Maritime Technology News
Regular updates on U.S. Commercial Service security (including port security) related market research, trade event, and trade lead updates are available to U.S. companies, which can also receive notices on a monthly basis via the alert e-mail system. You can subscribe to the Security E-Market Express from the U.S. Department of Commerce and see the current listings at: http://www.buyusa.gov/eme/ss.html. Recent postings include a Canada Maritime & Port Security report and one for Italian port security.
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Economist: West Coast ports could be competitive in environmental era
Environmental factors in the shipping industry are going to matter, and it’s possible that could be a competitive advantage for North America’s West Coast ports, according to a shipping economist.
Megastorm: California’s Other “Big One”
California is in the path of a winter rainfall phenomenon that, one of these days, could swamp the Golden State from the northern redwoods to the southern beaches. A trillion-dollar storm - a deluge more ruinous than a major earthquake, the U.S Geological Survey warned this week.