44

created by Rachel Nixon | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
232 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments

Barry Artiste

4

U.S. holds navy exercise after Iran comments on Gulf

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...

created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
326 views | 22 recommendations | 5 comments

California Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $22 Million in Counte...

US Customs and Border Patrol"California Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $22 Million in Counterfeit Imported Merchandise (Tuesday, May 20, 2008) contacts for this news releaseOakland, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the seizure of...

created by greg1usa | 1 year ago
291 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments

Sequoia Voting Co. Fed Florida 2000 Vote Trouble

hungeski

2

Sequoia Voting Co. Fed Florida 2000 Vote Trouble

"The management of the Sequoia Voting Systems company willfully sent lousy punch cards to Florida for its 2000 general election.x10 Last August, HDNet’s Dan Rather Reports aired that story, which gives an answer...

created by hungeski | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
367 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments

NowPublic