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Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI), Bristol, R.I., has promoted two key members of the firm’s team, Ian M. Lawson, P.E. and Teri L. LaForest, P.E., to senior naval architects on earning their professional engineer licenses in Rhode Island. Lawson has been with BHGI for over five years, during which he has filled both engineering and… Read More
ABS hosted U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw (TX-2) at its global headquarters in Spring, TX where he toured facilities and met with employees to learn more about the integral role of ABS in the global maritime industry. “We are pleased to welcome Congressman Crenshaw to our global headquarters to discuss the important work ABS does to… Read More
Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate two of his top staffers, George Helmy and Joe Kelley, and Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage, to serve as commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Helmy is Murphy’s chief of staff and Kelly is his deputy chief of staff for… Read More
OSM Maritime Group and Thome Group have agreed to a merger of the two companies. By joining forces, the companies will be building an even stronger platform on which they will continue to deliver world-class ship management services to their customers and continue to improve. The combined company will be named OSM Thome. “By joining… Read More
Ørsted has signed an agreement to acquire Public Service Enterprise Group’s (PSEG) 25 % equity stake in the 1,100 MW offshore wind energy project Ocean Wind 1 located approx. 24 km off the coast of southern New Jersey in the US. The acquisition provides Ørsted with 100 % ownership of Ocean Wind 1. As Ocean… Read More
Volta Inc. (NYSE: VLTA) today announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which Shell USA Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc (NYSE: SHEL), will acquire Volta in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $169 million. The transaction brings Volta’s powerful dual charging and media network to Shell’s established brand and seeks to unlock robust, long-term growth opportunities… Read More
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NYSE: EGLE) (“Eagle Bulk”, “Eagle”, or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the midsize drybulk vessel segment, today announced that it has appointed A. Kate Blankenship to its Board of Directors, effective January 18, 2023. Ms. Blankenship is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). In addition to… Read More
GAC North America – Shipping has opened its new office in Seattle, Washington, to support its growing customer base with a presence in the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle office, which will be GAC’s 20th office in the United States, will provide ship agency, husbandry, and protecting agency services, drawing on the GAC Group’s global experience… Read More
Our Pacific Northwest crew mobilized at a hydroelectric facility to repair a fish guidance net at Upper Baker Dam. Upper Baker Dam is 1 of 2 hydroelectric dams on Baker River, near Concrete, WA. The entire Baker River Hydroelectric Project covers nearly 300 square miles. Upper Baker Dam, a 312-foot-high concrete gravity dam completed in 1959, has… Read More
With the lion share of Weeks Marine’s revenue stemming from dredging efforts, the company has made significant investments in new equipment to help sustain growth. But this new equipment is not just state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredges like Magdalen and R.B. Weeks; it also includes new tugboats built with tending dredges in mind. Our tugboats support our dredging… Read More
Nearly 4 million TEUs for the year Port Houston recorded its best year yet in 2022. Port Houston container annual volume was up 14%, reaching just shy of 4 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), at 3,974,901 TEUs. This is nearly double the volume posted six years earlier in 2016 and 492,526 TEUs more than in… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards LLC has hired Andrew “Andy” Naquin as director of sales. In this role he will report to Eric Bollinger, vice president of sales, and will assist in leading the sales team. “For over 76 years, the Bollinger family has worked hard to deliver our customers the highest quality service and solutions in our… Read More
The Port of Portland has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who joins the port following ten years as CEO of Glenelg Shire Council. Mr Greg Burgoyne joins the Port of Portland team in this role. Prior to his work for the Council, he served as Chief Financial Officer at the Australian Taxation Office,… Read More
The Coast Guard is overseeing a pollution response Monday after a dredging vessel capsized in the Mississippi River in the vicinity of mile marker (MM) 85 near Meraux, La. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received notification at 12:50 a.m. that the dredging vessel W.B. Wood capsized, and the two people aboard were rescued and… Read More
Shared Ice Services LLC (SIS) reports that Peter Roney has joined the executive management team supporting Nichols Brothers Boat Builders and Everett Ship Repair as director of sales and marketing Shared Ice Services, which was recently established to support the operations of the two shipyards, is a subsidiary of Ice Cap Holding LLC, the parent company of Ice Floe,… Read More