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FBI keeps eye on waterway threats

NWA Online 19 Aug 2018

Oil tankers, supply vessels and pipelines serving a vital energy industry ... Cruise ships ... A cyber disruption of security systems that protect pipelines and refineries "could essentially cripple the oil and gas industry until we could get that system up and running again," Rommal said ... The maritime and the port industry are susceptible to what we call BEC -- business email compromises," Ramey said....

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How To Clean Sand: Volunteers Take On Microplastics At Oregon Coast

The Roseburg News-Review 19 Aug 2018

While some microplastics come from ships and the commercial fishing industry, a 2016 report from the Environmental Protection Agency states that marine plastic pollution comes primarily from sources on land — not just drink lids littered in beach towns, but shopping bags, straws and other discarded plastic waste that made it into the trash but escaped from garbage trucks or landfills....

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BOK faces growing dilemma

Korea Times 19 Aug 2018

By Jhoo Dong-chan. The Bank of Korea (BOK) has faced a growing dilemma over the course of its monetary policy amid worsening economic situations. On one side, there are growing pressures for the BOK to raise the key rate as U.S ... counterpart ... The number of new jobs in the backbone manufacturing sector declined amid restructuring in the labor intensive shipping and automobile industries and overall changes to industrial structure ... ....

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Emefiele’s Policy Options for a Strong Economy

This Day 19 Aug 2018

Though the Act stipulates all cargoes and passengers in the inland and coastal waters be transported by ships and ferries built, owned, crewed and manned by Nigerians of about 600 ships that operate within our waters, only about 60 of them are owned by Nigerians. Industry sources suggest Nigeria may be losing as much as N2 trillion annually from this anomaly....

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Port of Galveston prepares to welcome Carnival Vista, its largest cruise ship

Chron 18 Aug 2018

The Port of Galveston is about to welcome its largest cruise ship, the Carnival Vista, after investing millions of dollars in upgrades to prepare for the vessel ... The terminal needed a longer gangway for passengers to board the ship ... Bigger ships mean more revenue for the port ... “That’s just going to snowball the cruise ship industry and the tourist opportunities,” Yarbrough said....

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LaneAxis’ Patented Blockchain Software Solution Changing the Face of 21st-Century Freight Management

AMB Crypto 18 Aug 2018

The industry accounts for $800 billion annually in the US alone, while globally the shipping logistics market is expected to exceed $15 trillion by 2023 ... will set the stage for industry-wide adoption of their efficient protocols, allowing users to verify shipping transactions and track critical targets throughout the shipping and carrier chain....

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The Jones Act improves security and is worth protecting

Daily Bulletin 18 Aug 2018

Most of the ships that call on Puerto Rico are foreign flagged and current law allows them to deliver as many goods from foreign ports as Puerto Ricans can consume ... In a time of war, without the Jones Act, quickly rebuilding our shipyard industrial base would be next to impossible and training the American merchant mariners to man ships would take precious time we will not have....

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Basque in the culture of this Spanish enclave

The National 18 Aug 2018

Before architect Frank Gehry’s spectacular Guggenheim Museum was constructed in 1997, Bilbao was still a dozy shipping and industrial hub known for its iron mines, slinking beneath the frequent fog and drizzle that sheaths the city....

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Taiwan improves missiles to counter China military expansion

Journal Review 18 Aug 2018

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Chris Jericho Wanted Cross-Promotional Match At WWE SummerSlam

What Culture 18 Aug 2018

... holding back the sands of time with constant character reinvention, simultaneously going through a mid-life crisis by touring as a 40-something rock star, or taking the helm as captain of his own wrestling cruise ship, he's coming up with ground-breaking, industry-shaking concepts....

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Chris Jericho Wanted Cross-Promotional Match At WWE SummerSlam 2018

What Culture 18 Aug 2018

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Albuquerque airport to get air service to Guadalajara

Journal Review 18 Aug 2018

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque International Sunport is finally getting an international flight after nine years ... Officials said the new flight would provide tourism opportunities and economic development ... Love. 0 ... Business General News Travel Airport Operation Transportation Infrastructure Transportation And Shipping Industrial Products And Services ... ....

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Samsung pips Apple and One Plus, tops India's premium smartphone segment in H1 2018

International Business Times 18 Aug 2018

Samsung's flagship S9 helped it garner a lion's share of the premium smartphone segment," Prabhu Ram, Head-Industry Intelligence Group, CMR, said in a statement. One in two premium smartphones shipped in the first half of 2018 was a Samsung device ... including refreshed Apple Maps," said Narinder Kumar, Lead Analyst-Industry Intelligence Group, CMR....

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