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Pedro Widmann Joins UTC Overseas

Oct 22, 2025

UTC Overseas has announced the appointment of Pedro Widmann as Director Global Project Development. Widmann brings over 30 years of experience in the specialized transportation and logistics industry with a strong background in the mining and EPC sector…

SRI Study Shows a Growing Number of Countries Implementing Cabotage Laws

Oct 22, 2025

A newly released study by Seafarers' Rights International (SRI) finds that cabotage laws now exist on 85% of the world’s coastlines, are growing in number at an unprecedented pace, and are increasingly essential to national security, economic stability and maritime resilience…

Konecranes Introduces Hydrogen Fuel Cell Straddle Carrier at TOC Americas

Oct 22, 2025

Konecranes is introducing its Konecranes Noell Hydrogen Fuel Cell Straddle Carrier to the Americas and the world at TOC Americas 2025 in Panama City. The straddle carrier will debut alongside the Konecranes E-Hybrid RTG and electric empty container handler…

Energy Traders Steer Shipping Toward Greener Horizons

Oct 22, 2025

The maritime industry is charting a new course toward decarbonization, yet this time round it is not only traditional shipowners at the helm. Major energy and commodity traders, whose shipping operations often carry large carbon footprints, are now investing in cleaner and more efficient shipping…

Port of Klaipėda Sees Growth in 2025 Q1-Q3

Oct 21, 2025

Over the first nine months of this year, cargo throughput at the Port of Klaipėda increased by 11% compared to the same period last year, reaching 28.7 million tons. The largest share of cargo flow consists of container cargo and ro-ro, alongside…

50 Years of Women in Navy Diving: Advancing Opportunity in Tandem with Technology

Oct 21, 2025

By Captain Bobbie Scolley, U.S. Navy (ret.) and Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, U.S. Navy (ret.)For more than six decades, spanning from 1905 to the late 1970s, the U.S. Navy’s diving apparatus for deep ocean operations and salvage remained fundamentally unchanged…

NYK Conducts Crisis-Response Drill on Car Carrier

Oct 21, 2025

NYK and NYK Ship management Pte. Ltd. (NYKSM) conducted a drill on October 17 that simulated a response to an accident off the coast of Okinawa Island.The exercise featured a scenario in which a fire broke out in the cargo hold of a car carrier owned and operated by NYK and managed by NYKSM…

Port of Antwerp-Bruges Sees Mixed 2025 Results Amidst VolatileTrade Conditions

Oct 21, 2025

In the first nine months of 2025, Port of Antwerp-Bruges handled 202.6 million tons of maritime goods, a decrease of 3.8% compared with the same period last year. The throughput of general cargo, including containers, conventional general cargo and RoRo…

Port Everglades Hosts Final Public and Stakeholder Meeting for Master/Vision Plan Update

Oct 21, 2025

Broward County's Port Everglades will host its final Master/Vision Plan Update meeting for the public and stakeholders on October 28, 2025, before the plan is presented to the Broward County Board of County Commissioners for approval.The port's…

Navigating the Limits: Columbia River Pilots Confront Big Ships, Tight Channels

Oct 21, 2025

Columbia River Pilots is an association of independent pilots, a unique organization that uses a network of pilots and independent boats to manage a long stretch of river in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Capt. Jeremy Nielsen serves as President…

US, Australia Sign Critical Minerals Agreement, Back Submarine Deal

Oct 20, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical minerals agreement aimed at countering China on Monday at a meeting marked by Trump's jab at Australia's envoy to the United States over past criticism…

Alaska LNG Pipeline Study Will Be Completed This Year

Oct 20, 2025

The backers of a proposed 800-mile (1,287 km) gas pipeline in Alaska championed by U.S. President Donald Trump expect to complete a key engineering and cost study by the end of this year, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on Monday.The ambitious…

Maritime Recruitment Webinar: How Much Does "Connectivity" Matter

Oct 20, 2025

As the maritime industry globally seeks to attract and retain crews, onboard amenities including seamless connectivity for gains in importance.Sign up now to listen in on the webinar 'Crewed Up or Crew Cut? Rethinking retention and recruitment at sea…

Russian Wheat Export Prices Climb, Increasing October Estimates

Oct 20, 2025

Russian wheat export prices climbed last week amid a stronger rouble and sustained demand from importers, while analysts raised their export estimates for October.The price for Russian wheat with 12.5% protein content for free-on-board (FOB)…

September U.S. Container Imports Contract Amid Tariff Uncertainty

Oct 20, 2025

Descartes has released its September Global Shipping Report, which analyzes the latest economic and logistics trends shaping U.S. imports and global trade.According to data from Descartes’ global trade intelligence platform, Descartes Datamyne:U…

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Venezuela Authorizes Two Unsanctioned VLCCs to Depart

Venezuela Authorizes Two Unsanctioned VLCCs to Depart

Federal Maritime Commission Recognizes National Shipper Advisory Committee Members

Federal Maritime Commission Recognizes National Shipper Advisory Committee Members

Julia Fisher-Cormier Selected as Executive Director of Port of South Louisiana

Julia Fisher-Cormier Selected as Executive Director of Port of South Louisiana

Kuwait to Sign $4b Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port Infrastructure Contract

Kuwait to Sign $4b Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port Infrastructure Contract

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Kuwait will sign a $4 billion port deal with China's CCCC in the next few days
Poland allocates 3.4GW of offshore wind power in its first auction
FedEx reports higher quarterly results and raises the low end of its full-year profit estimate