Americas
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Vietnam taking significant volume of US-bound box exports away from China
Global trade patterns are being remoulded at a fast clip, with reshoring now clearly diminishing China’s dominance in the transpacific…
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Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern complete combination
Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern today completed their $31bn combination to create Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), establishing the…
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US west coast faces up to box exodus
Threats to the supply chain are seeing shippers ditch the US west coast. Canadian software provider Descartes has counted that…
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Heavyweight investors buy into Vortexa
Eyeing an opportunity in a rapidly consolidating space, New York-based venture capital firm Communitas Capital has taken a stake in…
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Transocean drillship secures more work with Petrobras
New York-listed offshore driller Transocean has seen its charter deal with Brazil’s Petrobras for the ultra-deepwater drillship extended until January…
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Marco Polo Marine taps ammonia-to-power startup Amogy for its offshore wind fleet
Singapore offshore vessel player and shipyard Marco Polo Marine has partnered with US-based startup Amogy to install ammonia-to-power systems on…
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US Defense Department challenged by sites selected for wind development off Atlantic coast
A map created by the US Defense Department that identifies areas off the country’s Atlantic coast earmarked by the Biden…
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24-hour strike by Argentina’s grain inspectors stops shipments, more stoppages planned this week
Grain inspectors in Argentina held a 24-hour strike on Monday to protest high taxes that are cutting into their wages.…
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Bourbon forms Guyanese offshore vessel venture with local company
French offshore vessel player Bourbon has formed a joint venture in Guyana in which the local company Tethys Marine &…
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Oceanica adds another Chevalier vessel
Brazil’s Oceanica has picked up an accommodation vessel CF Aurora from Chevalier Floatels. The 2009-built vessel adds to the previously…
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BP starts oil production at Argos platform in Gulf of Mexico
BP has started oil production at its Argos offshore platform, the company’s fifth platform in the Gulf of Mexico and…
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US Department of Energy approves LNG project in Alaska
The US Department of Energy last week approved exports of liquefied natural gas from a facility planned for Alaska.After conducting…
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Chevron and Angelicoussis Group explore ammonia shipping
Chevron is teaming up with Greece’s Angelicoussis Group to explore how tankers can be used to transport ammonia. Ammonia in…
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Union actions at LA and Long Beach branded illegal
The standoff between the unions and the employees on the US west coast is sparking some choice words, and keeping…
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Employers and union at Port of Halifax reach tentative agreement
Locals of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the Halifax Employers Association (HEA) reached a tentative agreement on April 12…
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Bear Head receives environmental approval for green hydrogen and ammonia project in Nova Scotia
Bear Head Energy has received environmental assessment approval from the Nova Scotia Minister of Environment and Climate Change for the…
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Navigator adds final ship under Greater Bay ethylene carrier venture
A joint venture between New York-listed handysize gas carrier owner and operator Navigator Holding and its Chinese partner Greater Bay…
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Three Canadian ports hit by cyber attacks
The Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia and the ports of Montreal and Quebec in the province of Quebec were…
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Box giant Triton sold for $4.7bn
Toronto-based Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is buying Triton International, the world’s largest owner of containers, for $4.7bn. “We believe this transaction…
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Veson Nautical acquires VesselsValue
Boston-based shipping software company Veson Nautical has sealed a deal to acquire UK online pricing platform VesselsValue for an undisclosed…
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