EU Directive Will Turbocharge Maritime Venture Capital While US Falls Far Behind

John Konrad May 17, 2021

The European Union and the European Investment Bank Group, today said they will increase their cooperation and investment in the maritime “blue” economy. The institutions will work jointly with European countries to unlock financing needed to reduce pollution in European seas and pay for venture capital investment in maritime innovation.

The new European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund – with its ‘BlueInvest’ platform and the new BlueInvest Fund – will support the transition towards more sustainable value chains based on the oceans, seas and coastal activities.

To further finance the transformation, the Commission has urged member states to turbocharge investment in maritime sustainability technology and projects in their national resilience from now to 2027. Other EU programs, such as the €95.5 billion research program Horizon Europe, will also increase maritime funding and a dedicated Mission on Oceans and Waters will be set up. As regards private investments, the EU-sponsored Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative will be used in venture capital decisions.

While Europe continues to turbocharge venture capital for ship and ocean technology, the largest venture capital funds in the United States (with the possible exception of Y-Combinator which fostered FlexPort, Boundary Layer Technologies, and a few others) have mostly avoided investing in ship technology, instead preferring environmental projects like sustainable seafood technology through startup incubators like Sea Ahead in Boston.

It’s unlikely that things will change as the federal entity tasked with advocating for US Shipping – the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) – has mostly failed to invest in venture capital or technology. Calls from gCaptain and others to build maritime technology centers at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the state maritime academies – including California Maritime Academy located just outside of silicon valley – have gone unanswered.

Despite the Biden Administration’s strong focus on sustainability and infrastructure, it is unlikely that MARAD will be able to join its European Counterparts and invest in maritime technology anytime soon. Sources close to the White House have confirmed that Biden has shut down a number of key maritime adviser positions including the EOP’s White House maritime desk which had been staffed by a US Coast Guard Officer. Even more troubling is the fact that – nearly four months into his administration – Biden has yet to appoint a new head of MARAD to replace Rear Admiral Mark Buzby who was a champion of maritime technology and sustainable blue economy initiatives.

According to Buzby, his efforts to attract Silicon Valley venture capital or direct government funding for maritime technology have mostly failed but, from the sidelines, he continues to promote and advise innovating startup companies like the Boston-based Sea Machines.

Other venture capital powerhouses outside the European Union – like Japan’s venerable SoftBank – have also failed to invest significantly in ship technology but small maritime clusters with limited government support are starting to emerge in Singapore and Hong Kong.

https://gcaptain.com/eu-directive-will-turbocharge-maritime-venture-capital-while-us-falls-far-behind/

>>13691330

Outright lie

Solzhenitsyn said no such thing

>>13690087

Have to rotate it for North at the top to use the maritime site. Which building are you trying to identify?

>>13694621

>>13695883

As a guess I'd say the one closest to TATTERSHALL CASTLE is the Port Tender ALMERE 4. She's currently on the Albert Embankment side. A vessel like that would not want to relocate too far away from her usual work areas. The Tideway project removed that pier. No guess on the other

>>13696176 (me)

Longshot, but could be this small Port Tender BARNES

>>13696272

Feel free to see your way out. I know you won't, anons have your masters concerned again. They just don't like these digs, I wonder why?

>>13696615

>>13697388

Honestly I think that was mentioned when the Tideway project came up and we were talking about the moving of TATTERSHALL CASTLE south to Horse Guards.

>>13709626

Oh Really?

Repost that Q drop with the comment you claim?

>>13712121

ah, so Q commented on the anons question, and nothing about the image

Once again shill failure

Originally Midnight Riders #377 >>79960

This was Birmingham yesterday, including ISIS flags. If Israel falls I am sure we are next on their list.

https://twitter.com/DaveAtherton20/status/1395331095252590593

>>13712842

Not sure what that is

>>13713166

I was feeling useful for a while there, thanks for killing that buzz

>>13713404

TATTERSHALL CASTLE also has a white one she flies and I caught a few picks where she is flying the Union Jack. At least I think Union Jack but would not rule out Blue Ensign

>>13714986 (me)

Looks like the blue one she flies says "BAR OPEN"

Originally South Africa #5 >>13712168

Rhodes Must Fall: Now Oxford University called to remove statue

Oxford University’s Oriel College had earlier voted that the statue of Cecil John Rhodes should be removed from its campus.

South Africa’s “Rhodes must Fall” campaign has reverberated across the globe leading an independent commission to call for the removal of a controversial statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes.

An exclusive report in the Guardian in the United Kingdom has indicated that the independent commission, which was established to investigate the future of a controversial statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University, has now recommended that it be pulled down.

Oxford University’s Oriel College had earlier voted that the statue should be removed from its campus, and the commission to examine the decision, was then set up in June 2020.

“The commission was asked to look into the issue after a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was torn down in Bristol at the height of last summer’s Black Lives Matter protest. The decision had been delayed owing to a “considerable volume of submissions” that the commission received and the coronavirus pandemic,” The Guardian reported.

“In the report, seen by the Guardian, the commission recommended that the statue be taken down and that the King Edward Street plaque be removed. A majority of commission members supported the expressed wish of the governing body to remove the statue,” the Guardian reported.

According to the Guardian the commission had also “urged Oriel College’s governing body to publish a definitive statement of its view concerning its association with Rhodes and that the college revise materials to ensure they are consistent with the statement.”

The Guardian quoted Rhodes Must Fall Oxford, a student group that has been campaigning for the statue’s removal as welcoming the commission’s recommendation.

“We’re pleased that the commission came to a decision that recognises the brutality of Cecil Rhodes, and that of the colonial systems of extraction and oppression with which Oxford University’s legacy is tied,” the group told the publication.

The Guardian said the it has contacted Oriel College and Oxford University for comment.

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/rhodes-must-fall-now-oxford-university-called-to-remove-statue/

Embankment pics and videos Bun

>>13688750, >>13691764, >>13695653 Crane over St. Thomas Hospital, 2014

>>13689240, >>13690859 Embankment 16 March 2014 (video) and cap of crane

>>13690087, >>13693723 We may be without any Moon in 24 LONDON

>>13690899 Crane reference pics

>>13692008 St. Thoas Hospital pics comparing Aug 2013 with Jan 2018

>>13700623, >>13700636 Shrouded scaffolding on the rooftop behind Big Ben, Sunday 13 April 2014

>>13700647 VID that illustrates close-up of the shroud as captured in LisaMI6 (video)

>>13701027, >>13701112, >>13704780, >>13705022 Moon Phases/HISPANIOLA advert boards

>>13706497, >>13706858, >>13706999 More on Moon phases

>>13708392, >>13708630, >>13708635, >>13708704 Pics of HISPANIOLA entrance area

>>13709007 Vid cap from 2013, posted MAY 2013,TATTERSHALL CASTLE and HISPANIOLA entrance

>>13709074 Vidcap from April 2013 with view from bridge of the back side of the handrails, HISPANIOLA entrance

>>13709237 Vidcap from April 2013, street side, HISPANIOLA entrance

>>13710992, >>13711114, >>13712121 TATTERSHALL CASTLE stock pic poster dated 27 September 2013

>>13711151 Cityscape of London at night with the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and Hungerford Bridge 23 March 2014

>>13711268 London Eye and Thames boat traffic 1 March 2014

>>13711294 Westminster Palace from Westminster Bridge showing shrouding 9 March 2014

>>13711582 LAYOUT of the Palace of Westminster, aka Houses of Parliament

>>13711707 Night ref pic for Houses of Parliament

>>13712186 CAP of vid posted 5 FEB 2014 recorded some time before the posted date as per the form of the shroud behind Big Ben

>>13712276, >>13712623, >>13712784, >>13712784 Westminster large shrouding

>>13712416, >>13713036, >>13713632 Comparisons: CAP of vid posted 5 FEB 2014, SISter, and 24London

>>13712623, >>13712836, >>13713056 More Westminster shrouding pics

>>13713056, >>13713138, >>13713395, >>13713860 Shrouds pics to reconcile

NOTES passing 150

Notables are NOT Endorsements

#38

>>13695484 UK Column 17 May

>>13710156 UK Column 19 May

>>13712913 Hospital patients were unlawfully discharged into care homes in Scotland

>>13713085 ‘Vile and Dangerous Paedophile’: Transwoman Who Molested Girls as Young as Four Jailed

>>13713146 Violent rapists convicted for multiple incidents of child abuse

>>13713301 Privacy Watchdog: UK Covid Passport Small Print Says It WILL Be Used Domestically

>>13718206 KHAN stolen London Mayoral Election (video)

>>13719800 Rhodes Must Fall: Now Oxford University called to remove statue

>>13720410 Embankment pics and videos Bun

>>13722215

How about now:

Originally Canada #19 >>13719776

Taiwanese Citizen Sentenced for Illegal Exports of Military and Dual-Use Items to Iran

May 7, 2021

Update: Mehrdad Ansari, a co-defendant in the case, was extradited from the Republic of Georgia to the United States in March 2020. In May 2021, a jury in the Western District of Texas convicted him of one count of conspiracy to violate the Iranian Transaction Regulations, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and two counts of aiding and abetting the making of false statements. He will be sentenced in September 2021. Another co-defendant, Mehrdad Foomani, remains at large.

Foomani used companies in Iran (Morvarid Sargh Co Ltd), Hong Kong (Panda Semiconductor, Foang Tech Inc), and China (Ninehead Bird Semiconductor) to illicitly obtain military-sensitive items from the United States for Iran. Ansari supported the operation by transshipping the illicit cargo through Gulf Gate Sea Cargo LLC, his company in the United Arab Emirates. The shipments and attempted shipments, valued at over $2.6 million, took place between October 2007 and June 2011.

Originally published: October 30, 2012

A U.S. district court in Texas sentenced Taiwanese citizen Susan Yip (a.k.a. Susan Yeh) to two years in federal prison on October 24, 2012, for her role in shipping thousands of U.S.-origin military and dual-use parts from the United States to Iran, using front companies in the United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. According to court documents, Yip worked with Iranian citizen Mehrdad "Frank" Foomani and UAE citizen Merdad Ansari, who were also indicted but remain at large.

Yip acted as a broker in order to obtain U.S. origin goods destined for Iranian companies run by Foomani, including Sazgan Ertebat Co. Ltd. and Morvarid Shargh Co. Ltd. She used her companies in Taiwan (Hivocal Technology Company Ltd., Enrich Ever Technologies Co. Ltd., and Kuang-Su Corporation) and in Hong Kong (Infinity Wise Technology, Well Smart (HK) Technology, Pinky Trading Co. Ltd., and Wise Smart (HK) Electronics Limited) to procure and attempt to procure goods from the United States. In some cases, the goods were transshipped via Ansari's UAE-based Gulf Gate Sea Cargo L.L.C.

Yip, Ansari, and Ansari allegedly took part in 599 transactions with 63 different U.S. companies, for items with potential applications in nuclear weapons, missile guidance, secure radio communications, electronic warfare, radio jamming, and radar warning and surveillance systems, including vibration test systems, microwave absorbers, spectrum analyzers, precision amplifiers, and oscillators.

https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/international-enforcement-actions/taiwanese-citizen-sentenced-illegal-exports-military-dual-use-items-iran

>>13722541 (me)

First the John Kerry meetings with Iranians comes back up to the forefront of the news. Then a boat full of weapons being sent by Iran to Yemen is intercepted by the US Navy. After that Hamas starts firing Iranian-made and supplied rockets into Israel. Hezbollah joins in by firing Iranian-made and supplied rockets into northern Israel. Now the shills are anti-Israel all over the various breads so 8kun looks bad.

I have no doubt Iran is desperate to deflect attention from themselves. Imagine, the US Election is overturned, DJT is President, Iran is in for a really bad time.

>>13722015

Since 2005 owned by TCG (Tattershall Castle Group), who own pubs across the country. The company brand is "the 1440", backed by venture capital group Alchemy

She temporarily closed for business in December 2014 and left her berth on 19th January 2015 for a refurbishment at Hull, arriving on the Humber on 22nd January

After refurbishment she returned to her berth on the Embankment for further service

In September 2015 the Tattershall Castle Group sold most of its pub estate, including the ship, to the acquisitive rival pub operators, Stonegate Pub Company

paddlesteamers.info/TattershallCastle.htm

>>13722771

Posted the observation over on Mexico bread, got this back"

Originally Mexico #3 >>13722345

También podríamos incluir en esa secuencia de HECHOS que en ABRIL Biden liberó $235 md a los palestinos…y en MAYO sucedió todo lo demás

We could also include in that sequence of events that in April Biden released $ 235 md to the Palestinians … and in May everything else happened

>>13746004

LE for London Eye might get buried in searches for LE as Law Enforcement. qresear.ch does not know the difference

Found this:

posted 15 May 2021

Fortu Nisko

17 subscribers

Big Ben used as ref point for layering EMB pics down according to drop sequence. LisaMI6 presents largest representation of BB and is used to start the overlay; it is the last in the drop sequence and so ends the overlay.

Look for details that distinguish each EMB pic; and details that bridge it to any othere EMB pic. The sequence in this version, OVERLAY v1, shows a movement from centre to left to right as the camera rotated; the LisaMI6 view of the TATT from the footbridge was taken from the left of the other EMB pics, of course, but that is not animated here with BB as reference point for the overlay sequence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7cdC6MbGg

From the same poster:

Northumberland Avenue before sunrise posted 5 May 2021 by Fortu Nisko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR3NrpzhR38

Night time view from The Tattershall Castle

posted 23 August 2010

Check 04-12 sec panning. Looks like pink lights to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm-ohOzP1SA

Poking around YouTube and tourist videos:

Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park, 2012 posted 24 December 2012

Wilde Maus front shows at 15:01 (no XXL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28GbYjM5ccM

Power Tower, Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park taken 15 December 2013

Wilde Maus at 4:33 (no XXL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJPId-s2xro

Then comes these:

Winter Wonderland London 2014-2015 posted 3 January 2015

Wilde Maus XXL at 00:28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IFcGqaZ8Sk

Wilde Maus XXL - Winter Wonderland 2014 posted 11 January 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jx5REGnQGQ

2012/2013 and 2013/2014 the Wilde Maus at Winter Wonderland was NOT the XXL

Two different posters captured the front of Wilde Maus 2014/2015 showing the XXL

>>13751492 (me)

I just noticed. The video embedded is the one from 15 December 2013 and right at time 1:18 the Power Tower has gone high enough the Wilde Maus (without XXL) shows up.

>>13752865

Tells me things are coming up and coming together and somebody does not like it.

Thanks for the morale boost!

>>13758977

I'm not getting how New Zealand House fits in.

There was the Q drop with traffic cam image of people crossing Victoria Embankment Road onto Northumberland Avenue, London 2847. The dig started to determine when the image was taken and identify the people. First theory was the people were Lisa Page and Peter Strzok but cannot rule out Gina Haspel.

What is available:

A) TATTERSHALL CASTLE has a white-topped funnel, this is changed during the refit so cannot be after 21 January 2015 when she is towed away and returns in April 2015.

B) HISPANIOLA is riding higher at her moorings than any other available pics of her so far found. That is where the hurricane that came ashore in the UK on 5 December 2013 comes into play as the Thames may be swollen with storm surge and we are not seeing a normal high tide water level.

C) Work being done on Westminster Palace gives dating evidence because of the placement of shrouds over scaffolding. The small tower visible to the left of Big Ben Clock Tower is the primary focus. LisaMI6 we see the shrouding is there, but the very top of that small tower is visible where at one stage evidence gives us at one time it was completely encased to replace the roof tiles.

D) Along the eastern side of the Embankment Road is a stand for "Boris bikes" that are painted blue. A new company takes up the bikes and those become red.

E) The Moon is visible behind the London Eye and is in the Waning Gibbous phase

F) In the background behind Westminster Palace is the Millbank Tower that has at least two restaurant/night clubs on the upper floors.

G) In the far background to the right and beyond is a building lit up in pink lights that may be the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel.

H) Both TATTERSHALL CASTLE and HISPANIOLA are darkened so after business hours we think but so far no mention of them closing for the 5 December hurricane landfall and staying down for the 6th, but the Embankment Road has plenty of traffic on it. The traffic volume has got to fit in on time, when do the buses stop running in 2013?

I take the Corinthia Hotel pics and those for Winter Wonderland as seperate pieces of what may be a timeline of events we don't yet know.

>>13760133

All good and many thanks for the explanation. I'm trying to keep up with the notes as I have no idea when actual baker will be back.

What can I say? Discussion was about a building on land and I'm an old sailor :)

>>13760857

I can only try with the Watch.

Generally the "WATCH" is those who stand guard ever watchful by eye or radar upon the Sea in defense of a Nation and our allies. On Deck or upon Shore, mindful of

Those that have placed a GREAT TRUST in ourselves and the Ships we crew to stand-at -the-ready be it Storm or Cannon we face.

The "WATCH" ends upon Retirement or Death.

Then there is the "Watch" divided into Duty Sections for Underway and Inport for each individual Ship or Shore Command. Simple "Port and Starboard Watch" may be 12 hours on/12 hours off or the thing I have experienced with 6 hours on/6 "off" with cleaning and laundry duties done after General Quarters drills in between.

An office building may be left to a cleaning crew. A ship has a "Watch" over her with Guard, Fire Party. and others So Directed with a Ship's Company her entire Service Life, and if placed in Reserve after then.

A Man-o-War is expensive. Ever looked at Ship's registry life and seen "Paid Off?" Odds are after 1867 that means the leased Reduction Gear of the ship has been finally paid for and the government that owns the hull and other machinery finally owns the most expensive part of the ship.

Maybe I can try to do better later, treating a "you knew better and did the stupid anyway" injury right now.

LOVE to all Anons!

>>13761252

What is that supposed to be oh "One Post Wonder?"

What?

Really What?

I miss the "Olde Times" and when on the Weekends the good shills showed up.

Dafuq are you tryin ta do?

>>13766933

I wonder if the restaurant/night clubs in the Millbank were closed for Christmas Eve or they hosted Christmas parties?

>>13767666

KEK!

No Morse, radars

>>13777211

Why don't journo staff do their own work?