Gary Ehrsam

Capital building coming down

Capital building coming down

KAREN EARNSHAW After a few shipping delays, work deconstructing the capital building is now underway with a vengeance and is expected to be “completed in two months,” Pacific International Inc.’s Executive Project Manager Bobby Muller said Monday. PII brought in a big yellow “heavy excavator” to do the muscle work on tearing down the iconic, […]

Majuro maritime center grows

Majuro maritime center grows

KAREN EARNSHAW The construction of the maritime facility next to Uliga Dock kicked off in January: Six months later, one of the project organizers, Raffael Held, told the Journal “the construction of the maritime training complex, which is next to the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation’s office, is making good progress.” The main purpose of the […]

New training center underway

New training center underway

The construction of the new maritime training facility got underway two weeks ago next to the main office of the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation. Raffael Held, who is with the German-funded bilateral program Low Carbon Sea Transport, said “the start has been eagerly awaited by all stakeholders, since all procurement-related challenges have been resolved and […]

Canoe race challenges captains

Canoe race challenges captains

Last Friday’s Culture Day Litakboki canoe race was a challenge in multiple ways. Majuro’s version of the famous Ailinglaplap Jebro race featured a nearly 30-mile-long course from Laura to Delap — nothing like the usual downtown races that run a triangle route from Delap to Ejit Island and back. Some 15 outriggers representing different atolls […]