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Latest contract has Portland helicopter firm flying workers to an oil rig off the coast of Rio
2015-01-16 00:38:07| Air Courier - Topix.net
A subsidiary of Portland-based Erickson Inc. will fly oil and gas workers to an offshore rig at the Polvo Oil Field near Rio de Janeiro under a new contract with HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA. The two-year deal is the first offshore oil and gas contract for Erickson subsidiary Ari Amazonia, one of three subdivisions.
Footwear industry warns of 'catastrophe' if U.S. West Coast ports shut down
2015-01-15 08:10:21| Footwear - Topix.net
A U.S. West Coast port lock out would be "a catastrophe beyond belief" for the footwear industry that imports 40 percent of its products through the Southern California terminals, said Matt Priest, president of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America .
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Offshore Wind More Profitable Than Drilling on U.S. East Coast, Report Says
2015-01-14 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Offshore wind would produce twice the number of jobs and twice the amount of energy as offshore drilling near the U.S. East Coast, according to a new report from the advocacy group Oceana. The report contends that recent claims by the oil and gas industry about the economic potential of offshore drilling in the region are exaggerated because many of those oil and gas reserves are not economically viable to drill. Plans to build the nation's first offshore wind farm off Cape Cod have repeatedly failed...
Federal mediator to help with West Coast ports
2015-01-12 17:00:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. A federal mediator will try and help resolve the on-going labor issue between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association. read more
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Swedish forces search for second suspected submarine off Stockholm coast
2015-01-12 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Sweden has reportedly launched a secret submarine hunt off the Stockholm coast, after reports of a possible submarine conning tower in Swedish waters.
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