The Costa Concordia Cruise tragedy is horrendous. That the captain might have wanted to please the head waiter , who comes from Giglio, by going too near the shore is inexplicable. Particularly for the hapless passengers on the cruise. It's one thing, if you are on a small boat alone, its entirely different if thereContinue reading “Project starts and signoffs: lessons from the Costa Concordia cruise tragedy”
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Egypt Crisis : Oil is above $100 and yet the DOW is above 12,000
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Google to build off-shore wind energy transmission lines
Google’s foray into promoting the building of off-shore transmission lines for wind energy farms off the US East Coast is a great idea. Googe does this with a 37.5% stake (alongwith Good Energies and Marubeni Corporation ) in the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) project of Trans-Elect .Trans-Elect is the implementing organization for AWC.
[ Note this post is from October 12, 2010 and is updated for formatting on May 19, 2021
Outsourcing Port Management and Country of Origin Effects
The outsourcing of US port management to a Dubai firm has created a furore. As the story unfolds Emily Messner has done a wonderful summary of the issues in her Washington Post blog. From a purely managerial sense Dubai port is exceptionally well managed. As my friends in the transportation business tell me, it’s frustratingContinue reading “Outsourcing Port Management and Country of Origin Effects”