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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Floating Offshore Wind Pipeline Sees Explosive Growth
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Floating Offshore Wind Pipeline Sees Explosive Growth

The global pipeline of floating offshore wind projects has more than doubled in terms of capacity in the past year with the UK leading the charge, according to

October 12, 2022
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Awarded Dredging Contracts Worth At Least $143 Million
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Awarded Dredging Contracts Worth At Least $143 Million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced Wednesday the receipt of

October 12, 2022
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An inland tug and barges moves along a river under a bridge
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Barge Shipping Whack-a-Mole: Closures on Ohio River as Mississippi Bottleneck Improves

By Brian K. Sullivan, Joe Deaux and Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) — The Mississippi River isn’t out of the woods as falling water levels along its

October 12, 2022
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
ningbo port congestion
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IMF Lowers Outlook for Global Economy

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its outlook for the global economy amid high inflation and downside risks on multiple fronts. According to the

October 11, 2022
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Stock photo of a barge on the Mississippi River
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U.S. Gulf Grain Exports Slowed by Low Mississippi River

By Karl Plume Oct 11 (Reuters) – U.S. crop exports at Louisiana Gulf Coast terminals were at their lowest level in nine years for the first

October 11, 2022
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an overhead view of port of los angeles docks
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U.S. Import Volume Heads South in September, But Still Above Pre-Pandemic Levels

U.S. container import volumes have finally started to fall off the proverbial cliff that some in the industry have been predicting for months. Data analytics

October 11, 2022
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A containership arrives at the Port of Rotterdam
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Spain’s Cepsa Signs Green Hydrogen Shipping Deal with Rotterdam Port

MADRID, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Spanish oil and gas group Cepsa has signed a deal with the Dutch port of Rotterdam to ship green hydrogen from southern

October 11, 2022
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Maersk ship entering the Port of Rotterdam. Photo: Shutterstock
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Maersk Rides Shipping’s Roller-Coaster Year

By Christian Wienberg and Jonas Ekblom (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is having either the greatest year in its 118-year history or the worst in

October 11, 2022
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Ellie M, a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship carrying Ukrainian corn, waits for the inspection at the anchorage area of the Bosphorus southern entrance in Istanbul, Turkey
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Ukraine Grain Backlog Prompts Call for Faster Ship Inspections

By Jonathan Spicer and Can Sezer ISTANBUL, Oct 11 (Reuters) – With nearly 100 grain-laden ships reaching towards the horizon off Istanbul, the

October 11, 2022
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Monday, October 10, 2022
containership underway
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Consortium Reports ‘Meaningful Progress’ in Atlas Takeover Negotiations

A consortium made up of existing major shareholders of NYSE-listed Atlas (ATCO) Corporation and Ocean Network Express is reporting “meaningful

October 10, 2022
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OOCL Kicks Off Another Turbo-Charged Earnings Season for Container Shipping
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OOCL Kicks Off Another Turbo-Charged Earnings Season for Container Shipping

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The Q3 ocean carrier reporting season has kicked off with OOCL’s third-quarter turbo-charged operational numbers.

October 10, 2022
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Mississippi River Barge Backup Eases as Closures Reopen
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Mississippi River Barge Backup Eases as Closures Reopen

By Victoria Cavaliere (Bloomberg) — A backup of more than 2,000 boats and barges on the Mississippi River is being cleared as two closures along the

October 10, 2022
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cnooc-lng-terminal
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China’s Dependence On LNG Imports Worries Leaders

China's leaders worry that the country is too dependent on imports of liquefied natural

October 10, 2022
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Sunday, October 9, 2022
Port of Rotterdam. Photo Credit: Aerovista Luchtfotografie / Shutterstock.com
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When Will The Supply Chain Return To Normal?

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) Few observers have had a better perch to watch the pandemic slowly clog — and now free up — one of the biggest arteries of

October 9, 2022
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Saturday, October 8, 2022
Mississippi Barge Backup Stalls Millions of Tons of Cargo
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Mississippi Barge Backup Stalls Millions of Tons of Cargo

By Sophie Caronello (Bloomberg) Prolonged drought is jeopardizing waterborne trade along the Mississippi River, a basin that produces 92% of the

October 8, 2022
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Friday, October 7, 2022
U.S. Maritime Industry’s Expanded Reach is Not Without its Risks  
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U.S. Maritime Industry’s Expanded Reach is Not Without its Risks  

By Ira Breskin NEW YORK— Recognizing potential risks attached to the US maritime industry’s expanded reach was the theme of the Navy League’s

October 7, 2022
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Stock photo of a barge on the Mississippi River
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Grain Shippers Facing Mississippi River Drought Race Against Winter

By Joe Deaux, Michael Hirtzer and Kim Chipman (Bloomberg) Shippers struggling to move grains and fertilizer along a dried-up Mississippi River are also racing

October 7, 2022
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Port of savannah ship loading at berth
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U.S. Imports’ Growth Has ‘Run Out of Steam’

The heady growth of U.S. imports that were a hallmark of the pandemic era has come to end. A new Global Ports Tracker report released Friday by the National

October 7, 2022
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Labor Secretary Walsh Assured by ‘Fluid’ West Coast Port Labor Negotiations
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Labor Secretary Walsh Assured by ‘Fluid’ West Coast Port Labor Negotiations

By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — The talks to broker a deal for 22,000 dockworkers on the West Coast are moving along, despite dragging longer than

October 7, 2022
Total Views: 1227

container ship port
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Worst Yet to Come for Container Shipping’s ‘Dramatic’ Spot Rate Collapse

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers could be forced to mothball more eastbound transpacific US west coast loops, and the vessels that

October 7, 2022
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