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OPINION: Save a Nickel, Kill a Thousand - The Pennies-Wise, Lives-Foolish Effort to Eliminate NOAA

Feb 20, 2025

I know how to reduce the federal budget by $7B, if we are willing to kill a few thousand Americans every year, put our economy further into debt, and guarantee the loss of real property around the country.It can also be done without eliminating many services currently provided by the federal government, except you’ll just have to pay hefty user fees (assuming you’re actually allowed access) to a private company to get those services…

Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D.: MTR's 2021 #1 Ocean Influencer

Sep 30, 2021

Richard (Rick) W. Spinrad, Ph.D., was sworn in on June 22, 2021 as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the 11th NOAA Administrator. Dr. Spinrad has a long and distinguished career, and he certainly needs no introduction to the MTR audience…

VT Halter: $1.5m Design Deal for NOAA Ship

Feb 18, 2019

VT Halter Marine was selected for Phase 1 Preliminary/Contract design for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) AGOR Variant (NAV).  For the NAV program VT Halter Marine teamed with Gibbs & Cox, Inc. to provide NAVSEA and…

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Nibulon to Export 1 Million Tons of Grain Via Black Sea Port of Chornomorsk

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