US Labor Secretary Visits Top West Coast Ports as Union Talks Loom
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Nov 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. labor secretary on Tuesday met with unions and employers at the nation’s busiest port
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Nov 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. labor secretary on Tuesday met with unions and employers at the nation’s busiest port
By Frank Coles Over the last four months I have been lucky enough to travel between South Carolina and Key West on my own boat. We called at a
Norwegian roll-on/roll-off shipping line UECC has taken delivery of the world’s first dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC). The new
By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK, Nov 30 (Reuters) – U.S. crude oil production fell 3.5% in September after Hurricane Ida temporarily halted most crude
New ship queuing process off Southern California ports may not be perfect, but for now it’s working, according to one of the entities responsible for
By Ian Putzger in Toronto (The Loadstar) – Walmart has developed an empty space near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into a pop-up container
By Simon Casey (Bloomberg) — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., one of Canada’s largest lumber producers, said weekly lumber shipments plunged about 25% to
Forty-three percent fewer ships called at Oakland in October due to delays elsewhere, the port said. The Port of Oakland is blaming bypassing ships for a steep
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, Nov 30 (Reuters) – The docking of the Europa passenger liner in Cape Town on Tuesday was meant to be a ribbon-cutting
Maritime Partners in cooperation with Elliott Bay Design Group, e1 Marine and ABB have announced plans for the world’s first methanol-fueled towboat set
WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Walmart Inc Chief Executive Doug McMillon on Monday hailed the Biden administration’s efforts to ease supply chain
The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach have once again postponed the implementation of their new container dwell fee for another week. The delay is
Houston-based Cheniere Energy (NYSE: LNG) has announced a 20-year sale and purchase agreement to supply China-based Foran Energy Group with U.S.-produced
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has announced plans to launch a new shipboard solution that will aim to turn readily available LNG into hydrogen fuel that
Nov 29 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index posted its best day in nearly two months on Monday, boosted by stronger rates
French shipping group CMA CGM has launched a new incentive program aimed at speeding up the flow of cargo through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The
M/V Hydrogen One is being developed by Maritime Partners in cooperation with ship design from Elliott Bay Design Group and hardware from e1 Marine and ABB
By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — The organization that regulates shipping made little fresh progress toward decarbonizing the industry during a series of
Chief Cook stabs Captain 45 times on bulk carrier: “It’s done,” he tells crew mates. By Vel Moonien in Mauritius Just ten months after the
Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards has been busy in Germany in recent weeks, delivering three, specialist bespoke vessels and establishing a full-time office to
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