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New NTSB safety alert says land-based firefighters need ship fire training

Repeating advice given following the July 2023 Grande Costa D’Avorio ship fire, in which two Newark firefighters lost their lives while responding, the National Transportation Safety Board issued a new safety alert

Each tugboat will be powered by Arc’s vertically integrated electric powertrains, delivering over 4,000 horsepower and backed by a 6 megawatt-hour battery buffer.

Arc, Curtin Maritime sign $160M deal for 8 hybrid tugs

Los Angeles-based electric boat company Arc has inked a $160 million contract for hybrid-electric ship assist tugboats with Long Beach-based Curtin Maritime. Built in collaboration with Snow & Co shipyard, the project

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VIDEO: Nearly 70 containers fall off vessel at Port of Long Beach

This morning, clean up efforts at the Port of Long Beach were ongoing after a Unified Command continued to respond to an incident that began just after 9.00 a.m. Tuesday when an

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India’s first fully-electric tug will have a full Kongsberg Maritime equipment package

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract to deliver a fully integrated equipment package for India’s first electric tug, marking a major step in the country’s Green Tug Transition Program (GTTP), an initiative

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Port NOLA names Chris Gilmore its chief engineering officer

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has appointed Chris Gilmore as chief engineering officer, effective immediately. He previously held the role of vice president of engineering & program management at Port

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Sanmar launches new tugboat for Ultratug’s operations in Mexico

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has launched a new tugboat for Ultratug Mexico, which will operate at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas on Mexico’s Pacific coast. The vessel, temporarily designated as Boğaçay LXXIX, is

Global logistics industry veteran Dexter Salenda has joined Ports of Indiana as the organization’s first foreign trade and economic development director.

Ports of Indiana names Dexter Salenda to new role

Global logistics industry veteran Dexter Salenda has joined Ports of Indiana as the organization’s first foreign trade and economic development director. This position was created to expand Ports of Indiana’s Foreign-Trade Zone

A pause in tariffs in recent months lifted the Port of Long Beach in California to its most active July on record and the third-busiest month in its 114-year history.

Tariff pause drives Port of Long Beach to record July

A pause in tariffs in recent months lifted the Port of Long Beach in California to its most active July on record and the third-busiest month in its 114-year history. The 90-day

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VIDEO: Asian Spirit arrives Duluth with milestone wind energy cargo

The general cargo ship Asian Spirit arrived yesterday at the Duluth Seaway Port Authority’s Clure Public Marine Terminal with 39 wind turbine blades, completing a project that involved six voyages and more

Op-Ed: What July port performance data reveals

By Fraser Robinson, Co-Founder and CEO at Beacon July 2025 showed notable variations in global port berth times, with some significant increases at major container hubs alongside efficiency improvements at others. According

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