Ever Given under tow

Ever Given Suez delays – who pays?

Although the containership Ever Given was fortunately freed after less than a week of blocking the Suez Canal, BIMCO notes that the consequences for owners and operators due to the delays caused

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Inmarsat lands Clearwater Seafood Fleet Xpress contract

Clearwater Seafood, Canada’s largest vessel-operating seafood company, has reached an agreement with mobile satcom leader Inmarsat that will see it install the Fleet Xpress combination of high speed Ka-band and continuous FleetBroadband

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Vigor starts work on DDG 110 DSRA

Vigor has begun work on the USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) that is expected to continue into early January 2022. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer is docked at Pearl Harbor

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Mount Vernon Port Director to retire from Ports of Indiana

Ports of Indiana reports that Phil Wilzbacher, who has has led operations of Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon for 19 years, will retire effective April 20. Wilzbacher is the longest-serving port director in

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Rockport Terminals acquired by Jones Capital

Houston headquartered Jones Capital has acquired Rockport Terminals, one of the largest private intermodal terminals on the Texas Gulf Coast. Though strategically located within 28 miles of the Port of Corpus Christi,

Crowley awarded $56.5 million MSC contract

Crowley Government Services Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $56,569,632 bridge contract for the firm-fixed-price portion of a previously awarded contract (N6238715C3135) for operation and maintenance of six government-owned maritime prepositioning

Minerva Gas signs up five ships for Wärtsilä optimized maintenance

Wärtsilä has signed long-term optimized maintenance agreements covering five LNG carrier vessels owned and operated by Greece-based Minerva Gas Inc. The advanced support package in these agreements is designed to ensure operational

Top 5 stories of March 2021

In March, the maritime industry reached a full year of ongoing COVID-19 issues as it continued on recovery efforts. March also saw one of the largest ever disruptions to maritime trade as

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NTSB: LPG tanker’s speed a factor in 2019 collision with Kirby tank barge

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the May 10, 2019, incident in which the LPG carrier Genesis River collided with a 297 foot long tank barge being

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Crowley names Praskovich VP of sustainability

Crowley Maritime Corporation has promoted Alisa Praskovich to vice president of sustainability. In this role, Praskovich will orchestrate Crowley’s environmental, social responsibility and governance (ESG) activities across its business offerings and operations

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