Panama Canal Board approves new port
DECEMBER 31, 2014 — The Panama Canal Board of Directors this week formally approved the development and construction of a transshipment port in Panama’s Corozal region. Upon completion, the port will have
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Scorpio converts bulker newbuild orders to LR2 tankers
DECEMBER 17, 2014 — Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) reports that it has reached agreements with shipyards in South Korea and Romania to modify six newbuilding contracts for Capesize bulk carriers into
Panama Canal Expansion: Last gate arrives on Pacific side
DECEMBER 11, 2014—The last of eight gates for the construction of the new locks for the Pacific side of the Panama Canal expansion project recently completed its transit through the waterway. As
Port of NY/NJ on record pace for container volume
DECEMBER 8, 2014—Container volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey is on a record breaking pace, and this past October the port set a record high for monthly cargo
Vigor christens largest floating drydock in North America
NOVEMBER 1, 2014—Over a thousand attendees were on hand at Vigor Industrial’s Portland, OR, shipyard for the christening of Vigorous, the largest floating drydock in North America. The 24,000-long ton Vigorous has
Crowley delivers first of eight gates for Panama Canal
OCTOBER 25, 2014—Crowley Maritime Corporation’s 400-foot-long by 105-foot-wide heavy lift barge 455 4 recently transported the first of eight gates for the Pacific side of the ongoing Panama Canal expansion. At 22 meters
Last tractor tug delivered for new Panamanian locks
OCTOBER 9, 2014—The Panama Canal Authority recently took delivery of the 29m tractor Cerro Ancon, the last in a series of 14 such vessels for its fleet. Named after a hill in
Deepening of Port of Savannah moves ahead
OCTOBER 9, 2014—The $700-million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project that will allow deep-draft post-Panamax container vessels to call at the port after the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal is moving
Transportation Secretary: Increase investment in ports
OCTOBER 8, 2014—Last month, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) announced that the Port of Seattle had been awarded a $20 million grant under the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery—TIGER for short—program to
Panama Canal expansion means bigger insurance risks
AUGUST 5, 2014 — A marine insurer is warning of the increased risks that will arise from doubling the cargo-carrying capacity of ships transiting the Panama Canal. In a new report entitled