Maritime Magazine

  Washington– The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the immediate designation of four new Marine Highway Projects as part of the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). Projects in North Carolina, Alaska, and Puerto Rico will receive these designations. They can now apply for record levels of funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law […]

The Port of Thunder Bay today reported mixed results through the first two months of the shipping season.  While grain shipments are well below average, there has been a substantial increase in potash volumes.  Inbound shipments of general cargo at Keefer Terminal are also strong. Total traffic amounted to 1.5 million metric tons versus the

Wärtsilä Corporation has opened its new technology centre, the Sustainable Technology Hub, in Vaasa, Finland. The new centre will contribute to efforts to advance the global decarbonisation of marine and energy by fostering innovation, collaboration, and the development of green technologies using sustainable fuels and digital technologies. The inauguration event was held today and attended by

Avikus, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai (formerly Hyundai Heavy Industries), reports that it has successfully carried out the autonomous navigation of a 180,000m2 ultra-large LNG carrier on a trans-ocean voyage from the Gulf of Mexico in the US to South Korea. The vessel Prism Courage, operated by fellow Korean company SK Shipping, was equipped with

Adm. Karl L. Schultz was relieved as Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard by Adm. Linda L. Fagan during a military change-of-command ceremony presided over by President Joseph R. Biden, Wednesday at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters.  “Today we witness a tradition longstanding in the USCG. Change of Command, as a new admiral assumes leadership of