Actually, Jacob's father, James Fleming (1773-1857 and his wife, Jane Hulse Fleming (1774-1843), were the first to settle in Point Pleasant. They moved from Shrewsbury to Point Pleasant and opened a tavern and a maritime business. Jacob and Mary Fleming were the first Flemings to live their whole lives in Point Pleasant.
Quotes about maritime (16 Quotes)
We are quite disappointed at the unprofessional and dangerous acts of the ships. The company is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ships' operators because they not only brought danger to Odyssey, but to their own ships. The company will file a lawsuit against the crew members too since they violated a lot of maritime affairs rules.
The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks.
From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those duties has never been more important.
I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.
When I joined the Merchant Marine, I went to Catalina for Maritime training. That's how I became acquainted with California.
Residents of Massachusetts and particularly those along the Buzzards Bay coastline have experienced first-hand the devastation to the environment that can result from accidental oil spills. However, there was nothing accidental about this case. The defendant knowingly violated anti-pollution laws, intentionally dumping oil-contaminated waste directly into the ocean--and even went so far as to manufacture a so-called 'magic pipe' to accomplish the crime. Our hope is that this substantial 10 million fine will send a strong message to those in the maritime community who would try to circumvent our Nation's anti-pollution laws.
JASSM will provide the Royal Australian Air Force with a system that dramatically improves the pilot's ability to strike both land and maritime targets from long range. This is important because it keeps Australian aircraft and aircrews safely out of range of air defense systems, while allowing them to successfully engage and destroy a wide range of critical targets, including highly defended point targets.
This condition that exists in our harbors is not just a maritime industry problem, it's a problem for every resident, every business in Hawaii.
No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.
The history that's going to be revealed when this book is published is going to shake up the maritime world. I've discovered several West-Coast-built ships that were the first of their kind to be built anywhere in the world. I've also discovered the last clipper ship built in the United States, and possibly the fastest clipper ship ever built.
It's very sad that the city and Port Authority care more about real estate than finding ways to work with the companies who are being damaged by this mishandling of maritime commerce.
We'll also be trying to determine if there were any violations of the Canada Shipping Act or other maritime safety regulations.
This operation was a coordinated, nationwide attempt to root out bribery, kickbacks and fraud in the repair and maintenance of Navy supply ships in the maritime industry.
English policy may not yet have made the definite decision to attack us; but it doubtless wishes, by all and every means, even the most extreme, to hinder every further expansion of German international influence and of German maritime power.
It's a minor consideration. What we've seen is an attempt by some politicians to divert attention from the real problems associated with maritime security.