January COVID Cases Among U.S. West Coast Longshore Workers Top 2021 Total
By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — About 1,700 dockworkers at West Coast ports have tested positive for Covid-19 in January, stretching capacity at the
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By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — About 1,700 dockworkers at West Coast ports have tested positive for Covid-19 in January, stretching capacity at the
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission met during both open and closed session Thursday to be briefed on the Commission’s efforts to address ocean
The 2021 Q4 earnings reports will soon be coming in. While shipping investors have done well with container and drybulk names, the tanker market has struggled-
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The cellular fleet grew by 4.5% last year, to 24.97m teu, but capacity was cut on some routes as carriers re-deployed
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world’s largest container shipping company, will re-route its ships along the west coast of Greece to reduce the
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has released its 2022 State of the Cruise Industry Outlook report, showing the pandemic’s far-reaching effects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $25 million in funding to support research and development of commercially-viable renewable wave power
Seeking to aid climate research and weather forecasts, the world’s now-second largest shipping line will make millions of weather observations covering
ROME, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Shipping company MSC, which has teamed up with Lufthansa to potentially bid for ITA Airways, wants a majority stake in the
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group Inc. (ARC) has increased its fleet of U.S.-flag roll-on/roll-off carriers with the addition two secondhand ships. The
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is claiming to have conducted the world’s first sea trial of an unmanned autonomous containership.
Classification society DNV been selected to lead an ammonia bunkering safety study by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) in Singapore. The
The US containership company Matson, which has been making record profits as freight rates and whose stock hit a new all-time high today, announced it would be
MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) – A huge Russian gas vessel, designed to safeguard supplies to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, has returned to the Baltic
By Simone Foxman (Bloomberg) Qatar wouldn’t be able to significantly ramp up supplies of natural gas to Europe in the event of any disruption to Russian
By William Wilkes and Daniele Lepido (Bloomberg) — The Italian billionaire who turned a one-boat cargo operation into the world’s biggest shipping
The master of the containership APL England will stand trial in Australia over the loss of 50 containers from the vessel during heavy weather off the
A.P. Moller – Maersk’s towage operator Svitzer will send two additional tugs to the Suez Canal after extending its contract with the Suez Canal
Saturday Night Live stars Pete Davidson and Colin Jost address reports that they have purchased an old Staten Island Ferry in this “Weekend Update”
By Humeyra Pamuk, Steve Holland and Dmitry Antonov WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Western leaders stepped up preparations for any Russian military
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