A Run on the Banks.
HOW FACTORY FISHING DECIMATED NEWFOUNDLAND COD FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THE EXPLORER JOHN CABOT RETURNED FROM THE WATERS AROUND WHAT IS NOW NEWFOUNDLAND AND REPORTED THAT CODFISH RAN SO THICK YOU COULD CATCH THEM BY HANGING WICKER BASKETS OVER A SHIPS'S SIDE. CABOT HAD DISCOVERED A RESOURCE...

A model approach to the development of small tourist ship operators in the Republic of Croatia.
Abstract: This paper examines the modelling of the development of small tourist ship operation. Based on the evaluation of development factors, their quantifications have been given. The research has provided direct growth rates of a new model for the development of small ship operators who offer cruising and one-day...

The seafaring life; Mystic Seaport opens window to another time.
Byline: Laura Porter You might see the ghost in captain's garb that is rumored to prowl the quarterdeck of the proud old whaler, the Charles W. Morgan. Or hear a chapter or two of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," read by a Melville impersonator after midnight on July...

Loyalist Cunards.
by Lieutenant Colonel WA Smy, OMM, CD, UE The stories of Loyalists re-establish ing themselves in Canada after the American Revolution are legion. One family, though, is an exceptional example of entrepreneurial success--the Cunards of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. (1) The family had arrived...

Of sons and ships and science cruises.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has had an unbroken line of three ships named Atlantis that date to the Institution's founding in the early 1930s. Arthur D. Colburn III, better known as A.D., who was recently named master of the modern-day Atlantis, is continuing another tradition: His father, Arthur D....

Last days for the Bay ferries?
The East Bay ferries put into service when the October earthquake closed the Bay Bridge are expected to continue running at least through February (and perhaps longer), but service could be discontinued at any time if funding isn't approved. As well as being a great way to commute, they're...

Company Watch - Northrop Grumman.
Apr 21, 2008 Northrop Grumman has awarded a $134 million contract option to Alliant Techsystems to work on rocket motors. Alliant will refurbish parts and replace propellant on Minuteman III Stage 1, 2 and 3 rocket motors. Apr 17, 2008 Northrop Grumman, which was among...

Company Watch - Northrop Grumman.
Apr 28, 2008 Air Force officials recently met with top officials from Northrop Grumman and Boeing to discuss the award of a contract to build military refueling tankers. Northrop won the contract, and Boeing has protested the decision. The Government Accountability Office is expected to rule on...

Company Watch - Lockheed Martin.
Apr 28, 2008 Lockheed Martin's F-117 Nighthawk gets final sendoff. The final four F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters made their last flights Tuesday. The planes were headed from Palmdale, Calif., to an airfield in Nevada where they will be stored. Lockheed Martin built the planes, which were developed...

Company Watch - General Dynamics.
Jun 23, 2008 BAE Systems and General Dynamics hope lawmakers award full funding for their XM-1203 Non Line-of-Sight Cannon. The cannon is one of eight proposed Manned Ground Vehicles under the Army's Future Combat Systems program. General Dynamics executive Robert Sorge says the company is optimistic about...