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Renewables
NY Bight offshore wind lease auction to continue into a third day, bids now total more than $3.3bn
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) offshore wind auction currently underway for leases of six areas in the…
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Ports and Logistics
Canada’s Prince Rupert Port exploring addition of second container terminal
DP World and the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) have entered into a two-year agreement to assess the feasibility of…
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Americas
US Department of Transportation announces $450m in funding to expand port capacity
The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced on February 23 nearly $450m in newly available grant funding for…
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Renewables
BOEM’s New York Bight offshore wind lease auction continues into second day
Bids on the six areas off the coast of New York and New Jersey in this week’s offshore wind lease…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Corpus Christi looks to develop green fuels hub on Texas Gulf Coast
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Apex Clean Energy, funds…
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Offshore
TotalEnergies and APA make ‘significant’ oil and gas discovery offshore Suriname
TotalEnergies and APA Corporation have made a significant new oil and associated gas discovery at the Krabdagu-1 well, in the…
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Renewables
Prysmian to build new cable plant in northeast US to support Vineyard Wind deal
Italy’s Prysmian Group has signed a contract for the purchase of land at Brayton Point in Somerset, Massachusetts, where it…
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Bunkering
Bunker Holding and Renewable Energy Group enter strategic partnership to advance biodiesel use
Bunker Holding Group, a supplier and trader of marine fuels, and Renewable Energy Group (REG), a producer and supplier of…
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Offshore
American Offshore Worker Fairness Act introduced in Senate and House of Representatives
Republican Bill Cassidy introduced on February 17 the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act in the US Senate. Republican Garret Graves…
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Renewables
Wave energy technology takes a step forward
The marine energy team at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has created a wave energy system designed to…
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Ports and Logistics
California leases six properties to store up to 20,000 containers off port
The government of California has leased six sites for the storage of shipping containers to help alleviate congestion at the…
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Offshore
Petrobras moves forward with sale of E&P assets in Gulf of Mexico
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has begun the non-binding phase of the sale of Petrobras America Inc.’s 20% interest in MP…
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Containers
Global port congestion shows little sign of improvement
Container shipping analysts around the world have this week been providing updates on the global port congestion picture with shippers…
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Americas
New FMC commissioner Max Vekich brings labour perspective to agency
Max Vekich was sworn-in on February 15 as a commissioner of the US Federal Maritime Commission for a term expiring…
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Ports and Logistics
Scientists urge government to reject proposed terminal expansion at Port of Vancouver
A group of Canadian and international scientists has written to Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Steven Guilbeault,…
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Ports and Logistics
Ceres Terminals to lease TraPac Jacksonville container terminal, commits to modernisation
Jaxport, Florida’s largest container port, has signed Ceres Terminals to a 20-year lease of the TraPac Jacksonville container terminal. The…
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Ports and Logistics
FMC says non-profit PierPass at Los Angeles and Long Beach is making millions in profits
US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) chairman Daniel Maffei issued a statement on Friday on a proposed change that “would make…
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Containers
Liner shipping issues its pathway to zero-carbon shipping
The World Shipping Council, a liner lobbying group, announced on February 10 its six critical pathways to zero-carbon shipping. In…
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Containers
Congestion to ease with US imports forecast to slow down
US imports are expected to grow modestly during the first half of 2022, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Paranaguá bulk terminal concession auction set for April
The Administration of the Ports of Paranaguá and Antonina will hold an auction on April 1 for the 10-year lease…
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