Georgia Port Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch previewed a plan on Monday to more than double container handling capacity at the Garden City Terminal to 10 million twenty-foot equivalent ...
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Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville officials recently named Jeff Miles as port director. Miles has more than 30 years of experience in senior-level management positions in the maritime transportation,...
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The Port of New Orleans moved 1.15 million cruise passengers at its Erato Street and Julia Street Cruise Terminals in 2017, setting a new record and marking the fourth consecutive year of more than 1 ...
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The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry project for the Outer Banks, North Carolina, is on schedule and will go into service mid-summer, according to a recent Passenger Ferry Stakeholder’s Committee. ...
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Looking to get its first hybrid tug design into the construction phase, Baydelta Maritime has turned to Seattle-based Jensen Maritime to design a 100-foot, Z-Drive hybrid tugboat, which will use Rolls...
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Ridership on ferries in Washington state last year was the highest it has been in 15 years with the ferry system carrying approximately 24.5 million people. It was the ninth consecutive year of inc...
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Five Foss Maritime barges recently arrived in Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, carrying nearly 500 utility trucks tasked with restoring electricity to the island. The barges made the trip in less than t...
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Louisiana lawmakers, business community and local leaders discussed federal tax reform, economic development, coastal restoration, flood protection and the $200 billion infrastructure grant package on...
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The Port of South Louisiana eclipsed the 300 million ton mark last year, driven by gains in its handling of chemicals and fertilizer, coal, crude oil, ores and phosphate rock, petrochemicals, and stee...
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) recently awarded $5 million in grants through the state’s Port Development Assistance Program to four projects supporting freight movement on the s...
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Amid ongoing efforts to deepen the Savannah River and expand capacity, the Port of Savannah handled a record 4 million 20-foot-equivalent (TEU) containers in 2017, an 11 percent year-over increase. ...
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Concerned with detention and demurrage charges enforced by steamship lines and maritime terminal operators in cases beyond shippers’ control, the National Industrial Transportation League and other ...
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OceanChain Foundation recently launched its new computer platform, Ocash, to support and simplify maritime trade. The platform uses blockchain-powered currency to simplify transactions in internati...
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All 33 of the cruise lines that scored 100 during their 2017 United States Public Health inspections, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), are Cruise Lines Internati...
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Steve Hughes, president and CEO of HCS International and chairman of the Auto Care Association’s International Trade Committee, recently testified in front of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) i...
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Crowley Fuels recently signed a contract with Bollinger Shipyards to construct an Alaska Class 100,000-barrel-capacity articulated tug-barge (ATB) for the transportation of multiple clean petroleum pr...
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In 2017, the New York City ferry had 2.89 million passengers, according to the Economic Development Corp. (NYCEDC), which had predicted only 2.1 million riders. The ferry has four routes, the most ...
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Port Saint John handled 30,458,422 metric tonnes of cargo in 2017, marking a 15 percent year-over increase from the 26,438,301 metric tonnes handled there in 2016. Port Saint John reported year-ov...
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There are constructive ways to pay for upgrading the nation’s infrastructure, according to a newly released bipartisan report from the congressional Problem Solvers Caucus. The 16-page report rel...
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Witnesses before a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Wednesday about U.S. water infrastructure needs urged the panel to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) in...
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