Maritime and logistics company Crowley is joining forces with integrated logistics services company Watco to create a package marine terminal and transportation service for the budding U.S. offshore wind sector. “This partnership will provide turnkey services for the offshore wind industry in the area of terminal management,” said Lynda Patterson, senior vice president of logistics […]
The U.S. Coast Guard is marking a big week in its increased counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere working with numerous U.S. agencies to disrupt the flow of illegal narcotics. Two Coast Guard cutters returned to base with a combined total of more than 22,000 pounds of drugs with an estimated value of more than […]
New Orleans Terminal is pleased to announce a new Warehouse Management System (WMS) developed internally as a proprietary system on a cloud based platform. The WMS was developed and built in-house and the New Orleans Terminal staff has full control over the WMS and its daily application in the field. As customers submit feedback and […]
Shipyard groundbreaking ceremonies are a rare occurrence in the COVID-19 era, and when they occur, they are grounds for celebration. On Tuesday, Fincantieri Marinette Marine broke ground on a new enclosed fabrication facility to accommodate production of the U.S. Navy’s new FFG(X) frigate, the future Constellation class. Although Fincantieri Marinette would have preferred to hold […]
Global Ports Holding, the largest independent cruise port operator, reports that it is in ongoing discussions with its financial stakeholders about refinancing $250 million in unsecured notes that are due in November 2021. Citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cruise industry and the company’s liquidity, GPH has said that it does not […]
The criminal case stemming from a 2019 accident in which the cruise ship MSC Opera hit a river cruise ship and the dock while arriving in Venice has been concluded with an agreement that will see jail time for the captain and crew blamed for the accident. The allision had made worldwide headlines with video […]
The shipping industry has lost one of its pioneers from the golden era of containerization. Christos N. Kritikos passed away on January 31, 2021 at home with his family at his side. He was 95 years old. Born in Greece on the Island of Andros and raised in Athens, he arrived in the United States […]
The crew aboard the bulk carrier Anastasia operated by MSC will be debarking their vessel in Japan ending a six-month stay in Chinese waters and what was being highlighted as a growing humanitarian crisis as part of the larger challenge of completing crew changes in the current restrictive environment. MSC announced today that it had […]
On Tuesday, two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers met up in the South China Sea to carry out joint exercises, sending an early message to other nearby powers on the Biden administration’s stance on regional claims. The carriers USS Nimitz, USS Theodore Roosevelt and their escorts conducted dual-carrier flight exercises at an undisclosed “highly trafficked area” […]
A large international tanker owner is looking for an experienced Port Captain to join their team in Houston. In this role, you will leverage your time at sea as a C/M or Master on tankers to ensure that daily vessel operations are conducted in a safe and reliable manner. We are looking for someone with the following: […]
For the first time worldwide, a passenger flight partly flown on sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, was carried out in The Netherlands. This was announced today during the international conference on Synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) in The Hague. Shell, producer of the sustainable kerosene and KLM, operating the flight, presented this showcase during the meeting […]
The Board of Directors of Swissport International AG has appointed Warwick Brady as the company’s new President & CEO. He will replace Christoph Mueller, who assumed the CEO role ad-interim after he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Swissport in December of last year. Brady will also join the Board of Directors of […]
