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Excerpted from the WSJ, Feb 8, 2021 By Costas Paris Some container lines and their importing customers are looking for alternate paths to get around bottlenecks at the main U.S. trade gateways in Southern California, where an armada of cargo vessels is anchored offshore at the congested seaports. Shipping lines have started moving some operations… Read More
HOUSTON, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) today announced that it will release the financial results for its three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020 on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. C.S.T. A conference call with the Company will be held the same day… Read More
Shipping and logistics company CMA CGM Group will keep its North American headquarters in Norfolk and invest $36 million to expand its Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia operations, creating more than 400 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. The French company opened its first Virginia office in 2002 in Virginia Beach and in 2005 moved… Read More
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. and BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Parkson Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Axel Johnson Inc., is pleased to announce they have acquired the assets of Schreiber LLC of Trussville, AL. This acquisition of a well-respected water brand augments Parkson’s product portfolio with the addition of complementary pump, headworks, biological and… Read More
US news outlets have reported the confirmation of Amanda Lefton as the new director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The agency, housed within the Department of Interior, manages offshore wind renewable energy development. Lefton is employed as first assistant secretary for energy and the environment for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in… Read More
WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kris Ohleth, a 15-year veteran in offshore wind, has been named Executive Director of the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW), a leading policy group providing expertise, analysis, information sharing, and strategic partnership support for key offshore wind stakeholders. Ohleth was Senior Manager of Stakeholder Engagement at Ørsted. “This is a pivotal time… Read More
Record wind power added in Q4 outpaces total for all of 2019 Solar and energy storage also post record annual installations WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. wind industry had its strongest year ever in 2020 as the amount of new wind power capacity added increased by 85 percent over 2019. The industry added 16,913 megawatts (MW) of… Read More
IHC America announces that it has successfully delivered and commissioned its “Osprey” Water Injection Dredge (WID) to the North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA). The dredge will perform maintenance in the main seaports of Wilmington and Morehead City for maintaining the depths at all berths, wharves and turning basins year-round, which will maximize the vessel… Read More
Michael Gabaldon, P.E. – Appointed as Principal, Water Resources at Anchor QEA.
Memphis, Tenn., headquartered Southern Towing Company (STC) reports that it has acquired Sulphur, La., headquartered Devall Towing from the Devall family. Founded in 1952, Devall is a towboat and barge operator for specialty chemicals along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Lower Mississippi River. It operates a fleet of 36 towboats and 125 liquid tank barges… Read More
BP and Equinor have closed the transaction for BP’s acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind projects off the U.S. east coast. The closing of the transaction marks BP’s official entry into offshore wind. “We see significant opportunities by rapidly growing bp’s offshore wind business, making a major contribution to… Read More
Thomas A. Allegretti has been elected Chairman of the Board of the Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to strengthening the Coast Guard community and service by supporting members and families. Allegretti first joined the Coast Guard Foundation board in 2006 and has served on its Executive Committee and the Audit Committee. In 2020,… Read More
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – Feb. 2, 2021 – The Marine Division of Mission Critical Electronics (MCE) has added a new product manager, Roger Jin, and European sales manager, Olaf Klop to work with its marine brands of ASEA Power Systems, Newmar and Xantrex. Jin and Klop became the newest employees in December of 2020. Born… Read More
Daniel F. E. Poll Liebherr Promotes Poll to Managing Director, Sales & Customer Service. Ashley Richardson Gets promoted to Director, Estimating at Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation.
NEW ORLEANS—February 1, 2021— Today, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) welcomed Todd Rives to the executive team as Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Rives’ maritime strategic business development and leadership experience, which includes 15 years with ocean carrier CMA CGM, will help Port NOLA fully realize current and future growth opportunities. “We… Read More