Jones Act waiver hint rattles U.S. maritime industry
President Trump is reportedly considering granting Puerto Rico a 10-year waiver that will allow the island to receive U.S.-origin LNG exports on board foreign-flag vessels.
President Trump is reportedly considering granting Puerto Rico a 10-year waiver that will allow the island to receive U.S.-origin LNG exports on board foreign-flag vessels.
The committee guides the Transportation secretary on matters relating to marine transportation.
Air assets and a European Maritime Safety Agency satellite team will continue to monitor the area to ensure the long-term absence of oil spills.
Kenny Rocker, EVP of sales and marketing, said the rollout of the company’s Unified Plan 2020 is complete, which helped the Class I railroad overcome first-quarter challenges.
Forty ships detained in 2018 as federal inspectors begin exposing U.S.-flag safety data.
A top executive of the Panama Canal Authority outlines the prospects for LNG, LPG and crude/product tanker transits through the larger locks of the waterway.
Nick Brown, head of marine at classification society Lloyd’s Register, is at the front lines of ocean shipping’s technological evolution. He explains how he sees this transformation playing out.
East Coast Warehouse and the Global Cold Chain Alliance also announce appointments.
The Phoenix Jamnagar will be operated by Phoenix Tankers and primarily will transport crude oil to India.
The agreement to buy the South American companies, which export perishables to the U.S., Europe and Asia, extends the Swiss freight forwarder’s perishables network.
It’s a game of several parts as Drewry Shipping Consultants’ World Container Index indicates that rates are marginally down by 0.3 percent compared to the previous week. But the index is massively up, by 12.8 percent, compared with the same period last year. A flattening market can be perceived as “good news” given there have been a couple of weeks of slump.
Korea’s only remaining container ship line may want to go beyond its slot sharing deal, but Western carriers wary on subsidized shipping.
The companies will increase the number of services on which Hyundai Merchant Marine shares space from one to three.
Chartworld Shipping, Nederland Shipping and the Nederland Reefer chief engineer were charged with falsifying oil records and not reporting a hull breach to the Coast Guard.
The executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition discusses port congestion, demurrage and detention fees, and ongoing China tariffs on agricultural goods.
The White House on Monday announced its intent to end sanction waivers to countries still importing revenue-generating oil from Iran.
Three states and several utilities will study the needs of electric trucks along the I-5 corridor to make long-haul electric trucks a reality. Plus, the future of Cummins, flex fuels, and are the Chinese taking our railway jobs?
The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association and longshoremen oppose the plan by the Oakland Athletics to build a ballpark on Port of Oakland property.
The shipbuilding campaign has the “potential to exceed 100 new LNG carriers over the next decade,” Qatar’s minister of state for energy affairs said.
U.S. unveils new strategy in response to increasing investments by Russia and China.