The Northwest's boat builders Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) has won a design and build contract to build two new high-speed passenger-only ferries for Kitsap Transit with an option for a third.The Kitsap County, Washington public transit…
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Storms halt SpaceX’s first U.S. national security space mission
Thunderstorms forced Elon Musk's SpaceX to postpone Thursday's launch of a navigation satellite for the U.S. military, which was poised to be the rocket company's first national security space mission for the United States.
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SpaceX says weather forces cancellation of launch of U.S. satellite
Spacex said on Thursday that poor weather conditions forced the cancellation of a scheduled morning launch of its Falcon 9 rocket that was to carry a global positioning system (GPS) satellite into space for the U.S. Air Force.
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Astronauts return safely to Earth from Space Station
Three members of the International Space Station's crew returned safely to Earth on Thursday, landing in Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz craft, NASA reported.
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SpaceX to try again to launch U.S. satellite in first national security mission
Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off on Thursday after two canceled launches earlier this week due to last-minute technical problems, but poor weather is looming as a potential problem.
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Sluka Joins Rosepoint Sales Team
In his new position, Joe Sluka will take over all commercial sales for Rosepoint Navigation Systems.Sluka comes to Rosepoint from Patterson Mfg, where he was the Global Sales Manager from 2010 to 2017.Sluka can be reached at Rosepoint ECS at (724) 771-...
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Crowley Promotes Harrison
Crowley Maritime appointed Parker Harrison to its leadership team as senior vice president of procurement and risk management, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Harrison, former VP of procurement, will continue to be based at the company’s headquarters in Jackso...
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Did You Know? The U.S.-Owned Ship Fleet is Valued at $47.2B
According to the most recent statistics from VesselsValue.com, published in the December 2018 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, the U.S.-owned fleet of ships totals 2,702 ships and $47.2 billion.The majority (2,618 ships worth $42.6B) ar...
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Biggest Spenders of 2018
With less than a week until Christmas and most of our presents bought, we're feeling the pinch. However, that's nothing compared to the amount that some have been spending this year. VesselsValue's Senior Analyst Court Smith gives a rundown…
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Madagascar Seizes Panamanian-flagged vessel with Chinese crew
Madagascar on Wednesday said it had seized a Panamanian-flagged ship with Chinese crew in its waters and said the vessel, that authorities had tracked for some time, was being used to plunder its resources.Prime minister Christian Ntsay told…
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