Many in the shipping industry oppose the speed limit, saying it would be too costly.
This would benefit military radar operations, the shipping industry, fisheries, bird life and tourism.
That's happening already in the shipping industry, where spot rates have climbed 30% this year.
The new approach should also appeal to the shipping industry, for a number of reasons.
One was the decline of the shipping industry, which meant demand for hemp ropes and sails fell.
With the shipping industry going through hard times, anyone can pick up a second-hand freighter at bargain-basement prices.
Around 90% of world trade is currently carried by the shipping industry, according to the International Maritime Organization.
In a country where the shipping industry is the second most important after gas and oil, the tunnel makes sense, Humborstad suggests.
"There are a lot of people in the shipping industry who aren't sure that Maersk is on the right track, " he says.
He began dabbling in anti-establishment politics while working in the shipping industry.
The part of the shipping industry headed for the choppiest waters is the container trade, which had steamed ahead gloriously since the mid-1970s.
Juliet Marine Systems is discussing with the shipping industry the use of GHOST boats to provide private security patrols for their ships and insurance customers.
Today the shipping industry leads tourism in fund inflows from abroad.
The market is currently edgy about the fortunes of the shipping industry, particularly after the bankruptcy of the medium-size American carrier Eastwind Maritime earlier this year.
Falling rates come amid sliding volumes, and the resulting oversupply in the shipping industry that went from boom to bust because of the global credit crisis.
Attacks peaked in 2011, but have declined sharply since, largely because of increased mobilization of international naval forces and tighter security adopted by the shipping industry.
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What is less clear is how the shipping industry as a whole will fare as a result of long term increases in the price of fuel.
"There was a huge boom in the shipping industry, with the slates being carried down from Blaenau Ffestiniog - which brought these two towns together, " she said.
While rising fuel prices and greenhouse reduction goals may end up favoring the shipping industry as a whole, they will also do a lot to re-shape the industry.
Many in the shipping industry see a sluggish year ahead for Chinese exports, a cornerstone for the nation's economy, despite other indications of growing demand for China's products.
"For the shipping industry, even an extra half an hour in port means additional costs and they are trying to reduce this as much as they can, " he said.
But Bragdon, who left a career in the shipping industry to enter public service two years ago, believes that Portland's history of enlightened civic involvement may ultimately win out.
The shipping industry, often seen as a barometer of global economic health, has been hurt by high fuel costs, a slump in trade, and the retreat of lending from European banks.
Fuel, after all, is not just a source of emissions for the shipping industry, it is a cost, so higher fuel prices mean that more efficient shippers will have a greater cost and profitability advantage.
The naval forces and the shipping industry have worked together to advise ship operators and captains crossing the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea on how they should prepare their vessels and crews for the pirate threat.
First, the air shipping industry must take the initiative now to face down the challenges of supply chain security in the same way its maritime cousins did in 2004.
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Conversely, the ransoms mean higher insurance premiums for the rattled shipping industry, delays for customers as more ships choose the longer passage around the Cape of Good Hope, lower revenues for the Suez Canal, and for the oil markets yet another variable to work into already volatile prices.
The UK government intends to withdraw the service, claiming that salvage operations are the responsibility of the commercial shipping industry.
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