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USDA Helps Launch New Oakland Container Yard for Ag Exports

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2022

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with the Port of Oakland to create a new container yard specifically designed to support agricultural shipments through the port. The agency sai...

Errant Cruise Ship Forces SpaceX to Scrub Launch at Cape Canaveral

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2022

Port Canaveral likes to highlight its role as nexus where space flight and cruise ships converge, but it became a little too close for comfort yesterday forcing SpaceX mission control to abort a launc...

Chinese Furniture Maker Orders its Own Container Ship

By The Maritime Executive

January 28, 2022

Big-box retailers and freight companies chartered ships to manage the challenges in the supply chain during the pandemic while one U.S. furniture company sued carriers complaining of lack of capacity,...

The Steady Emergence of Sea and Air Freight Integration

By Brian Gicheru Kinyua

January 28, 2022

A week ago on LinkedIn, an industry observer rekindled a decades-old debate on the economics of using airships for shipping freight. The idea is that airships would require far less infrastructure to...

Sandock Austral Shipyards Signs Ship Design Agreement with Vard Marine

By The Maritime Executive

January 27, 2022

[By: Sandock Austral Shipyards] Sandock Austral Shipyards (SAS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vard Marine Inc., a North American consulting naval architecture and marine engin...

Wärtsilä Power Solutions Selected for Gas-Fuelled Ferry Trio

By The Maritime Executive

January 26, 2022

[By: Wärtsilä] Three new LNG-fuelled Ro-Pax vessels being built for Swedish ferry operator Stena RoRo will feature a broad scope of Wärtsilä solutions. The ships are under construction at China Mer...

LNG Takes Off With Ordering Boom and New Bunkering Infrastructure

By The Maritime Executive

January 25, 2022

2021 was a banner year for the expansion of LNG as a marine fuel, according to industry association SEA-LNG. In its annual report, the group pointed to record-setting newbuild orders for dual-fuel LNG...

Containership Orders at Record Levels with New Order Linked to MSC

By The Maritime Executive

January 24, 2022

After a record year for containership construction orders, 2022 is starting strong with China reporting a first large order. The contract reported by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry, a subsidiary of Chin...

As Charter Market Soars, Boxship Scrapping Hits Six-Year Low

By The Maritime Executive

January 22, 2022

Aging boxships that would ordinarily be decommissioned continue to remain in service as owners take advantage of a booming container charter market, according to Alphaliner. In its latest weekly re...

MOL Seeks to Develop Wave Energy for Japan Through Bombora Investment

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2022

Japan shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines moved to expand its partnership that is developing wave energy through an investment in Bombora Wave Power. MOL reports that it has been working with the com...

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