{"id":1155,"date":"2014-05-13T09:18:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T13:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2018-09-04T11:00:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:00:07","slug":"commissioner-doyles-remarks-at-may-12-2014-m-v-nova-star-christening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/commissioner-doyles-remarks-at-may-12-2014-m-v-nova-star-christening\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Doyle’s Remarks at May 12, 2014 M\/V NOVA STAR Christening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>May 13, 2014<\/div>\n<p>Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dtubman@fmc.gov\">David Tubman<\/a>, Counsel to Commissioner Doyle<\/p>\n<p>“Good Morning, Honorable Mayor Pam Mood of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Minister Zach Churchill, NS Minister of Natural Resources and Canada\u2019s Consul General in Boston, Patrick Binns, and distinguished guests. \u00a0I would like to congratulate Nova Star President Mark Amundsen and COO Steve Durrell for their vision and perseverance for starting the service back up after a five year absence of this important New England to Nova Scotia service. \u00a0This service from Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia is good news for the Port of Portland and all of New England. \u00a0It spurs new economic activity for both countries. \u00a0I am a Massachusetts Maritime Academy Graduate. \u00a0I served in the U.S. Merchant Marine as an engineer\u2014and I can attest that this is a very nice looking vessel. \u00a0On behalf of President Barack Obama and the Administration we offer best wishes in making this a successful service.”<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Maritime Commission is responsible for issuing certificates for Performance and Casualty. The Nova Star service is designed to attract leisure passengers and vacationers. \u00a0It is also designed to carry commercial tractor-trailers from Nova Scotia to the U.S. \u00a0The aim is to attract trucking companies to utilize the ferry so that drivers can have a rest period while the truck is still moving across the water. \u00a0The 10-hour, 212-mile journey may fit the needs of long-haul truckers who are required to rest for 10 hours between shifts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/assets\/1\/AssetManager\/photo11-doyle.JPG\" alt=\" \" width=\"450\" height=\"336\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner William P. Doyle and Nova Scotia’s Minister of Natural Resources Zach Churchill in Boston waiting for the M\/V Nova Star to dock.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 13, 2014 Contact:\u00a0David Tubman, Counsel to Commissioner Doyle “Good Morning, Honorable Mayor Pam Mood of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Minister Zach Churchill, NS Minister of Natural Resources and Canada\u2019s Consul General in Boston, Patrick Binns, and distinguished guests. \u00a0I would like to congratulate Nova Star President Mark Amundsen and COO... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/commissioner-doyles-remarks-at-may-12-2014-m-v-nova-star-christening\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,25],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1156,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions\/1156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}