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By Sarah McGregor (Bloomberg) — After years of “unmitigated growth,” the US’s busiest port complex is facing calls to lower its carbon footprint

By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI, Sept 21 (Reuters) – India is considering allowing the overseas shipment of some rice cargoes stuck at ports after

One of the world’s largest container shipping lines and terminal operators is throwing its support behind a bill introduced in the U.S. House of

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Honolulu-based US domestic and transpacific premium carrier Matson has closed its seasonal China-California Express

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The car industry, already grappling with a shortage of semi-conductors, is now seeing another source of supply-chain

By Ivelisse Rivera and Ezequiel Abiu Lopez SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Hurricane Fiona bore

By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — Dockworkers and their employers at 29 West Coast ports will keep cargo at the busiest US maritime operations moving

The Baltic Dry Index is now up almost 80% from its 52-week low of 965 points recorded on August 31st. Sept 20 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Costs for shipping energy are surging as Europe’s scramble for supplies creates a shortage of vessels to carry essential

The video below was filmed in Turkey’s Iskenderun Port and shows an incident involving the geared cargo ship Sea Eagle taking place this past Saturday.

MARAD Administrator Ann Phillips last week testified before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, announcing two initiatives intended to

By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — The head of the second-biggest US port expects the pandemic-era surge in consumer demand that snarled supply chains

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), representing 44 national and marine market insurance and reinsurance associations, said underwriters have

By Ivelisse Rivera and Ezequiel Abiu Lopez SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/Santo Domingo, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Hurricane Fiona battered the

As part of the directives to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) contained in the three month old “Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022” (OSRA 2022), the

U.S. shipping and logistics company Crowley has awarded a time charter contract to Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) for four newbuild

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company, Inc. with a loan guarantee of

(Bloomberg) –Poland opened a canal linking the Baltic Sea with a lagoon whose only previous entrance went through Russian territorial waters. The canal

KYIV, Sept 18 (Reuters) – A total of 165 ships with 3.7 million tonnes of agricultural products on board have left Ukraine under a deal

KYIV, Sept 17 (Reuters) – The third vessel charted by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk Black Sea port with