Louis Dreyfus Armateurs: New ownership, new CEO and new name
One of France’s best known shipping companies has a new majority owners, a new CEO, and will soon get a new name. The Louis-Dreyfus family has sold an 80% stake in Louis
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ECO Liberty, first U.S.-built plug-in hybrid SOV named in NOLA
In a ceremony held in New Orleans this past Saturday, Louisiana First Lady Sharon Landry officially christened the Edison Chouest-built hybrid SOV ECO Liberty. The ceremony marked the culmination of a major
Sean Kline named new CSA president and CEO
The Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) has promoted Sean Kline to CEO and president, succeeding Kathy Metcalf, who steps into the role of president emeritus. Kline served seven years on the
VIDEO: EV Maritime launches first electric ferry in Auckland
EV Maritime, the New Zealand electric ferry design and technology company tapped by California’s Angel Island ferry to design its all-new hybrid electric vessel, reports that its first fully electric passenger ferry
Ingram Marine christens towboats in special ceremony
On June 26, Nashville headquartered Ingram Marine Group held a christening ceremony in Paducah, Ky., for the M/V Chuck A.J. Arnold and M/V John D. Roberts—both towboats. The M/V John D. Roberts is a 9,000 horsepower
NTSB releases update on Cuauhtémoc strike on Brooklyn Bridge
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a preliminary report on the progress of its investigation of the May 17 incident in which the Mexican Navy tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc slammed
HII partners with enterprise AI specialist to use artificial intelligence at Newport News and Ingalls
HII (NYSE: HII), America’s largest military shipbuilder, and enterprise AI application software specialist C3 AI (NYSE: AI), have formed a strategic partnership to expand digital technologies and apply artificial intelligence (AI) to
AMP welcomes over 1,100 maritime academy graduates to the industry
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the U.S. domestic maritime industry, today congratulated the more than 1,100 new graduates from America’s maritime academies. These new maritime academy graduates now join
Op-Ed: Sustainability means cleaning up our water, too
By Peter Satchwell, global business director, Wärtsilä Water & Waste The maritime industry finds itself navigating increasingly choppy regulatory waters. Shipowners and operators today face an ever-expanding array of rules and compliance
New Barents Sea oil discovery near Johan Castberg field
Stavanger, Norway-headquartered Vår Energi and its partners Equinor and Petoro report a commercial oil discovery in the Equinor-operated Drivis Tubåen prospect in the Barents Sea. This adds too recent exploration success in
New ABS technical paper explores offshore floating CO2 injection
ABS has published a new technical paper on offshore floating CO2 injection that provides analysis of the offshore technologies supporting carbon capture and storage (CCS). This much-publicized approach to supporting heavy industry’s
