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LNG Cruise Ship Takes Shape in Germany

On August 15, 2019, the first steel cut took place at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg for the sister ship of AIDAnova, a world’s first cruise ship that is fully powered with liquefied natural gas (LNG). With the official start of construction…

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Achieving Critical MASS

The U.S Maritime Administration sponsors a conference on the U.S. Vessel Automation Industry. It’s about time – right on time. Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships - the time is now.Linthicum, MD: All the usual suspects, along with many new faces…
Peaks and Valleys

The Blue Ridge Mountains beckon, promising cooler weather, an improving environment, and a little bit of maritime, for good measure. This weekend, we answered the call.Mount Mitchell, NC: In the choppy wake of putting not one, but two magazines to bed in the previous eight days…
GLDD Emergency Response Efforts: Missouri River Levee Breach

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC (GLDD) is working as a subcontractor with Western Contracting Corporation to provide fill for an emergency sand berm to close a levee breach at river mile 572 on the Missouri River.GLDD’s Hydraulic Cutter Suction Dredge ‘Iowa’ is dredging approximately 350…
Trade, Trump … and Trust

Winning this or any other ‘trade war’ will take intestinal fortitude. Worth it or not, I’m not sure we have what it takes.As we rapidly churn towards the midpoint of 2019, the maritime sector’s biggest story of the year – and arguably its biggest heartburn – surrounds the topic of trade…
365 Days Define the Domestic Workboat

A ‘work in progress,’ the North American brown water, shallow draft sectors have experienced a tumultuous year of evolution, changing market conditions, a rapidly shifting regulatory environment and new opportunities. Anything but boring, there is something for everyone.
WCI’s Infrastructure Week 2019 Briefing

The time to act is now.As Infrastructure Week in mid-May kicked off, the Waterways Council, Inc. held its annual press briefing on the critical issues facing the nation’s inland waterways. WCI President CEO Mike Toohey began by saying simply…

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Port Logistics

APM Terminals Poti Begins 24/7 Operations

APM Terminals Poti, the largest port in Georgia, has commenced the implementation of uninterrupted 24/7 operations to maximize berth utilization, increase efficiency and speed up vessel handling.The implementation of a flexible workforce management solution will take place in two phases. Phase one will apply to single berth occupancy.

Cruise

Meyer Werft to Float Out of Norwegian Encore Soon

Norwegian shipbuilder Meyer Werft announced that Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)'s newest cruise ship Norwegian Encore will most likely be leaving the covered building dock II on 17 August 2019.The ship has a rating of 169,145 GRT and measures 333.46 m in length and 41.4 m in width, with capacity for 4…

Intermodal

Intermodal Cargo up 10.5% in Savannah Port

The Port of Savannah set a record for intermodal cargo last month, handling 47,255 rail lifts, an increase of 10.5% over July of last year.According to Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), over the past three years, the Port of Savannah has grown its rail volume by 35.4 percent, completing more than 507…

Technology/ E-Commerce

Los Angeles Port Posts Strong July

For the fourth consecutive month, the Port of Los Angeles (PoLS) has set a new single-month cargo record. In July, the Port moved 912,154 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), the busiest July in the Port’s 112-year history.A press release form PoLS, also called America's Port, quotes…

ENVIRONMENT & REGULATIONS

German Award for AIDA Cruises

AIDA Cruises' newest ship AIDAnova recognized with prestigious international certification for excellence in environmentally friendly ship design by Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment.Carnival Corporation, the world's largest leisure travel company and the owner of German brand AIDA Cruises…

Company News

Logimatic Releases New SERTICA App

Logimatic releases a new SERTICA app, which means that the users only need one app to manage jobs and forms. At the same time, the app is improved both visually and in terms of user experience to increase the user-friendliness.By combining the jobs and forms in the same app, users…

Contracts

NORDEN Inks Long-Term Contracts

NORDEN contracted with Enviva to transport 1.3-1.5 million metric tons of wood pellets from the US to Europe over a six-year period. The Contract of Affreightment (CoA), which runs from 2021 to 2026, builds on NORDEN’s long-term collaboration with Enviva, which began in 2012.NORDEN…

Products & Services

Saudi Aramco, World’s Most Profitable Co, Again

Saudi Aramco announced that its net income was $46.9 billion for the first half 2019, compared to $53.0 billion for the same period last year. That easily outstripped corporate titans such as Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and other big oil producers, many of which suffered larger declines in profit as output and crude prices fell.