It's on us. Share your news here.
It's on us. Share your news here.
The Board of WISTA USA, the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association, appointed Boriana Farrar, vice president and chief legal officer of Patriot Contract Services LLC, as president at its 2021 Annual General Meeting held virtually earlier this month. Farrar takes over the presidency from Parker Harrison, senior vice president and General Counsel, Crowley Maritime… Read More
Crowley Maritime Corporation and the University of North Florida (UNF) today announced that Crowley has donated $2.5 million as an endowment gift for the creation and operation of a new center of excellence named the Crowley Center for Transportation and Logistics (CCTL). The center will reside in UNF’s Coggin College of Business and utilize interdisciplinary faculty… Read More
Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, with the help of its sister districts in Detroit and Buffalo, hosted a Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Great Lakes Inspection Tour (GLINT) to engage local, state and federal senior leaders and develop strategic partnerships with a focus on improving Great Lakes coastal… Read More
Faced with growing calls to improve the environment around major ports and with pending EU regulatory actions requiring ships to reduce emissions while in port, five of Northern Europe’s largest port authorities announced a joint effort focusing on increasing the use of onshore power supply for ships at berth. While the use of cold ironing… Read More
Scape has recruited two senior members from Arcadis and Sir Robert McAlpine as it prepares for more public sector project investment. Andy Bacon has joined the framework provider from Sir Robert McAlpine to take up the position of head of category management, which will involve working with contractors on Scape’s construction, civil engineering and consultancy… Read More
In a deal that puts together two Oslo, Norway, headquartered containership operators, MPC Container Ships ASA has agreed to acquire Arne Blystad led Songa Container AS for an aggregate purchase price of $ 210.25 million on a debt and cash free basis. On closing, MPC will acquire a Songa’s fleet consisting of 11 container vessels… Read More
Continued expansion into high growth markets solidifies Enstructure’s position as a leader in North American terminal and cold storage infrastructure Enstructure, a leading U.S. terminal and logistics company, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Patriot Port Holdings LLC (“Patriot Ports”). Patriot Ports, the ports division of Patriot Rail &… Read More
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Sally Bakko, Michel Bechel, Roger Guenther, Robert D. “Bob” Mitchell, Lori J. Traweek, and Michael VanDerSnick to the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) Board of Directors for terms set to expire on June 16, 2025. Additionally, the Governor named Nicole Sunstrum as the temporary Executive Director. The Gulf… Read More
ATLANTIC — The N.C. Coastal Federation has finished planting 70,198 grasses landward of the new living shoreline at Atlantic Harbor, concluding a joint project with Carteret County that also included dredging the channel to the harbor. Dr. Lexia Weaver, coastal scientist and manager of the federation’s central regional office in Ocean, said the work Down East… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Rep. Frank J. Mrvan (IN-1), and Crown Point Mayor David Uran held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of a sewer infrastructure improvement project in Crown Point, Indiana, June 22, 2021. The project includes rehabilitation of sanitary sewers ranked as high priority in an area with high… Read More