Houston-headquartered advanced subsea solutions specialist C-Innovation (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has welcomed back Lucas Cribley, who earlier in his career was one of
At FERRIES conferences, we talk a lot about various fuel options for ferry operations. One fuel for ferries that we haven’t explored in detail—at least not lately—is renewable diesel. At FERRIES 2023,
While the U.S. West Coast ports labor dispute last month reached a point where a tentative labor agreement could be reached, there’s as yet no sign of any such breakthrough in Canada’s
Crowley has acquired Tamarind Consolidated, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., based Federal Maritime Commission licensed Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) offering logistics services serving the U.S. to the British Virgin Islands. Crowley says
Island Offshore, which is majority owned by the Chouest and Ulstein families, has secured two new years of LWI (light well intervention) work for Island Wellserver on the Norwegian continental shelf, with
On May 2, 2023, the Department of Transportation published a final rule in the Federal Register allowing oral fluid testing to be used for DOT drug tests, in place of urine-based testing,
President Joe Biden yesterday signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) into law. As we reported when the measure was passed, the legislation expands the authority of the Federal Maritime
After passing the House yesterday, S. 3580, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA), is on its way to President Biden, who is no fan of the giant container alliances and
Although the 1,095 foot long, 12,118 TEU Evergreen Marine containership Ever Forward remains grounded in Chesapeake Bay, salvor Donjon Smit began efforts to free the vessel Sunday. That was one week after
Here’s another indication that ocean shipping, and in particular the nine carriers and three alliances that dominate the global container shipping market, are facing increasing U.S. scrutiny—and could potentially lose their antitrust
