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The SMART Center features the most recent news and blog postings from maritime and transportation industry employers and organizations as well as STEM educators and associations.

NGL Energy, TransMontaigne End Talks on Acquisition Proposal
8/15/2014

NGL Energy Partners LP and TransMontaigne Partners LP said on Friday they have terminated discussions on NGL’s non-binding proposal to acquire the out… Read More…¹

USCG Rescues 164 Migrants in a Week
8/15/2014

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) rescued 64 Cuban migrants and 100 Haitian migrants during a busy week of illegal maritime migration attempts from Cuba and… Read More…²

VT Halter Launches Second ConRo for Pasha
8/15/2014

VT Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), launched MV Marjorie C, a container and roll-on/roll-off car t… Read More…³

Odebrecht JV Wins $1.3b Colombia Waterway Contract
8/15/2014

Colombia awarded a 2.5 trillion peso ($1.33 billion) contract to a consortium led by Brazil’s Odebrecht SA on Friday to improve navigability on the Ma… Read More…⁴

Long Beach Imports Flat, Exports Dip
8/15/2014

Port of Long Beach sees overall gains with jump in empty containers in July Total cargo container numbers rose 3.7 percent in July at the Port of Long… Read More…⁵

Federal agencies provide new opportunities for dying languages
8/15/2014

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced 27 awards totaling more than $4 million … Read More…⁶

Concordia Maritime 1H 2014 Interim Report
8/15/2014

Swedish tankship owners Concordia Maritime inform of positive results in the first half of 2014 after the sale of shares in jointly-controlled entitie… Read More…⁷

Kvaerner & KBR Ally on Offshore Rig Topside Bids
8/15/2014

Kvaerner ASA says it is to establish a joint venture with KBR Inc. to bid competitively on offshore platform topsides contracts for the Johan Sverdrup… Read More…⁸

SIA Appoints Siemens’ V-P to the Board
8/15/2014

The Security Industry Association (SIA) says it has appointed Rich Cillessen, vice president of enterprise security at Siemens Industry Inc., to its B… Read More…⁹

Emergency Beacon, Preparedness Save Mariner Off Diamond Head
8/15/2014

The Coast Guard rescued a man in a life raft after his sailboat sank approximately seven miles south of Diamond Head, Tuesday.

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