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Thursday, August 12, 2021
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Maine Maritime Academy to Require COVID-19 Vaccination for Students

Maine Maritime Academy will require students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 this fall as the Delta variant continues to complicate the return of normal

August 12, 2021
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Survey Shows Frighteningly Low Vaccination Rate Among Seafarers
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Survey Shows Frighteningly Low Vaccination Rate Among Seafarers

Only about 15% of the world’s seafarers have been vaccinated from COVID-19, according to data from the Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator.

August 12, 2021
Total Views: 788

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Hapag-Lloyd Reports First Half Profit of $3.3 Billion

German liner company Hapag-Lloyd has posted a $3.3 billion profit in the first half of the year amid “very strong demand” for container shipping

August 12, 2021
Total Views: 612

Oil tanker in Ningbo Zhoushan port
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Oil Supertankers in Doldrums With Bunker Costs High

By Damian Shepherd (Bloomberg) — The summer doldrums are here for oil supertankers. Freight rates on the benchmark route from the Middle East to Asia

August 12, 2021
Total Views: 1410

A member of staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat poses in front of a section of the screen showing the southern Indian Ocean to the west of Australia, during a search for missing flight MH370, at their headquarters in London
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Inmarsat to Drive Growth with Industry-Leading L-band Upgrade

By Paul Sandle LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – British satellite operator Inmarsat said it would launch a major upgrade to its L-band services to offer faster

August 12, 2021
Total Views: 596

Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Biden Says His Administration is Working to Relieve Bottlenecks that Threaten Economic Recovery
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Biden Says His Administration is Working to Relieve Bottlenecks that Threaten Economic Recovery

By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his administration is working to relieve

August 11, 2021
Total Views: 1351

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Crew of ‘Jones Act Enforcer’ Meets with Customs and Border Protection

The crew of a privately chartered Jones Act enforcement vessel has met with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to touch base on issues that the vessel and

August 11, 2021
Total Views: 6077

tanker underway at sea from the bridge
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White House Calls on OPEC and Its Allies to Pump More Oil

By Trevor Hunnicutt Aug 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s top aides are pressuring OPEC and its allies to boost oil output to

August 11, 2021
Total Views: 1026

Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Shipping containers are unloaded from ships at a container terminal at the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex, amid the coronavirus disease
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U.S. Congressmen Introduce Legislation Targeting Foreign Ocean Carriers’ Business Practices

Congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) have introduced legislation requiring foreign-based ocean

August 10, 2021
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Bouchard Bankruptcy Case: Not Yet At the Dock
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Bouchard Bankruptcy Case: Not Yet At the Dock

Usually, when a company announces that it is re-organizing under “Chapter 11”, the idea is that the company will re-organize its balance sheet (usually,

August 10, 2021
Total Views: 2534

Monday, August 9, 2021
Bidders Line Up for Israel’s Haifa Port with Final Sale in Sight
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Bidders Line Up for Israel’s Haifa Port with Final Sale in Sight

By Jonathan Saul and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Four investment groups are looking to acquire the Israeli port of Haifa estimated to be

August 9, 2021
Total Views: 1832

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Congestion Takes Hold Again with Supply Chain Delays Spread Across the United States

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Growing congestion fears in Asia are being matched by an apparent resurgence of delays at US west coast

August 9, 2021
Total Views: 3799

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Marine Insurer Warns of Risks of Shipping Containers on Vessels Other Than Purpose-Built Containerships

With continued chaos driving record-high freight rates in container shipping, some shippers have been forced seek more creative ways of moving cargo point A to

August 9, 2021
Total Views: 12882

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OOCL’s New Rail-Sea Service Links China with U.S. East Coast

Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has become the first ocean carrier to offer a new rail-sea service connecting China with the U.S. East

August 9, 2021
Total Views: 2229

Friday, August 6, 2021
New Staten Island Ferry Named After Fallen Soldier Headed to New York City
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New Staten Island Ferry Named After Fallen Soldier Headed to New York City

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) has completed construction of the first of three new Staten Island ferries for the New York City Department of Transportation.

August 6, 2021
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Bankruptcy Judge Approves Bouchard Transportation Asset Sales
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Bankruptcy Judge Approves Bouchard Transportation Asset Sales

A bankruptcy judge has approved the proposed sales of assets belonging to petroleum tug and barge operator Bouchard Transportation, although discussions are

August 6, 2021
Total Views: 3007

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Shipping Urged to Review LNG Use as Methane’s Role in Climate Change is Revealed

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists and others from 195 countries,

August 6, 2021
Total Views: 3085

Ships moored Parana River Port Argentina
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Argentina’s Soybean Super-Highway is Drying Up

By Jonathan Gilbert (Bloomberg) — Snaking its way through thousands of miles of South American rainforest and pampas and past sprawling soybean and corn

August 6, 2021
Total Views: 9658

Maersk Reports Record Profit in Q2. Q3 and Q4 Could Be Even Better
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Maersk Reports Record Profit in Q2. Q3 and Q4 Could Be Even Better

A.P. Moller – Maersk, owner of the world’s top shipping line, reported record profit in the second quarter as congestion and bottlenecks continue

August 6, 2021
Total Views: 1271

Thursday, August 5, 2021
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Fincantieri to Study Use of Green Hydrogen in Ports and Shipping

MILAN, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Europe’s biggest utility Enel has agreed to work with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to find ways to use green hydrogen

August 5, 2021
Total Views: 776