Charleston Progress on New Container Terminal; Cruise Project Stalled
Construction of the first new container terminal in the US in more than a decade is…
Month: August 2020
NYK, JMU, ClassNK start R&D on ammonia as marine fuel
Three Japanese firms – NYK Line, Japan Marine United (JMU), ClassNK – have agreed to…
Beirut and Mauritius catastrophes trigger call for urgent action on Yemen Oil Tanker
This single-hull FSO Safer, a 46-year-old converted tanker currently siting just off the port of…
World’s heaviest cargo operation finishes successfully by Tandem of Mobile Harbour Cranes
The Port of Bronka has successfully loaded a reactor weighing more than 300 tons from…
Crane Vessel Sleipnir Sets New Record for Platform Jacket Lift
Image courtesy Heerema The world’s largest crane vessel, Heerema’s Sleipnir, has lifted and removed the…
Cargo ship runs aground
General cargo ship GLOBE 6 ran aground at around 2330 UTC Aug 12 in Bulalacao…
Three tanker crew die while cleansing cargo tank, Philippines
Three crew of tanker ANDRINA 200 reportedly, were cleansing cargo tank and inhaled fumes from…
Jamaica includes seafarers as ‘essential workers’
According to the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), an estimated 600,000 seafarers are waiting for…
Nine abducted FPSO crew members released
Following reports from BW Offshore, the nine Nigerian seafarers who had been abducted last month…
Port volumes in the US affected as retail import sees lowest annual total in four years
Global Port Tracker, which is produced forNational Retail Federation (NRF by the consulting firm Hackett…