Home Depot charters in own box ship
Home improvement retail giant Home Depot Inc. has been hit so hard by shipping delays that it has chartered in its own containership, according to a CNBC report. “We have a ship
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Two Celebrity Millennium guests test positive for COVID-19
Two passengers aboard a Celebrity Cruises’ cruise that departed from the Caribbean port of Philipsburg, St. Maarten, June 5, have tested positive for COVID-19. The company issued the following statement: “Today, two
Nigeria launches long awaited antipiracy initiative
As part of a stepping up of actions to address the ongoing piracy issue in the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria, has today announced a significant investment in military and law enforcement infrastructure
LNG-fueled Mardi Gras refuels for the first time at Port Canaveral
Carnival Cruise Line has released photographs of Mardi Gras—the first cruise ship in the Americas powered by LNG—being refueled for the first time at its homeport of Port Canaveral which built the
VIDEO: Carnival’s Mardi Gras arrives at Port Canaveral
Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras made her U.S. debut June 4, docking for the first time at Port Canaveral’s Cruise Terminal 3, built specifically for this vessel which is the first cruise
Euronav books $9.3 million gain on sale of oldie
Antwerp-headquartered tanker giant Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN) has sold the oldest conventional vessel in its fleet, the 2002-built, 149,989 dwt Suezmax Filikon, for $16.3 million. The company will record a capital gain
Crowley joins Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative
Crowley Maritime Corporation has become the first U.S.-owned ship owner-operator that will publicly disclose its ship recycling policies, practices and process through the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) website. It is the
Shipping CEOs to IMO: We need massive decarbonization R&D fund
The CEOs of 17 major container and RO/RO carriers—including Thomas Crowley, owner & CEO, Crowley Maritime, and Matthew J. Cox, Chairman & CEO, Matson Inc.—have written an open letter to the International
X-Press Pearl: Environmentalists file lawsuit
As the smoldering remains of the containership X-Press Pearl settle into the sea, Sri Lanka’s Centre for Environmental Justice, which is associated with Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka, today filed a
VIDEO: X-Press Pearl sinks at stern
A virtually new containership that has been on fire off Sri Lanka since May 20 partially sank today, just as salvage efforts were seeming to show some progress. As we reported earlier,