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competitiveness. 
PRESS RELEASES FROM
2004
November
Weekly News Digest (11/26/04)
October
Maritime
Administrator Signs Preliminary Agreement for Poland Avenue Wharf
Transfer (10/27/04)
Two Vessels Set to Leave James River Reserve Fleet
10/26/04)
U.S.
Deputy Maritime Administrator John Jamian Witnesses Firsthand Economic
Growth At River’s Edge (10/20/04)
U.S.
Deputy Maritime Administrator Witnesses Firsthand Booming Business on
Great Lakes (10/7/4)
September
U.S.
Maritime Administrator Witnesses Firsthand Booming Business on Great
Lakes (9/29/04)
U.S.
Maritime Administrator Witnesses Firsthand Booming Business on Great
Lakes (9/29/04)
August
American Ranger To Leave James River Reserve Fleet;
Progress Continues With More Ships Scheduled to Depart This Summer
(8/25/04)
July
Santa Cruz
To Leave James River Reserve Fleet July 29th
Progress Continues With More Ships Scheduled to Depart This Summer
(7/28/04)
Newport
News Ship and Crew Honored for Role in Haiti, Work in North Atlantic;
SS Flickertail State Receives Professional Ship Award (7/15/04)
Cruise
Passenger Travel Grows 13.6 Percent (7/12/04)
Cruise Ship Pride of Aloha Christened; First of Three
Cruise Ships Expected to Bring Tens of Thousands of Jobs to U.S. Citizens
(7/4/04)
June
Maritime
Administration Announces Three Contracts to Remove Ships from the
James River Reserve Fleet (6/24/04)
Pride of Aloha First of Three Cruise Ships to Join U.S.-Flag Fleet
(6/7/04)
May
Portland Waterfront Gets Boost From Oil Rig Project;
U.S. Maritime Administrator Captain William Schubert Tours Port To Discuss
Maritime Issues (5/14/04)
Merchant Marine to be Honored in World War II Memorial Dedication
(5/6/04)
February
Cruise
Passenger Travel Grows 8 Percent; New York and Galveston Post Big
Gains (2/13/04)
January
Iraqi Freedom Resupply Ships Load at Port of Wilmington, North
Carolina (1/23/04)
Maritime Administration Approves Deepwater Liquid Natural Gas Port
(1/15/04)
Portland Waterfront Gets Boost from Oil Rig Construction Project
(1/8/04)
Test Results Published on Security Seals (1/7/04)
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