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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) Director, George H. Cohen, today issued a promising statement concerning the ongoing

DP World announced significant restructuring moves today whereby the global port operator divested its entire interest in Dubai and Aden Ports Corporation

A rail-mounted Siwertell ship unloader with a rated capacity of 1,500 tph will be used to discharge coal at a greenfield power plant under construction near

– by Bruce Vail As anxiety over the possibility of a major U.S. dock strike rises, shipping unions here and abroad are responding with a show of

AMSTERDAM–Dutch dredging and maritime services provider Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (BOKA.AE) said Thursday that its Smit Lamnalco associate has been

The U.S. Government Accountability Office today offered praise to the Department of Homeland Security’s work towards improved maritime security on

MOSCOW–APM Terminals, the port-operating arm of Danish industrial group A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (MAERSK-B.KO), said Monday that it has acquired a stake

Federal mediators have stepped in to try to jumpstart stalled contract negotiations between dockworkers and employers at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports, a

Kenya, East Africa’s largest economy, is moving to spend $25 billion on a second port, a crude pipeline and roads that will open up export routes in a

The International Longshoremen’s Association has sent a written request for final contract terms to the group representing U.S. East and Gulf Coast port

Editor’s Note: While Hurricane Isaac mostly spared Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production, concerns are mounting over the condition of Port Fourchon, LA

Foss Maritime on Tuesday announced plans to build the first three vessels of its new Arctic Class of tugs as the company responds to growing demand and new

U.S. retailers could be forced within days to find alternative ways to import goods unless the threat of a strike by domestic dockworkers at ports stretching

The Port of Miami on Friday announced that it has struck a deal with the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers that allows for a massive dredging project to go

The Saudi Port Authority has recently taken delivery of three Robert Allan designed RAmparts 3200-W tugs. The tugs, named Rasalkir 1, Rasalkir 2 and Rasalkir

Contract negotiations between dockworkers and employers at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports have turned frosty, raising the specter of labor unrest during the

One of Foss Maritime’s hybrid tugs suffered a fire in her machinery space on Monday after having just completed a ship assist job in the Port of Long

(Bloomberg) — Growth in Hamburg is stalling as Europe’s fiscal crisis spreads into China and other Asian countries, threatening the recovery of

HONG KONG–Container shipper Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. (0316.HK) said Thursday it signed contracts to buy US$347 million worth of equipment

Seattle and the Puget Sound area has a long maritime and naval history, and it’s no surprise that it’s one of our top-visited cities to gCaptain.