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Ports and Logistics
Maersk Growth among investors in Torch short-haul freight network
Maersk Growth and several venture-capital companies have together invested $3.5m in Torch, a 3PL platform focused on the short-haul segment.…
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Offshore
Search continues for missing crew of Seacor liftboat
The search continues for the missing crew from , a 129-ft liftboat that capsized in stormy weather around 4:30 pm…
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Offshore
US Appeals Court puts end to legal fight over Arctic offshore oil and gas leasing
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week ruled that an executive order by President Biden made…
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Operations
Wind blades create logistical challenge in world’s largest non-containerised cargo operation
Three wind blades, each measuring 72.5 m long and weighing 21 tons, have become the world’s largest non-containerised cargo. The…
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Ports and Logistics
Truck drivers strike at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Truck drivers at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, represented by the Teamsters union, started strike action against Universal Logistics…
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Offshore
Castello Branco removed as Petrobras CEO
Roberto da Cunha Castello Branco has been removed as CEO of Petrobras through a vote by shareholders on Monday. Chief…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Montreal labour relations worsen
The Maritime Employers Association (MEA) at Canada’s Port of Montreal on Saturday morning gave 72 hours’ notice to the Canadian…
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Shipyards
Canada’s Innovation Maritime to develop recyclable vessels, testing new techniques for shipbuilders
Transport Canada last week announced its C$200,000 ($159,000) funding contribution toward the design and development of more environmentally responsible vessels.…
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Ports and Logistics
America’s first new terminal in more than a decade opens as nation battles severe port congestion
The 3,237 teu will come to berth today in North Charleston on the US east coast to much fanfare, the…
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Ports and Logistics
Northwest ports in Canada, US commit to phase out maritime emissions by 2050
Four ports on the North American west coast – the Port of Vancouver in Canada, and the Ports of Seattle…
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Containers
Top carriers adopting DCSA track and trace standards
Nine of the container-shipping industry’s top carriers – the members of the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA): CMA CGM, Evergreen,…
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Operations
50% of newbuilds contain asbestos despite ban, tests find
Shipowners may be surprised to find their ‘asbestos-free’ ships are not, in fact, asbestos-free. According to Maritec, which provides marine…
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Americas
Takeover of Seacor Holdings nearing completion
In December 2020, Seacor Holdings, a company publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, announced that it had entered…
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Americas
Limited maritime spend in Biden’s $2trn infrastructure plans
On March 31, the White House released a fact sheet about its American Jobs Plan – referred to by President…
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Americas
Buttigieg sets aside $230m for US port developments
US secretary of transportation Pete Buttigieg this week announced the availability of $230m in grant funding for port and intermodal…
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