The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $225 million in discretionary grant funding through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). “America’s ports
U.S. Great Lakes ports are on pace to beat 2018 cargo volumes following a robust September handling road salt, cement, stone, petroleum and wind energy components. “U.S. Great Lakes ports are reporting
DECEMBER 28, 2018 — Multimodal operator Samskip has been named lead partner in SeaShuttle, a project seeking to bring to market emissions-free, autonomous containerships that can operate at a profit. The project
OCTOBER 5, 2018 — Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, LA, one-time the largest private employer in Louisiana, has been sold to Avondale Marine, a joint venture between T.P. Host and Hilco Redevelopment Partners
OCTOBER 4, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has closed the sale of HII’s Avondale facility to Avondale Marine, a joint venture between T.P. Host and Hilco Redevelopment Partners. The Avondale facility,
JUNE 5, 2018 — Former U.S. Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen has joined Liberty Global Logistics (LGL), Lake Success, NY, as its Executive Vice President – U.S. Flag. In his new position,
APRIL 26, 2018 — The Baltic Exchange and digital container freight platform Freightos have reached an agreement that will provide the global container shipping industry with an independent, audited benchmark The Freightos
OCTOBER 3, 2017 — Rolls-Royce says it has signed a deal with Google to further develop its intelligent awareness systems. Signed today at the Google Cloud Summit in Sweden, the agreement allows
JUNE 12, 2017 — Netherlands-based sustainable fuels specialist GoodFuels reports that it is cooperating with Heineken Netherlands and Nedcargo to launch a pilot to demonstrate a sustainable “drop-in” marine fuel on-board the
MARCH 19, 2017 — The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) say it is concerned over the potential of significant declines for most federally funded, port-related programs in President Trump’s fiscal 2018
