By Journal on September 22, 2023
David Paul, Majuro Chamber of Commerce, Marshalls Energy Company
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Journal 9/25/1987 P3 Kwaj land case After 21 years, two complete trials, three appeals and a three-year interlude when the court clerks lost the file, the Trust Territory’s oldest law suit is finally at an end. Kwajalein landowner Handel Dribo, noted for having led several occupations of military land at the top secret Kwajalein Missile […]
By Journal on March 30, 2023
Hikoyuki Ukai, Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, Marshalls Energy Company
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EVE BURNS Marshalls Energy Company (MEC), National Energy Office (NEO), and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) convened their fifth and final joint coordination committee meeting last week in Majuro for the project to introduce hybrid power generation systems in the RMI. The hybrid system is composed of diesel generation and renewable energy. JICA is providing […]
By Journal on March 16, 2023
Jack Chong Gum, Marshalls Energy Company, US Army Corps of Engineers
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The most pressing problem facing MEC is the construction of a replacement building to house new generators that will be installed in the first power plant, originally built in 1982. Many of the Marshalls Energy Company’s improvement plans hinge on a new power plant building to house two or three new engines that are to […]
By Journal on September 29, 2022
Anta Kabua, Brek Batley, Esther Zedkaia, fuel tanker, Hilary Hosia, Jack Chong Gum, Jiba Kabua, Joseph Pedro, Kenneth Kedi, Kwajalein Atoll Local Government, Ladie Jack, Marshalls Energy Company, Meram, Neilani Ackley, Wilbur Heine, Wilmer Joel, Wisely Zackhras, Yoland Zedkaia
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WILMER JOEL and HILARY HOSIA A new chapter is unfolding for Marshalls Energy Company (MEC) with the arrival of its fuel tanker Meram. The word “meram” means light in Marshallese. This fuel tanker alone can store 160,000 gallons of fuel and is capable of delivering to multiple islands. MEC hosted a christening ceremony for this […]
By Journal on March 25, 2022
Marshalls Energy Company
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Journal 3/29/1985P1 Fire destroys KITCO By Bill Graham Another historic Pacific retail landmark passed into history March 25, the victim of a devastating fire. Like MIECO here in Majuro, whose collapsed roof several years ago led to its eventual razing, and like the True Trading Company in Moen and the Western Carolines Trading Company in […]
By Journal on September 16, 2021
Jack Chong Gum, Marshalls Energy Company, Sinosoar, Tyler Milne, World Bank
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GIFF JOHNSON After 18 months of delay due to Covid border lockdowns, a World Bank-funded revamp of power systems at the Marshalls Energy Company is moving into its next phase. Three technicians from the China-based corporation Sinosoar arrived in Majuro last month after four weeks of quarantine to begin working with MEC on next steps […]
By Journal on April 30, 2021
Asian Development Bank grant, Covid travel restrictions, humanitarian flight, Jack Chong Gum, Marshalls Energy Company
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The Marshalls Energy Company is aiming to move two big energy-related projects forward that have been stalled for months by Covid travel restrictions. A special humanitarian flight organized by the United Nations at the request of the RMI government is in the process of being scheduled for the end of May — although because of […]
By Journal on November 26, 2020
Giff Johnson, Jack Chong Gum, Marshalls Energy Company, power outage
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GIFF JOHNSON Although the Marshalls Energy Company’s engines are old, the biggest challenge it faces to providing stable delivery of power to Majuro is its distribution system, according to General Manager Jack Chong Gum. Aging cables and transformers are the cause of many of the power outages that have affected the capital atoll over the […]
By Journal on September 27, 2019
Air Marshall Islands, KAJUR, M&D Fishing, Marshall Islands Development Bank, Marshalls Energy Company, tobolar
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Journal 10/1/1982 P1 Kwajalein talks underway in Washington No substantive word has been received here concerning the talks in Washington, DC on Kwajalein and other issues related to a compact of free association between the United States and the Marshall Islands. Kwajalein Atoll Corporation lawyer George Allen told JAC publicist Nancy Von earlier today that […]
By Journal on February 15, 2019
Education Week, Kelly Lorennij, Life Skills Academy, Marshalls Energy Company, MEC
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Monday’s Education Week college and career fair at ICC in Majuro engaged hundreds of students from numerous schools. The Marshalls Energy Company was one of many that hosted a booth to speak with students. MEC staff clearly connected with this group of Life Skills Academy students. Photo: Kelly Lorennij. Read more about this in the […]