U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have introduced the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act. The bipartisan legislation aims to codify the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking mission
The U.S. inland barge fleet expanded 2 percent during 2010. The fleet expanded mainly for the fleet that increased in count for the first time since 1998. There were 873 new barges
Lars Loen is to succeed Vice Admiral William R. Burke (Ret.), as chief maritime officer at Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) on February 1, 2025, when Burke transitions to
SPONSORED CONTENT: As president of Guntersville Marine Services, Inc., Mike Lueken is keenly aware of the dramatic changes in material handling equipment over the past thirty years. “The evolution of material handlers
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG) and Royal IHC have formed a strategic partnership to design and construct a highly automated medium-class hopper dredge for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) that
Rumors that Australian shipbuilder Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) was the target of a takeover bid have been circulating since last July. Now, it seems, there’s some truth in one of them. In an
Cruise giant Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) followed yesterday’s announcement of its second newbuild order this year by reporting record first quarter earnings and all time high bookings. Still,
As IMO’s MEPC 81 was going on in London last week, ABS Chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki was telling a session of the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston that a universal,
By Andrew R. Lee & Jim Kearns, Jones Walker LLP In fall 2022, our firm published a survey of 125 senior leaders at U.S. ports and terminals that gave insight into the
A twosome is becoming a threesome. After three years in a successful commercial alliance, Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and engineering contractor Jumbo Shipping and German breakbulk and project cargo specialist SAL
