Americas
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Maersk Supply Service awarded more work with Shell in Brazil
Maersk Supply Service (MSS) has been awarded a contract on behalf of Shell Brasil for work on the floating production…
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US east coast empty container congestion due to ‘lack of accountability’: FMC commissioner
Carl Bentzel, a commissioner with the US Federal Maritime Commission, issued a statement on August 9, after FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei’s…
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Truck drivers at Port of Baltimore protest long waits at container terminal
A group of truck drivers, most of them owner-operators, spent the day yesterday protesting at the Port of Baltimore and…
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McDermott secures more work in Qatar
Houston-headquartered McDermott International has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by QatarEnergy for the North Field South (NFS)…
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Biden’s FLOW initiative streams ahead
Yesterday, at the Department of Transportation (USDOT) , secretary Pete Buttigieg and Port Envoy Stephen Lyons hosted a convening of…
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JP Morgan snaps up railcar lease firm InStar
Institutional investors, advised by JP Morgan’s Global Transportation group, have acquired the US-based freight railcar leasing company InStar from Sightway…
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Spat between Canadian maritime unions goes public
An ugly spat between two maritime trade unions in Canada has gone public. The president of the International Longshore Workers’…
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Borr Drilling looks to raise $250m in US stock offering
Norwegian jackup rig owner Borr Drilling has moved to raise around $250m via a public offering of its common shares…
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Diamond Offshore scores $610m in new drilling contracts
Houston-based Diamond Offshore Drilling has secured new contracts worth around $610m, adding to the company’s backlog of close to $1bn.…
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Centrica seals $8.5bn US LNG supply deal
UK energy supplier Centrica has signed an agreement with US-based Delfin Midstream to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the…
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Shippers sign up for revolutionary hydrogen-powered box-carrying hydrofoil
California-based Boundary Layer Technologies announced yesterday that key Fortune 500 companies will become launch partners for its zero-emission freight service…
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US Inflation Reduction Act passed by Senate allocates $369bn for clean-energy programs
The Inflation Reduction Act passed on Sunday by the US Senate includes $369bn in investments to advance America’s clean-energy programs,…
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Louisiana oil spill as tank platform collapses
An oil tank platform collapsed at the Hilcorp Caillou Island facility in Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana, on Monday, spilling thousands of…
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Massive fire at Cuba’s largest port for crude oil and fuel imports threatens electricity generation
Lightning struck a crude oil storage tank at Cuba’s main oil terminal in Matanzas on Friday, sparking a massive fire.…
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FMC chairman says lines should compensate shippers, truckers forced to store containers because of port congestion
After a meeting last week at the Port of New York and New Jersey, US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) chairman…
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Virginia regulators approve Dominion’s 2.6 GW offshore wind farm
The Virginia State Corporation Commission has given the green light to Dominion Energy for its 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore…
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Freeport LNG resolves fire case
Freeport LNG Development, an LNG export company headquartered in Houston, Texas, and the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) have…
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FMC unveils plan for data collection initiative mandated by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is seeking public comments on its proposed plan for gathering import and export information…
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Avangrid to run first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US
Iberdrola’s Avangrid has finalised an agreement to assume operations and management for the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1, the first…
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Port Authority of NY and NJ announces new container imbalance fee to minimise congestion due to excess empty containers
The Port of New York and New Jersey will implement a new container imbalance fee for ocean carriers as part…
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