Ports – Professional Mariner

09 Oct

Port of Long Beach awarded $20 million for Pier Wind

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsoffshore wind, Ports, shipbuilding

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday was awarded $20 million by the California Energy Commission to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines. The Port of Long Beach will match $11 million to complete engineering, environmental, business planning and community outreach requirements needed…

06 Oct

MarAd advisory: Foreign tech threats and cyber influence

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsMarAd, Ports, Security

(WASHINGTON) — This advisory from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) continues to alert maritime stakeholders of potential vulnerabilities to maritime port equipment, networks, operating systems, software and infrastructure. Foreign companies manufacture, install and maintain port equipment that creates vulnerabilities to global maritime infrastructure information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems. In the past few years, the U.S. government has…

06 Oct

Vancouver posts record trade as Canada expands markets

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsPorts, shipping

(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — The Port of Vancouver moved record volumes of Canadian cargo in the first six months of 2025, delivering made-in-Canada grain, energy and fertilizer exports to diverse world markets against a challenging geopolitical backdrop. The port’s mid-year cargo statistics show a 13 percent increase in cargo moved between January and June 2025, compared to the same six-month…

03 Oct

Cordero to step down as CEO of Port of Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry NewsPorts, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Longtime Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero – who led the port through an era of rapid cargo growth, a global pandemic and major modernization – announced this week he will retire at the end of 2025, capping a varied career that included eight and a half years as port CEO, seven years on the…

29 Sep

Salvors complete recovery of fallen containers at Port of Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, Salvage, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The unified command on Friday announced that all 95 containers that fell overboard from the cargo vessel Mississippi at Pier G have been recovered in and around the Port of Long Beach. Early counts for the number of containers overboard increased from the original estimate as some units were crushed, submerged or hidden from view in…

22 Sep

Coast Guard seeks more input on Northeast ATON changes

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsNavigation, Ports, shipping, U.S. Coast Guard

(BOSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard is reopening public comments on proposed changes to aids to navigation (ATON) in the Northeast from now until Nov. 15. As a result of the comprehensive public feedback, the course of action has changed for more than half of the original Coastal Buoy Modernization Proposal (CBMP) buoys. One hundred twenty-one aids were removed from…

19 Sep

Historic Lake Michigan ferry damaged in docking accident

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty Newsferries, Ports

(MASON COUNTY, Mich.) — The historic Lake Michigan ferry S.S. Badger sustained damage to its stern sea gate after hitting a moored sister ship Wednesday in Ludington Harbor, MLive.com reported. Badger struck S.S. Spartan about 6:50 p.m. while docking, officials said. No passengers were injured. Marine engineers assessed the damage to determine what repairs were needed to safely continue operations.…

19 Sep

Salvors making progress in recovery of Long Beach containers

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, Salvage, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The unified command continues to make progress in salvage operations at the Port of Long Beach following the cargo vessel Mississippi container incident that occurred Sept. 9. The Container Recovery Group, working alongside salvage crews and members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), has recovered 54 containers from the pier and water, up from…

15 Sep

Port of Long Beach has second-busiest August on record

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsPorts, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Peak shipping season boosted the Port of Long Beach to its second-busiest August on record and the sixth-busiest month in its 114-year history as retailers continued to see the arrival of goods purchased during a recent pause in tariffs. Dockworkers and terminal operators processed 901,846 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in August, a slight decline of 1.3…

11 Sep

NTSB: Land-based firefighters need more training for vessel incidents

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, Ports, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a safety alert Wednesday urging greater awareness and training for land-based firefighters who may be called to fight fires aboard vessels in local ports. The safety alert follows several NTSB investigations into deaths and injuries to firefighters. The NTSB found land-based firefighters often lack the necessary training and familiarity with vessel…