China to import U.S. LNG from Plaquemines terminal

Arlington, Va.-headquartered Venture Global LNG reports that it has signed a 20-year sales and purchase agreement with CNOOC Gas & Power Group Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Offshore

River container vessel

Shipyard solicitation out for new river container vessels

Plans for a new all-water container-on-vessel (COV) trade lane between the Port of Plaquemines on the Lower Mississippi and the Midwest are picking up pace. Hawtex Development Corporation has signed on as

Port of South Louisiana names new executive director

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of South Louisiana has selected Paul Matthews to serve as the port’s next executive director, effective January 15, 2022. Matthews is replacing long-time executive director

Mercedes-Benz rolls off car carrier at Port of Baltimore

Port of Baltimore helps ease supply chain woes

Mercedes-Benz is one of several major shippers using the Port of Baltimore to get over supply chain hurdles. On Monday, the car carrier Noble Ace delivered 1,800 new Mercedes-Benz vehicles at the

Pete Buttigieg on RAISE grants

MARAD awards $12.6 million to 9 marine highway projects

The  U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today awarded $12.6 million in grants to nine marine highway projects under the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The funding will help address supply chain disruptions, enhance the movement of goods

Rendering of oil terminal

Terminal to be only Mississippi River wharf to handle 1,200-foot vessels

NOLA Oil Terminal LLC reports that it has begun construction on Phase 1 of an oil and refined products terminal project in Plaquemines Parish, La., occupying 158 acres located at Mile 59

port cranes on ship

New container capacity to come on line at Georgia Ports

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is taking steps to speed up its planned addition of a further 1.6 million TEU of annual container capacity at the Port of Savannah. It says that

Plan of LNG facility

New Louisiana LNG project to employ carbon capture technology

Venture Global LNG is to invest more than $10 billion in a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Cameron Parish, La., that will employ carbon capture and sequestration technology (CCS) to

Cruise ships at the Port of New Orleans

Cruises return to the Port NOLA with 285 ship calls for 2022

Both ocean-going and inland river cruises are scheduled to make a comeback at the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) in 2022. The arrival of the Norwegian Breakaway on November 21 at

Containership with CMA CGM logo on side

CMA CGM implements early container pickup incentives

In an effort to improve the fluidity of the largest import gateway in the United States, the CMA CGM Group, is to implement an Early Container Pickup Incentive Program at the ports

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