By Ian Putzger in Toronto (The Loadstar) – Persistent and mounting congestion at US west coast ports has caused some shippers to seek the sanctuary of the… Weiterlesen »US East Coast Ports Backed Up as Congestion Spreads

Rotterdam-based Van Oord has placed an order for a new ‘mega’ wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) capable fo installing up to 20 MW offshore wind… Weiterlesen »Van Oord Orders ‘Mega’ Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

Teekay LNG Partners (NYSE:TGP), the LNG shipping arm of Teekay Corporation (NYSE: TK), has announced an agreement to to be acquired by investment firm Stonepeak… Weiterlesen »Investment Firm to Acquire Teekay LNG in $6.2 Billion Deal

Containership leasing company Seaspan Corporation has announced the delivery of its first newbuild containership as part of its massive 70-ship-strong orderbook. The new vessel, a… Weiterlesen »Seaspan Takes Delivery of First of 70 Newbuild Containerships

By Toby Sterling (Reuters) Dozens of Greenpeace activists in Rotterdam port used a ship, buoys, and a small flotilla of kayaks on Monday to block traffic… Weiterlesen »Greenpeace Blockades Port Of Rotterdam Refinery

By Miguel Pereira (Reuters) – Eva Kubelkova is a volcano fan who travels the world in pursuit of active eruptions. Intrigued by reports of seismic… Weiterlesen »La Palma Coastline Expands After Lava Pours Into The Ocean

Awardees comment on vessel speed reduction program The Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies program recognized 16 global shipping companies for reducing speeds to 10… Weiterlesen »Shipping companies receive awards for slowing to protect blue whales, blue skies

CAIRO, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Sudan is about to run out of essential medicine, fuel and wheat after political protests forced the closure of Port… Weiterlesen »Port Sudan Blockade Causes Shortage of Essential Goods

A unified command consisting of Beta Offshore, the U.S. Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (CDFW-OSPR) is… Weiterlesen »Everything We Know About the Southern California Oil Spill Right Now

By Jonathan Allen Oct 3 (Reuters) – A large oil spill off the California coast began washing ashore at Huntington Beach over the weekend after… Weiterlesen »Major Oil Spill Washes Ashore In California