A host of dignitaries recently kicked off the Boston Harbor Dredging Project. The $350 million state and federally funded project will deepen the outer harbor, main shipping channel and reserved ch...
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A fleet of 18 Crowley Maritime Corp. vessels launched this week with the intent of delivering 135 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to Florida ports. “We are extremely grateful for our cust...
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Maritime activity over the next 10 years will be dominated by unmanned surface and underwater vessels, according to a recently published report conducted by the University of Southampton, LR, and Qine...
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The Port of Corpus Christi will soon be 530 feet wider and 54 feet deeper, following approval of a $32 million acceleration and Project Partnership Agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (...
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Port Manatee, located in Tampa, Florida, was recently awarded a federal security grant worth $946,950 in order to double the number of outbound lanes at its main gate to securely facilitate increasing...
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The Port of New Orleans recently welcomed the inaugural call of the Bahri Yanbu, a new state-of-the-art vessel based in the Middle East, after re-introducing its roll-on,roll-off service for the first...
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The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, the largest container ship ever to serve on the east coast of the United States, recently called to the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal, according to a releas...
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Following a rough launch, the NYC Ferry has bounced back in latest figures, reporting over 90 percent customer satisfaction from the New York City Economic Development Corporation for its first four m...
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The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) recently announced the facility is in the post-storm stage of its 2017 Port Hurricane Readiness Plan. Security Command Center and Harbor Master Office em...
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Congress recently authorized the Passenger Ferry Grant Program to provide approximately $30 million in competitive grant funding for fiscal year 2017. The program was authorized by the Moving Ahe...
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Matson, a U.S. shipping company in the Pacific, recently purchased three 65 long-ton capacity cranes from Paceco Corp. for its Sand Island Terminal in Honolulu Harbor. Three existing cranes will also...
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As Hurricane Harvey continues to run rampant over Texas, the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex has been shut down and all the company’s personnel have been evacuated from offshore facilities affected by th...
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A semiannual meeting to discuss cooperative efforts related to safety, security and environmental protection in the tugboat, towboat and barge industry was recently held by the National Quality Steeri...
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Members of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) recently announced an investment of $1 billion in environmentally-friendly technology in order to reduce the industry’s environmental foo...
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The Port of Los Angeles and GE Transportation recently signed a commercial agreement worth approximately $12 million, extending for five additional years an existing partnership that uses a digital so...
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One of the busiest rail crossings in the country is one step closer to a massive infrastructure update, thanks to redirection of funds from the Port of Seattle. The port has, under a memorandum of ...
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The Port of South Louisiana recently held the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new petroleum liquid-storage facility, Pin Oak Terminals. The terminal, located on a 431-acre site on the banks of the ...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao recently sworn in Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, USN, as the new administrator of the United States Maritime Administration. In his new role, Buzby wi...
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Graduate students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology recently developed autonomous robot containers for shipping seafood. Their challenge was to find a solution to sustainabili...
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In what was its busiest July ever, the Port of Savannah handled more than 336,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), contributing to an overall 10.8 percent increase in TEUs for the Georgi...
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