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SUPERIOR, WI – Fraser Industries, a historic maritime company with subsidiaries Fraser Shipyards, Lake Assault Boats, and Northern Engineering, located in Superior, Wisconsin, and Portsmouth, Virginia, has successfully closed a bond financing deal that will pave the way for a sustainable and robust maritime workforce for future generations. Founded in 1890, the company has been… Read More
We’re proud of how hard our NAD team has worked to coordinate response efforts and provide support to the Baltimore District and Unified Command Center in the aftermath of the FSK Bridge collapse. Sgt. 1st Class Orlando Papaleo is one of our military personnel on the team who has provided crucial support. Papaleo is the… Read More
Jade Creek Construction, a subsidiary of government contractor Akima, will modernize facilities in the region over five years. Award: Critical infrastructure modernization Value: $499 million Location: Baltimore Clients: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Herndon, Virginia-based Jade Creek Construction has won a $499 million design-build construction contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District. Jade Creek — a… Read More
BALTIMORE – The Captain of the Port established a fourth channel, the Fort McHenry Limited Access Channel, which will run the length of the northeast side of the federal channel, and provide additional access to commercially essential traffic. The limited access deep draft channel has a controlling depth of a minimum of 35 feet, a… Read More
Baltimore Update | Next Steps in Salvage & Clearing | General Average & Limited Liability | Worldwide Fuel Contamination | Impact on Baltimore Economy What’s Going on With Shipping? April 19, 2024 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano – a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner – talks with William Doyle, CEO… Read More
The port of Miami is expanding, and it’s doing so in a way that could cause lasting damage. That’s because the dredging – underwater digging to deepen the port – is kicking up a lot of sediment, and that’s causing problems for nearby coral reefs. The sediment has been blanketing the reefs and suffocating them,… Read More
The Port of Baltimore is likely to lose at least $6.5 billion of export-import trade this month due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge late last month. Last April, in 2023, the fast-growing and vital Eastern Seaboard port handled $6.8 billion in two-way trade, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Census Bureau… Read More
A third temporary channel for boats to enter and depart the Port of Baltimore has opened, expanding further shipping access as collapsed sections of the Francis Scott Key Bridge are salvaged before the span can ultimately be rebuilt. The alternate channel, located to the northeast of the fallen bridge, is open to “commercially essential vessels,”… Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority hosted their 55th annual 2024 Georgia International Trade Conference. The event brings customers, business partners and industry leaders together to discuss the latest maritime and logistics industry developments and trends. India was one of the key topics discussed on conference panels. The India government is investing billions in port and transportation infrastructure… Read More
Roger Guenther, who led Port Houston as it became a top-five US container gateway, will step down as its executive director at the end of the summer, with the port naming its infrastructure chief as his successor. The port’s commissioners on Tuesday voted to appoint Charlie Jenkins, the port’s chief channel infrastructure officer, to be Houston’s… Read More
In the heart of Baltimore, Kimberly Matthews, a design manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, stands at the forefront of disaster mitigation efforts, orchestrating a seamless coordination between USACE engineers and architectural engineering firms. With a recent full-scale training operation conducted in early March as a foundation, Matthews and her team are… Read More
With the removal of a 560-ton section of structural steel on April 22, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has cleared enough wreckage from a 35-foot-deep Limited Access Channel (LAC), in accordance with USACE’s commitment to deliver it by the end of April. The LAC runs the northern portion of the wider and federal channel,… Read More
Officials in Baltimore plan to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to enter and leave the city’s port starting on Thursday — a significant step toward reopening the major maritime shipping hub that has remained closed to most traffic since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last month. The new channel will be 35… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles handled 743,417 container units in March, a 19% increase over the previous year. It was the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year growth at the nation’s busiest port. For the first quarter ending March 31, local dockworkers moved 2,380,503 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) across Los Angeles marine terminals––nearly 30% more than… Read More
The accident that closed the Port of Baltimore initially raised concerns that supply chains would take another hit just as global shipping adjusted to disruptions from Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. But supply chains have been resilient thus far, and U.S. efforts to fortify them are accelerating. Have there been global economic repercussions from… Read More