Port of Corpus Christi

Port of Corpus Christi closes 2024 with record numbers

The Port of Corpus Christi and its customers moved 206.5 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in 2024, a new high mark driven by increases in crude oil and dry

Round Table concerned about seafarer treatment

Shipping Round Table raises concerns on unjust treatment of seafarers

The Round Table of International Shipping Organizations is increasingly concerned about a rise in the unjust treatment and criminalization of seafarers. The chairpersons of the Round Table’s four member organizations — BIMCO,

USNS Cody EPF 14 is first Flight II EPF

Detyens awarded $10.1M contract for USNS Cody PSA

Detyens Shipyards Inc., Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $10,135,702 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220525C4061) for a 100-calendar day shipyard availability for a post-shakedown availability (PSA) of the Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport

drone deliveries

Brazil’s Wilson Sons tests drone deliveries in Port of Salvador

In a first in Brazil, Wilson Sons has started testing drone deliveries and pickups to and from vessels in the Port of Salvador. The drones it is using are owned by Sao

ship to fit voyage optimization solutuin

G2 Ocean to adopt StormGeo voyage optimization fleetwide

Bergen, Norway-headquartered G2 Ocean is to deploy StormGeo’s voyage optimization solution across its fleet of 120 vessels. The new agreement builds on the success of a long-term collaboration between the two companies.

Panama Canal traffic graph

BIMCO: Panama Canal tonnage figures fall

While Donald Trump’s talk of taking back the Panama Canal has been keeping Secretary of State Marco Rubio busy, tonnage through the waterway has recently been falling, says BIMCO. “Between September 2024

SX250

VIDEO: New Ulstein SX250 is an offshore wind cost cutter

Offshore wind farms are currently serviced using crew transfer vessels (CTVs) or helicopters for day operations, and service operation vessels (SOVs) for extended periods. Aiming to reduce costs, Ulstein has developed the

One Big Beautiful Bill

Jones Act and Fagan firing in the spotlight at maritime infrastructure hearing

The House Coast Guard and Maritime Infrastructure Subcommittee held its first hearing under the chairmanship of Subcommittee Chairman Mike Ezell (R.-Miss) on Feb. 5. Entitled “America Builds: Maritime Infrastructure,” the hearing covered

Maersk

Red Sea woes help Maersk achieve third-best financial year

Red Sea woes have had the effect of blotting up container capacity and one of the largest containership operators of all, A.P. Moller – Maersk, reports strong financial results for 2024 with

VIDEO: Innovative Aikido floating wind solution gains ABS statement of maturity

San Francisco-based Aikido Technologies, one of the winners of Phase One of the U.S. Department of Energies FLOWIN prize, has now gained a statement of maturity from ABS for its innovative floating

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