The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that vessel speed was a factor in the 2019 collision between a liquefied propane gas tanker… Weiterlesen »Speed A Factor in 2019 Houston Ship Channel Collision -NTSB

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission News Release – Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei has been designated as the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission.  The designation was… Weiterlesen »Daniel B. Maffei Designated as the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission

By Nadeen Ebrahim ISMAILIA, Egypt, March 30 (Reuters) – The Suez Canal expects 140 ships to pass on Tuesday after the freeing of a container… Weiterlesen »Convoys Resume as Suez Canal Racing to Clear Huge Backlog of Ships

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers have been warned not to take advantage of the capacity crunch resulting from the Suez blockage to “price-gouge” their… Weiterlesen »Carriers Warned Against Price Gouging Shippers with Suez Chaos

Seaspan Corporation, a leading owner and operator of containerships, is adding to its newbuild order book with an order for six 15,500 TEU containerships. The… Weiterlesen »Seaspan Adds Six 15,500 TEU Containerships to Newbuild Orderbook

As the world watched the Ever Given salvage over the last week, the heads of five UN organizations joined together in a call for maritime… Weiterlesen »UN Bodies Call for Seafarers and Aviation Workers to Be Given Priority Access to Vaccines

Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) – Now removed from the Suez Canal’s main channel, the Ever Given leaves in its wake several weeks or months of disruptions… Weiterlesen »End of Suez Snarl Marks Beginning of New Stress on Global Trade

Press Release – ABB has been awarded a National Individual Standing Offer1 (NISO) to provide full-scope services for equipment installed on board Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)… Weiterlesen »ABB to provide comprehensive vessel services to Canadian Coast Guard fleet

By Aaron Clark (Bloomberg) — The immediate crisis of the Suez Canal blockage has ended, but the battle over damages from the waterway’s longest closure… Weiterlesen »So How Much Did The Blocked Suez Canal Crisis Cost The World Economy?

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Josh Saul (Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is outlining ambitions to dramatically boost offshore wind power in the U.S. by 2030,… Weiterlesen »Biden Administration Announces Major Offshore Wind Expansion Plan