Missouri Governor hails Container-on-Vessel plan as visionary

Missouri Governor Michael Parson visited the Mississippi River town of Herculaneum, August 12 to find out more about statewide efforts to deliver a new option to transport freight along the inland waterways

GoM lease sale generates $160 million in high bids

Yesterday’s region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 253 generated $159,386,761 in high bids for 151 tracts covering 835,006 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total of 27 companies

Fincantieri Bay to build 5,400 cu.m. LNG barge

NorthStar Midstream, a portfolio company of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., has formed Polaris New Energy (PNE), a marine transportation company focused on the transportation and distribution of liquefied natural

Joint Industry Guidance issued on supply and use of 0.50% sulfur marine fuel

As the deadline for implementation of the IMO 2020 sulfur cap nears, a number of shipping, refining, fuel supply and standards organizations, including CIMAC (International Council on Combustion Engines) have worked together

Cadmatic makes strategic acquisition

Turku, Finland, based Cadmatic Ltd has acquired another Finnish software company, Kymdata Ltd. The strategic acquisition expands Cadmatic’s product portfolio and includes the entire share capital as well as IPRs to all

Diesel electric ferry to be upgraded to battery hybrid

Godvik, Norway, headquartered Norwegian Electric Systems has signed a contract with Estonian shipbuilder Baltic Workboats to upgrade the diesel electric propulsion system onboard the ferry Tõll to battery-hybrid. The ferry operator TS

ExxonMobil confirms availability of Mobilgard 540 cylinder oil for use with 0.50% sulfur fuels

ExxonMobil says that its new 40BN cylinder oil, Mobilgard 540, will be available from September 2, 2019. The lubricant has been specifically formulated for use with 0.50% sulfur fuels that comply with

C&C Marine and Repair blasts 100th barge at robotic blast and paint facility

Just nine months after opening its new robotic paint and blasting facility C&C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La.,has announced the blasting of its 100th barge. “We knew we had the capability

Hapag-Lloyd shares surge on back of battle for controlling stake

The share price of Hamburg-based container shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has more than doubled since the beginning of the year. Today the company’s shares were trading at EUR 52.5, up from EUR 22.5

VIDEO: Meyer Werft floats out Norwegian Encore

Norwegian Cruise Line reports that that its latest ship, Norwegian Encore, successfully completed a major construction milestone, when it emerged for the first time from the Meyer Werft shipbuilding dock in Papenburg,

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