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Trade missions are a critical part of British Columbia's strategy to diversify its international trading partners and secure new investment, propelling economic activity and job creation throughout the province.
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Tokyo Fish Market
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A delivery worker at the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo.
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Tsukiji Market in Tokyo.
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Tokyo Fish Market
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While in Manila, Premier Clark visited the historic Rizal Park and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony, paying respect to Philippine national hero José Rizal. Rizal, a poet, journalist, doctor and activist, was executed in 1896, which precipitated the Philippine Revolution against the Kingdom of Spain.
Delivery man loading a truck.
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While in Manila, Premier Clark visited the historic Rizal Park and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony, paying respect to Philippine national hero José Rizal. Rizal, a poet, journalist, doctor and activist, was executed in 1896, which precipitated the Philippine Revolution against the Kingdom of Spain.
Premier Clark visited the University of Santo Tomas to meet students who are going to British Columbia to take part in a University of British Columbia summer program, another example of the close people-to-people and cultural ties between BC and the Philippines.
Splish splash! Richmond-based waterpark company, WhiteWater West, is making waves in China with the signing of a new agreement to develop an all-season waterpark in Hong Kong.
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"Perekop" is a Smol'nyy Class (Project 887) Training Ship built by A. Warski Shipyard in Szczecin, Poland, in 1978. She is homeported in Kronshtadt.
Displacement: 7.270 tons full load
Dimensions: 138 x 17.2 x 5.53 meters/452.8 x 56.4 x 18.1 feet
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 16,000 bhp, 20 knots
Crew: 132 + 30 instructors + 300 cadets
Radar: Angara-M Head Net-C 3D air search
Sonar: Shelon hull-mounted MF
EW: Watch Dog Intercept suite
Armament: 2 dual 76.2/59 cal. DP; 2 dual 30mm AA; 1 RBU-2500; ASA RL
Classification: Uchebnoye Sudno (Training Ship)
A delivery worker at the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo.
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Ally Bank headquarters
Chase Bank/Quicken Loans/Rocket Mortgage
Chrysler House, foreground
Guardian Building
Penobscot Building
Warehouse delivery in Tokyo.
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A 66-year-old veteran of World War II, squared away and still serving.
As USS Sioux, AT-75 (later ATF-75), this ship was in the midst of the Pacific War:
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
and on 14 May 1945 her 40mm guns sank a Japanese "kaiten" two-man suicide submarine, sometimes called a "human torpedo".
USS Sioux went on to participate in nuclear bomb testing operations in the Pacific after the war ended, and then served in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War.
USS Sioux was awarded 4 Battle Stars for service in World War II, and 8 Battle Stars for Vietnam War service.
From the shipshape appearance of this little ship, it's fair to say that her Turkish Navy crew knows her history and appreciates its significance. She's been around.
Characteristics:
Displacement: 1675 tons full load
Dimensions: 62.5 x 11.5 x 5.2 metres
Speed: 16 knots
Crew: 85 (9 officers)
Weapons:
Guns: 1 x 76mm; 2 x 20mm
Sensors:
Radars: Navigation
Comments:
Transferred from USN on 9 March 1973. Purchased on 15 August 1973. Near sister to submarine salvage ship TCG KURTARAN.
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh hosts Liz Truss, British Secretary of State for International Trade at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC on Monday, July 12, 2021. USDA photo by Tom Witham.
The Sky Wonder was built in 1984 by Chantiers de Nord et de la Mediterranee of La Seyne-Sur Mer in France for the Italian Cruise Company, Sitmar. In keeping with the rest of the Sitmar fleet she was originally named Fairsky and was registered in Liberia. In September 1988, when Sitmar was purchased by Princess Cruises, she was renamed the Sky Princess and re-registered in London, England.
In October 2000 she was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia under the name Pacific Sky. Replacing the 1957-built Fair Princess, Pacific Sky's modernised facilities made her popular with Australian cruise passengers. Between 2000 and 2006, Pacific Sky carried 275,000 passengers on 200 cruises. Her popularity prompted the expansion of the P&O Australia fleet to include Pacific Sun (2004), and Pacific Dawn (Nov 2007).
In May 2006, the transfer from P&O Cruises Australia to Pullmantur Cruises in Spain was made, after a series of 33 seven-day cruises based out of Singapore. Currently registered in Malta, the Sky Wonder displays Valletta as its home port. The US-built Regal Princess took SkyWonder's place in the P&O Cruises fleet in mid-2007.
Sky Wonder is 240.4 metres in length and 29.8 metres in width at her widest point. Her draft is approximately 8.5 metres, but this figure varies with respect to the amount of stores, fuel and water onboard. The size of a cruise ship is expressed in gross tonnage, which is actually a measurement of the vessel's volume and not the actual weight. Sky Wonder is rated at 46,087 gross tons.
Sky Wonder is powered by steam turbines, and is one of the last steam turbine cruise ships in the world. While at sea she operates on two or three boilers depending on the speed required. When two are in use, she can achieve a maximum speed of 19.8 knots; when all three boilers are in use then she can steam at a maximum of 21.8 knots, which equates to 29,500 shaft horsepower. At full speed she can consume up to 220 tonnes of fuel oil a day.
The vessel has two fixed pitch propellers and a single rudder. She is fitted with one bow and one stern thruster; these are propellers located within transverse tunnels below the waterline and allow the vessel to maneuver from one side to another during docking and undocking.
Sky Wonder has fitted with two retractable stabilizer fins, which can be extended either individually or together depending on the sea conditions. Each fin is 4 metres long and 1.5 metres wide. They are controlled by hydraulic rams and are fed information from gyroscopes which sense the vessel's rolling motion. When in use they can reduce the amount of the vessels roll by up to 85% but they have no effect on the ship's pitching motion.
Sky Wonder has two anchors, one on each bow. Each anchor weighs a hefty nine tonnes and is attached to approximately 80 tonnes of anchor chain.
Sky Wonder has had a history of incidents under her various names. Most recently, she ran aground off a Turkish port, and has previously run aground, broken down in mid-ocean, and suffered both mechanical and other problems.
While in Manila, Premier Clark visited the historic Rizal Park and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony, paying respect to Philippine national hero José Rizal. Rizal, a poet, journalist, doctor and activist, was executed in 1896, which precipitated the Philippine Revolution against the Kingdom of Spain.
Stacks of "intermodal" shipping containers
Port of Long Beach, California.
These steel containers, which can be efficiently loaded, carried and unloaded from ships, trains and trucks revolutionized international trade starting in the 1960s. Trade as we know it, for good and ill, would not be possible without the standardization of shipping containers.
See "The simple steel box that transformed global trade" by the BBC, here:
www.bbc.com/news/business-38305512
Port of Long Beach:
(C) Photograph copyright 2009 Ivan Safyan Abrams. All rights reserved.
This class of submarines was built in Turkey, with some German assistance. They can dive to a depth of 250 meters, and have long range and modern combat systems.
Characteristics:
Displacement: 1586 tons dived
Dimensions: 62 x 6.2 x 5.5 metres
Speed, Range: 15 knots, 8200 miles at 8 kts.
Crew: 30 (8 officers)
Weapons:
Missiles: Harpoon SSM
Torpedoes: Tigerfish Mk 24 Mod 2; STN Atlas DM2A4 14 Harpoons & Torpedoes;
8 - 533mm bow tubes
Sensors:
Radars: surface search
Sonars: CSU-83 passive & active search and attack; TAS-3 towed array
Trade missions are a critical part of British Columbia's strategy to diversify its international trading partners and secure new investment, propelling economic activity and job creation throughout the province.
news.gov.bc.ca/stories/trade-mission-to-korea-the-philipp...
The new office in Manila is BC's first office in Southeast Asia. It will support BC companies seeking to do business in the Philippines and will help Philippine companies find investment opportunities in BC. The Philippines is the centre of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region and a strategic location for BC to begin establishing an on-the-ground presence in Southeast Asia.
Premier Clark visited the University of Santo Tomas to meet students who are going to British Columbia to take part in a University of British Columbia summer program, another example of the close people-to-people and cultural ties between BC and the Philippines.
The new office in Manila is BC's first office in Southeast Asia. It will support BC companies seeking to do business in the Philippines and will help Philippine companies find investment opportunities in BC. The Philippines is the centre of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region and a strategic location for BC to begin establishing an on-the-ground presence in Southeast Asia.
Tokyo Fish Market
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Trade missions are a critical part of British Columbia's strategy to diversify its international trading partners and secure new investment, propelling economic activity and job creation throughout the province.
news.gov.bc.ca/stories/trade-mission-to-korea-the-philipp...
FDA’s Howard Sklamberg and Cynthia Schnedar tour new sample testing facilities at the FDA’s office in India.
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Scenes from Al Obaied Crop Market, North Kordofan Workers sort, repack and ship Gum Arabic lots. Photo: Salahaldeen Nadir / World Bank
Expanding and strengthening international trade relationships helps create jobs in BC by continuing to nurture existing connections and develop new ones. Building business and government connections overseas opens opportunities for BC businesses and also helps foster investment in BC’s growing and diverse economy.
China has emerged as BC’s second largest trading partner, and the 2015 trade mission, to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzen and Hong Kong, expands and strengthens that relationship.
While in Manila, Premier Clark visited the historic Rizal Park and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony, paying respect to Philippine national hero José Rizal. Rizal, a poet, journalist, doctor and activist, was executed in 1896, which precipitated the Philippine Revolution against the Kingdom of Spain.
While in Manila, Premier Clark visited the historic Rizal Park and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony, paying respect to Philippine national hero José Rizal. Rizal, a poet, journalist, doctor and activist, was executed in 1896, which precipitated the Philippine Revolution against the Kingdom of Spain.
Trade missions are a critical part of British Columbia's strategy to diversify its international trading partners and secure new investment, propelling economic activity and job creation throughout the province.
news.gov.bc.ca/stories/trade-mission-to-korea-the-philipp...
This class of submarines was built in Turkey, with some assistance from Germany. They can dive to a depth of 250 meters, and have long-range and very modern combat systems.
Characteristics:
Displacement: 1586 tons dived
Dimensions: 62 x 6.2 x 5.5 metres
Speed, Range: 15 knots, 8200 miles at 8 kts.
Crew: 30 (8 officers)
Weapons:
Missiles: Harpoon SSM
Torpedoes: Tigerfish Mk 24 Mod 2; STN Atlas DM2A4 14 Harpoons & Torpedoes;
8 - 533mm bow tubes
Sensors:
Radars: surface search
Sonars: CSU-83 passive & active search and attack; TAS-3 towed array
Scenes from Al Obaied Crop Market, North Kordofan Workers sort, repack and ship Gum Arabic lots. Photo: Salahaldeen Nadir / World Bank
Scenes from Al Obaied Crop Market, North Kordofan Workers sort, repack and ship Gum Arabic lots. Photo: Salahaldeen Nadir / World Bank
Premier Clark also met with representatives of the Ayala Corporation to encourage the business conglomerate to expand its investment in BC and to establish a North American head office in Vancouver. To date, Ayala's subsidiary Ayala Land has made real estate investments in the province and Ayala subsidiary Globe Telecom has conducted business with a number of BC technology firms.
CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske makes remarks prior to having Brenda Smith sworn in as Assistant Commissioner of International Trade for Customs and Border Protection. Photo by James Tourtellotte.
Scenes from Al Obaied Crop Market, North Kordofan Workers sort, repack and ship Gum Arabic lots. Photo: Salahaldeen Nadir / World Bank
A commemorative monument unveiled today in the historic Cumberland Chinese Cemetery recognizes the contributions of Chinese Canadians to BC’s rich cultural, historical and economic mosaic.
Learn More: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017MIT0003-000063
Brenda Smith is sworn in as Assistant Commissioner of International Trade for Customs and Border Protection. “Trade is critical to our way of life. It can get very complex very quickly as we focus on global supply chains which wind through numerous countries and many partners, but at the end of the day, it is about the safety, security and economic viability of the goods we buy every day.“ she said after being sworn in. Photo by James Tourtellotte.
China-based technology company Huawei and Canadian operator Telus teamed up to establish a '5G Living Lab', as announced during Premier Christy Clark's 2015 trade mission to China.
China has emerged as BC’s second largest trading partner, and the 2015 trade mission, to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzen and Hong Kong, expands and strengthens that relationship.
LEARN MORE: news.gov.bc.ca/09625
Scenes from Al Obaied Crop Market, North Kordofan Workers sort, repack and ship Gum Arabic lots. Photo: Salahaldeen Nadir / World Bank
Dinner is served! Celebrated Vancouver chef, Nathan Fong, was joined by International Trade Minister Teresa Wat in Vietnam to help promote trade and the agrifoods industry of BC. Promoting the appeal and quality of B.C. agrifood and seafood was the focus of the Canadian Food Festival in Ho Chi Minh City with ambrosia apples from BC Tree Fruits, frozen cherries from Jealous Fruits and dried berry product from Tropical Link on display along with Pacific Rim Shellfish and the Underwater Harvesters Association's seafood delicacies.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015MIT0049-001873