Friday, May 8, 2009

Hampton Roads Maritime & International Trade Guide

To purchase copies, call 804-649-6999 or email Karen Chenault at kchenault@va-business.com

Copies sell for:
1 - 10 copies = $2.00 each
11 - 49 copies = $1.75 each
50 & over copies = $1.50 each
plus tax and shipping


The 2009 Virginia Business Magazine's annual publication highlighting maritime and international trade in Hampton Roads features:
  • Looking to a brighter future/Virginia ports hope economic decline has bottomed out: Interview with Joe Dorto, President and CEO of Virginia International Terminals and Hampton Roads Partnership Board member

  • Riding out the storm/U.S. Navy's $14 billion contract brings job security to Newport News shipyard: Extension of contract with Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics to build Virginia-class submarines, last of which is to be delivered in 2019

  • Colleges help match student skills with employer needs: Old Dominion University (ODU) and Tidewater Community College (TCC) offer courses, majors and clubs to help students interested in maritime and commerce professions

  • Testing your seaworthiness/Maritime academy simulator tests students' preparedness: A distinct level of realism allows bridge and engineering mariners to train and practice together without threatening vessels

  • Reports on: Imports/Protecting consumers; Transportation/New barge service expands port 100 wiles to the west, 200-mile Heartland Rail Corridor opens in 2010, Trucking; Environment/A swimmable and fishable river; Foreign Trade Zones/An Edge to U.S. manufacturers; Port of Virginia statistics and more.

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