NYMAR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: A SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK/NEW JERSEYFEATURING ROLAND LEWIS AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Roland Lewis is President and CEO of the Waterfront Alliance. A lifetime New Yorker, Roland studied planning and law at Columbia and Rutgers UniversitiesAfter nine years as a partner at a law firm, he became Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity NYC where he guided it to become a national model of Habitat urban success. In […]
BROOKLYN WORKING WATERFRONT STAKEHOLDERS GATHER TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE
“This is going to be an incredible collaboration,” said deputy Brooklyn borough president Diana Reyna, addressing a roomful of maritime industry stakeholders on February 18. More than 50 people from a range of professions—marine transportation company owners, container terminal executives, government agency representatives, union leaders, educators, and many others—had gathered at Brooklyn Borough Hall for […]
New York, New York, a helluva town to do shipping businessLambros Papaeconomou • February 18, 2016
WHY I BELIEVE NEW YORK WILL RE-EMERGE AS A PROMINENT SHIPPING CAPITAL IS NEW York a great place to be a shipowner? What are some of the benefits and drawbacks of living in the Big Apple and running a shipping company, whether privately held or publicly traded? These were the main topics of […]
NEW YORK- THE FIRST ARBITRATION CENTER
Clay Maitland, Managing Partner, International Registries Inc. & Chairman, NYMAR • August 20, 2015 In March 1656, Andrew Kilvert brought suit against Jan Geraerdy in the Court of Burgemeesters of the colony of New Netherland, demanding the release of his vessel, which had been arrested to obtain payment for the sale price of Kilvert’s ship. The Court ruled as […]
Sorry, London: New York Is the World’s Most Economically Powerful City
Richard Florida • March 3, 2015 Our new ranking puts the Big Apple firmly on top. New York and London are both powerhouse cities, competitive in everything from fashion, music, and finance, to now even start-ups and high tech. In recent years, the long debate over which is the world’s most economically powerful city has reached something […]
WATCH PROGRESS ON NEW YORK HARBOR’S BAYONNE BRIDGE
The Bayonne Bridge is the fifth-longest steel arch bridge in the world, and was the longest in the world at the time of its completion. The bridge is also one of four connecting New Jersey with Staten Island, New York. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has launched a five-year, $1.3 billion project to […]
NYMAR HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE 2016 BEST OF MANHATTAN AWARD IN THE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY BY THE MANHATTAN AWARD PROGRAM
NYMAR (New York Maritime, Inc.) has been selected for the 2016 Best of Manhattan Award in the Freight Transportation category by the Manhattan Award Program. Each year, the Manhattan Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance […]
THE AMERICAN CLUB CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY IN MARINE INSURANCE
The American P&I Club was founded in New York nearly a century ago. To celebrate its first 100 years, a book entitled The American Club: A Centennial History has just been published. The book tells the story of the Club across ten decades of maritime and marine insurance history both within the United States […]