Americas
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Hyundai Heavy and DSME enter final round for giant Petrobras FPSO contract
Two of South Korea’s largest yards are in the final round competing against each other for the largest FPSO contract…
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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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Algoma slapped with $500,000 oily bilge water fine
Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation has been fined $500,000 in an American court after pleading guilty to dumping unprocessed oily bilge…
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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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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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Panama Canal Authority postpones planned price hike
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has postponed by six weeks price increases on canal transit fees which were due to…
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Rio Grande LNG project taps into Mitsubishi Heavy CO2 capture tech
US LNG project developer NextDecade and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), have signed an engineering…
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Brazil cuts red tape for port bids
Brazil has simplified its port terminal investment rules, cutting red tape as it aims to get more investments along its…
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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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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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Convictions handed down in giant MSC cocaine bust
Convictions are being handed down in one of the US’s biggest ever drugs busts. A record-breaking 20 tons of cocaine,…
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Seacor liftboat capsizes off Louisiana
The US Coast Guard and a number of vessels in Louisiana rescued six people and are searching for more after…
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Ulstein wins engineering contract for US rock installation vessel
North America’s dredging player Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has contracted Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein to carry out…
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Chevron and Moreld invest in Ocergy’s floating wind tech
US-based Ocergy has secured investments from Chevron Technology Ventures and Norwegian industrial group Moreld Ocean Wind (MOW). The Series A…
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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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Navigator takes over Ultragas
Fresh from taking a 39.1% stake in Navigator Holdings in December, Andreas Sohmen-Pao, increasingly seen as shipping’s consolidator-in-chief, has helped…
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VAALCO Energy appoints new CEO
Houston-based VAALCO Energy has selected George Maxwell to succeed Cary Bounds as the company’s new chief executive officer effective April…
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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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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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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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