Tag: Alaska

• Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 08:47 UTC

  US expands its EEZ by 385,000sq km off Alaska despite not been party of UNCLOS

  

  With the stroke of a pen the US administration of president Joe Biden added nearly 250 million acres to its maritime claims, the largest administrative expansion since the establishment of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in 1983.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 04:35 UTC

  Brazil sells 11 Embraer E-175 to Alaska Airlines and partially finances the operation

  

  The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has granted financing of R$1.3 billion for the export of eleven Embraer E-175 commercial jets to Alaska Airlines, the fifth largest airline in the USA. The funding will cover a portion of Alaska’s investment in the aircraft purchase. Disbursements will be made in Brazilian Reais in Brazil, directly to Embraer.

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:20 UTC

  US shoots down a “high altitude” flying object, this time over Alaska frozen waters

  

  A United States fighter jet shot down an unidentified high altitude object overflying the state of Alaska, the second time in a week that such an operation takes place, it was announced on Friday by the White House .

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 00:17 UTC

  Alaska lobbies successfully for the return of the cruise industry

  

  The US House of Representatives this week passed a bill to give foreign-flag cruise ships a temporary cabotage waiver, enabling them to operate in Alaska without a foreign stop. The legislation earlier passed in the Senate.

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 06:22 UTC

  A 7.5 magnitude quake off Alaska triggers small tsunami waves

  

  A major 7.5-magnitude quake off the coast of Alaska triggered small tsunami waves on Monday, US agencies said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Two adventurers cross the Arctic Ocean despite the thinning ice

  

  Two adventurers have successfully crossed the Arctic Ocean on skis after persevering through brutal conditions, briefly running out of food, and struggling to traverse thin ice caused by global warming, their team said on Sunday.

• Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  BP divests from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay to concentrate in Texas shale

  

  British oil giant BP on Tuesday agreed to sell all its Alaskan properties for US$5.6 billion to privately held Hilcorp Energy Co, exiting a region where it operated for 60 years.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Some 58 grey whales stranded and dead off Alaska, mostly malnourished

  

  Dozens of grey whales have been found dead along the U.S. West Coast in recent weeks and some scientists believe the cause lies far to the north, in the heated-up Arctic waters off Alaska. Fifty-eight grey whales have been found stranded and dead so far this year in sites stretching from California to Alaska, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

• Monday, March 13th 2017 - 18:34 UTC

  Repsol announces largest onshore oil discovery in the US in three decades

  

  Spanish oil firm Repsol SA has announced the largest onshore oil discovery in the U.S. in three decades, a 1.2 billion barrel find on Alaska’s North Slope. Repsol has been actively exploring in Alaska since 2008 and finally hit a big one. The find came after drilling two wells with its partner, Armstrong Oil & Gas.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2015 - 00:00 UTC

  Obama wants to speed purchase of icebreakers for the Arctic and Russian challenge

  

  President Barack Obama on Tuesday is proposing a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic, and the United States has fallen far behind Russian resources.