The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Sang H. Yi as Acting Maritime Administrator (MARAD). As acting head of MARAD, Yi will play a critical role in advancing the Trump Administration’s domestic shipbuilding goals and restoring the nation’s maritime dominance, as outlined in President Trump’s April Executive Order. Acting Administrator Yi will lead MARAD’s efforts to […]
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Seeking to encourage major shipping lines to return to the international waterway amid improved security conditions in the Red Sea, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced on a 15-percent discount on transit fees for large container ships as of Thursday of this week. SCA Chairman Osama Rabie said the discount will apply to container ships
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Copán, the second vessel in Crowley’s Avance Class fleet of LNG-powered containerships, has begun its inaugural commercial operations from the Port of Jacksonville, Florida (JAXPORT), further expanding the company’s capacity and enhancing speed of ocean shipping for the Caribbean Basin. Named for one of the most important archaeological sites of the Mayan civilization in Honduras,
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In announcing watered down measures from a February proposal for port fees on China-built vessels in order to revive American shipbuilding, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Thursday also accorded a reprieve to owners of vessels servicing the Great Lakes, the Caribbean and U.S. territories. There was notably positive news for senior representatives of Canadian Great
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The World Shipping Council (WSC) today voiced serious concerns regarding the port fee regime announced by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), cautioning that the measures targeting Chinese maritime dominance could undermine American trade, hurt U.S. producers, and weaken efforts to strengthen the nation’s maritime industry. The measures “Revitalizing America’s maritime sector is an important and
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WASHINGTON – With sweeping tariffs now imposed on all U.S. trading partners, import cargo at the nation’s major container ports is expected to drop dramatically beginning next month, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “Retailers have been bringing merchandise into the country for months in attempts
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Member states are working to find convergences ahead of talks next week on proposed global regulations to reduce emissions from shipping, at the 83rd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83) from 7 to 11 April. The Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 19) met for
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A new report published by Lloyd’s Register Foundation highlights opportunities to make the number of seafarers more sustainable by investing in Africa’s emerging talent and supporting women in maritime roles. Deep dive on seafarer sustainability: Supporting the opportunity for Africa and women to create a sustainable supply of seafarers for the future, was carried out
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Prince Rupert – The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) reached financial close on a $60.7 million loan to help the Metlakatla Development Corporation (MDC) and the Prince Rupert Port Authority develop the Indigenous-led South Kaien Import Logistics Park, in British Columbia. Funding comes from the CIB’s Indigenous Community Infrastructure Initiative (ICII) and will be used for site infrastructure needed
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By Colin Laughlan, West Coast Correspondent Vancouver- Canada’s maritime industry is leading the way in world-class information technologies, but its federally mandated Maritime Single Window is not one of them. That was a key take-away from the Shipping Federation of Canada’s annual two-day Mariners’ Workshop that wrapped up in Vancouver on January 22. More than