Long Beach braces for double-digit cargo decline
16 May

Long Beach braces for double-digit cargo decline

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News,
(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Following its strongest April on record and 11 consecutive months of cargo increases, the Port of Long Beach is preparing for a double-digit decline for shipments in May due to tariffs – and retaliatory tariffs – that were paused earlier this month. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 867,493 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in April, up 15.6…
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Gladding-Hearn repowers launch for Charleston pilots
13 May

Gladding-Hearn repowers launch for Charleston pilots

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News,
(SOMERSET, Mass.) — Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding has delivered a repowered pilot boat, Fort Ripley, after 10 years of continuous service in the Port of Charleston. The all-aluminum vessel, operated by the Charleston Branch Pilots, was also outfitted with a Seakeeper 40 gyro stabilizer. The 65-foot Fort Ripley was designed by Ray Hunt Design and Gladding-Hearn and built by the Somerset, Mass.,…
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Coast Guard refines reflag rules to boost U.S. fleet
13 May

Coast Guard refines reflag rules to boost U.S. fleet

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, , ,
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard has streamlined the process for foreign ships to be certificated under the American Registry without compromising safety. By doing so, the Coast Guard has consolidated the reflag process under a single program based on international standards. Benefits include: • Reducing pre-inspection plan review and national equivalency process. • Avoiding schedule delays and minimizing modification…
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Crowley’s second Avance-class boxship enters service
12 May

Crowley’s second Avance-class boxship enters service

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(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Copan, the second vessel in Crowley’s Avance-class fleet of LNG-powered containerships, has begun its inaugural commercial operations from the Port of Jacksonville, further expanding the company’s capacity and enhancing speed of ocean shipping for the Caribbean Basin. Named for one of the most important archaeological sites of the Mayan civilization in Honduras, Copan was specifically designed to…
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First cruise ship refuels with LNG in Vancouver
12 May

First cruise ship refuels with LNG in Vancouver

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(NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — The first cruise ship has filled up with an alternative fuel at the Port of Vancouver, receiving liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Seaspan Energy’s LNG bunker vessel Seaspan Garibaldi as it prepares to sail to Alaska. LNG is the first alternative fuel available in significant quantities for the international maritime sector that has been approved…
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Trump nominates former Maersk exec to lead MarAd
08 May

Trump nominates former Maersk exec to lead MarAd

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, ,
(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has nominated Stephen Carmel, a former executive with Maersk Line Ltd., to head the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd), FreightWaves reported. Carmel replaces Capt. Brent Sadler, a Navy veteran who had been tapped in March to lead the agency but had yet to undergo a nomination hearing in the Senate. No reason was given as to…
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Great Lakes limestone cargoes down sharply in April
07 May

Great Lakes limestone cargoes down sharply in April

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, ,
(CLEVELAND) — Limestone shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 1.8 million net tons in April, a decrease of 21.6 percent compared to a year ago. Loadings were also below the month’s five-year average by 15.7 percent. Shipments from U.S. ports totaled 1.5 million tons, a decrease of 18.2 percent. Loadings at Canadian quarries decreased by 35.3 percent to 297,064 tons.…
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Safety alert: Marlin Australia life jacket snap hooks
06 May

Safety alert: Marlin Australia life jacket snap hooks

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News,
(WASHINGTON) — While conducting a life jacket inspection on a small passenger vessel regulated under Title 46 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Subchapter K, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) inspectors discovered malfunctioning snap hooks on approximately 1,500 Type I adult and child life jackets. This alert aims to raise awareness of the manufacturer defect and provide contact information for individuals to…
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