Maritime security takes priority. (Special Report: Marine/Aviation).
Maritime security has moved to center stage at ports across the United States. A number of government and private sector initiatives are under way to ensure the smooth transportation of commerce in today's uncertain times. Before September 11, 2001, the biggest issue facing the maritime industry was...

The right of visit and the 2005 Protocol on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation.
I. INTRODUCTION On October 14, 2005, a second Protocol to the 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (1988 Convention) (1) was adopted at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). (2) The 1988 Convention had been developed as a response to...

Rare fish swimming in restored Alameda Creek.
Restoration of Alameda Creek in the East Bay reached a milestone this spring when what appeared to be hundreds of steelhead trout hatched in a tributary to the creek. If the young fish are indeed steelhead - experts should know soon - they would mark the first natural reproduction...

KVH and ViaSat Ink mini-VSAT Deal.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-3 July 2008-KVH and ViaSat Ink mini-VSAT Deal(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com In a move to offer faster, more affordable broadband connections to a growing market of leisure, commercial, and government vessels, KVH Industries announced a new agreement with ViaSat to begin the rollout of the...

Aerospace & Defense News - Space.
Apr 28, 2008 The Canaveral Port Authority submitted a feasibility report for the widening of the Canaveral Harbor and other navigation improvements to Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) John Paul Woodley Jr. This report, the result of more than two years of work, is authorized...

Majestic America Line Says Kids Cruise Free in 2008.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-12 February 2008-Majestic America Line Says Kids Cruise Free in 2008(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Majestic America Line, a premier river cruise line and the largest river and coastal cruising company in America, said that it is offering families a special opportunity to experience...

Melville a la Polonaise.
A nice, brisk morning, Mystic, Connecticut, USA, 1999. A nasty, filthy, disgusting, and antisocial habit of mine drives me out of a little eatery, where I have just had a supersize breakfast of scrambled eggs and coffee. Surprisingly good coffee, for America, that is. Or perhaps not so good:...

In my backyard: how enabling hazardous waste trade to developing nations can improve the Basel Convention's ability to achieve environmental justice.
I. INTRODUCTION II. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE--CENTRAL PRINCIPLES A. Domestic Origins of Environmental Justice 1. Categories of Domestic Environmental Justice 2. Two Central Methods for Achieving Environmental Justice B. International Environmental Justice III. BASEL CONVENTION--HISTORY, COMPONENT PARTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE A. The Basic Mechanics of the Basel Convention 1. Minimizing Transboundary...

Treading water: wetlands loss accelerates in Louisiana.
In late August and September 2005, the one-two punch of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita battered the Louisiana Gulf coast and obliterated 200 square miles of wetlands. Since the 1930s, the Louisiana coast has lost the equivalent of a football field every 45 minutes. The Barataria and Terrebonne...

Long Beach Container Terminal Taps Energy-Saving Storage Crane System from VYCON.
ENERGY RESOURCE-13 December 2006-Long Beach Container Terminal Taps Energy-Saving Storage Crane System from VYCON(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com VYCON, a designer and manufacturer of high-cycling energy storage flywheel systems, today announced that Long Beach Container Terminal at the Port of Long Beach has ordered six REGEN units for...