U.S. ports see silver linings despite pandemic

Port NOLA Sees Downtime Improvements While there is no doubt that COVID-19 has shuttered cruising operations around the world, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Market Manager Jessica Ragusa says that

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Illinois makes $110 million available for public port improvements

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) yesterday announced that $110 million in funding from the bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital plan is available to improve public ports across

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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,

Battery-electric and LNG fueled tugs to serve LNG Canada’s Kitimat terminal

HaiSea Marine, a partnership formed between Canada’s Haisla Nation and North Vancouver, B.C.-based Seaspan ULC, has won a major contract with LNG Canada to build and operate escort tugs and harbor tugs

New LNG terminal to serve new ferry and Wärtsilä Smart Technology Hub

Nordic region energy company Gasum is to build a local LNG customer terminal in Vaskiluoto in Vaasa, Finland, from which tanker trucks will take LNG to customers that include Wasaline, which operates

EU is funding research to reduce methane slip from marine engines

European Commission calls on EU states to designate ports for fast-track crew changes

The European Commission yesterday issued guidelines to European Union member states on the protection of health, repatriation and travel arrangements for seafarers, passengers and other persons on board ships during the COVID-19

VIDEO: Two Holland America line ships allowed to dock in Port Everglades

Another long drawn out drama involving disembarking passengers from coronavirus-hit cruise ships is drawing to a close. The Zaandam, the first of two Holland America ships that had been held off Port

IRPT appoints Dede Smith as Deputy Director

Dede Smith has joined Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, Inc. (IRPT) as its new Deputy Director. IRPT is a nationwide trade association for users of the U.S. inland waterway system Before joining

Wilhelmshaven FSRU project gets a boost from ExxonMobil

JANUARY 27, 2019 — ExxonMobil Gas Marketing Europe Limited has reached a preliminary agreement to take a substantial share of regasification capacity at the FSRU (Floating Storage and Regasification Unit) project that