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Florida’s Economy Bolstered By America’s Maritime Industry 65,000+ Jobs, More Than $14.6 Billion in Economic Benefits JACKSONVILLE, FL – Florida Secretary of Commerce Laura DiBella joined the American Maritime Partnership (AMP) and the Florida Maritime Partnership- in Jacksonville on this National Maritime Day, May 22, to highlight the economic benefits that the over 65,000 men and women of American… Read More
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national association representing the U.S. shipbuilding, maintenance, and repair industry, has presented U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) with the SCA Maritime Leadership Award. The award is given annually to national leaders who demonstrate exemplary dedication and support for the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry. Leader Scalise was presented the Maritime… Read More
Ocean Updates Our North American gateway terminals are mainly stable at this time, and we have sufficient availability of dry and reefer equipment to cover customer requirements. After the May 1 Labor Day holiday in Asia, we have seen a return of pre-holiday demand levels. Sea-Intelligence reported Maersk as the most reliable carrier in the first quarter… Read More
Three Crowley-managed tankers have been selected by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to serve in its Tanker Security Program. The program ensures a commercial fleet can readily transport liquid fuel supplies in times of need for the U.S. Department of Defense. The selected medium-range tankers are part of a joint venture between Crowley and Stena… Read More
For the 2023 WEDA Eastern Chapter meeting in Jacksonville, FL, we want to have a topicspecific event. With this in mind, we felt a relevant topic for this year’s event is Coastal Resilience and Dredging Restoration & Infrastructure Improvements. We want to encourage presentations that focus on dredging engineering and construction for coastal resilience, restoration… Read More
On National Maritime Day, we honor the thousands of dedicated merchant mariners who serve on United States vessels around the world. During times of both peace and war, merchant mariners are always there — stepping up to transport equipment, troops, and goods across the globe to make our country safer and stronger. With professionalism and… Read More
Maersk officially opened the company’s new global Innovation Center on May 15, 2023. The team will focus on the entire logistics chain, using emerging technologies, taking ideas from inception to impact and developing new tools for the workforce that improve operational processes. Potential ideas will be tested as pilots and will be introduced as scalable… Read More
Horizon Air Freight and Swift Marine have entered a strategic business partnership, uniting as a single company: Horizon Group. The new company will offer a combination of marine logistics and port agency services in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe. “Two great companies have become one for the betterment of our clients,” said Steve… Read More
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE: GBX) (“Greenbrier”) today announced the completed sale of its Gunderson Marine operations to Oregon Green Manufacturing, LLC (OGM). Gunderson Marine operates within a 58-acre industrial waterfront site in Portland, Oregon, which OGM has acquired. The acquisition by OGM preserves approximately 300 family-wage jobs at Gunderson. OGM is a manufacturing business recently formed… Read More
By Janet Levy Let us suppose you draw water and sediment in small quantities from a stream bed. After removing some solid material, you let the remainder flow back into the stream without adding anything. Are you polluting the stream? Common sense dictates one answer. But an overzealous Idaho green group and a federal court do not see it that… Read More
Marino Group has announced the opening of a new container depot of around 140,000 m² in Alabama, US to meet the demands of the container and intermodal traffic through the port of Mobile and the US Gulf. Container maintenance and repair, loaded and empty container storage, warehousing, chassis start-stop and repairs, grounded temperature-controlled unit pre-trips,… Read More
Port of Corpus Christi Commissioners Tuesday accepted the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Sean Strawbridge, effective June 2. Strawbridge will continue to serve as CEO until that time. An interim chief executive, as well as plans to identify a new CEO, will be announced at a future Commission meeting. “I am extremely proud of the… Read More
Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) announced today its first quarter 2023 results. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, Conrad had net loss of $5.1 million and loss per diluted share of $1.01 compared to net loss of $116,000 and loss per diluted share of $0.02 during the first quarter of 2022. The Company’s financial reports are available at www.otcmarkets.com. During the first three… Read More
HOUSTON, May 16, 2023 — Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN), a leading specialty construction company, today announced the closing of a new 3-year $103 million senior secured asset based credit facility with White Oak ABL, LLC and White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC, which are the asset based lending affiliates of White Oak Global Advisors,… Read More
Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program students Jessica Jiang and Ari Quasney were awarded Crowley scholarships for their academic achievements, demonstration of the company’s core values of drive, integrity and sustainability and interest in the maritime industry. Jiang, of Brooklyn, New York, is a sophomore at Williams College where she studies English. Her marine education spans multiple… Read More