Great Lakes Dredge CEO: “We’re 100% vaxxed”
“I’m very proud of meeting our target of 100% vaccination of all team members in the third quarter last year,” Lasse Petterson, CEO of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD),
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Banks to take control at Vroon Group
Netherlands-based Vroon Group reports that it has reached a preliminary agreement on debt restructuring that will see its lenders become its majority shareholders. “For several years Vroon has been in discussions with
CLIA calls new CDC cruise warning “perplexing”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level for cruising from Level 3 to Level 4, the highest level. The CDC says this reflects increases
10 minutes with NYCEDC’s Cecilia Kushner on ferry investments
Last month, Cecilia Kushner, the executive vice president for the Planning Division of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), opened Marine Log’s FERRIES conference along the New York Harbor waterfront.
Carnival: $2 billion loss, but cash-positive operations
The world’s largest cruise ship operator, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) released a fourth quarter 2021 business update that included an adjusted net loss of $2 billion. Still, the
Omicron and crew change: Shipping responds with quarantine plan
With the Omicron coronavirus variant leading governments close borders, shipowners, seafarers’ unions and maritime employer groups are responding. They are establishing their own approved international network of quarantine facilities to ensure seafarers
Nor-Shipping postpones January presentation
Plans for another major international maritime event have been disrupted by the coronavirus. In the face of increasing infection rates, driven by the Omicron variant, Nor-Shipping has taken the decision to postpone
Transport groups slam knee-jerk reaction to Omicron variant
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and other major transport organizations say that world leaders’ knee-jerk reactions to the Omicron COVID variant are putting transport workers and the global supply chain at
Seafarer happiness back up, but risk of industry exodus rises
The crew change crisis could be followed by a crew retention crisis. Though the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report contains more evidence that significant numbers of seafarers are likely to leave the
New report confirms pandemic accelerated shipping digitalization
A report from satcom leader Inmarsat pinpoints the impact of COVID-19 in accelerating global shipping’s digital transformation. Entitled “A Changed World: The state of digital transformation in a post-COVID-19 maritime industry,” it