Ports – Professional Mariner

15 Dec

Port Everglades posts best year for cruise, cargo, energy

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsPorts, shipping

(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Broward County's Port Everglades has set a new benchmark for performance, breaking its own records across all three of its core business sectors – cruise, cargo and energy – based on preliminary fiscal year 2025 numbers. For the first time in the port's recent history, Port Everglades simultaneously surpassed its highest volumes in cruise, cargo and…

15 Dec

Noel Hacegaba confirmed as Port of Long Beach CEO

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry NewsPorts, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Dec. 8 unanimously appointed Noel Hacegaba as the incoming chief executive officer (CEO) of the Port of Long Beach, effective Jan. 1, 2026. Hacegaba, a longtime port executive currently serving as chief operating officer (COO), succeeds departing CEO Mario Cordero amid an era of significant growth at the…

01 Dec

Four crewmen injured in boxship fire at Port of Wilmington

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, shipping, U.S. Coast Guard

(WILMINGTON, Del.) — Four crewmembers were injured, one seriously, after fire broke out aboard a containership Wednesday in the Port of Wilmington. At about 9:30 a.m., the crew of the Liberian-flagged Chiquita Voyager reported a fire in the engine room. Personnel from multiple agencies responded to the incident, including units from the Wilmington Fire Department, New Castle County Emergency Management…

28 Nov

Boxship escorted back to Port of LA terminal after fire

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, shipping, U.S. Coast Guard

(SAN PEDRO, Calif.) — Under the direction of the unified command, crews returned the containership ONE Henry Hudson to Yusen Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles late Wednesday night. The vessel’s arrival marked a key transition into the next phase of the response, where longshore labor and salvage crews will begin offloading cargo and managing waste. The vessel, towed…

24 Nov

Fire contained aboard containership in Port of Los Angeles

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, shipping, U.S. Coast Guard

(SAN PEDRO, Calif.) — Crews under the unified command continued their response operations Tuesday after a fire aboard the containership One Henry Hudson in the Port of Los Angeles. At 9 a.m., active firefighting operations stopped as the fire, which started on Friday, had been contained as reported by the salvage master aboard the vessel. “Now that the fire is…

13 Nov

New McAllister tractor tug arrives for duty in Port of New York

Professional Mariner StaffTugboats & TowingPorts, shipbuilding

(NEW YORK) — Power, ingenuity, maneuverability – McAllister Towing’s newest tractor tug, Gerard McAllister, brings all three to the Port of New York. American-made at Washburn & Doughty in East Boothbay, Maine, Gerard McAllister is the fifth in a series of six 84-metric-ton bollard pull, low-emission tractor tugs. It is McAllister’s 42nd tractor tug and the 13th with over 80…

12 Nov

Crowley expands mooring services to LA, Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsPorts, shipping

(LOS ANGELES) — Crowley has expanded its mooring services to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California, enhancing its harbor services for ship operators along the U.S. West Coast. The new services combine Crowley’s high-performance, safe and reliable ship assist and escort tug fleet with integrated mooring services to help vessels safely and efficiently deliver cargo and…

29 Oct

With dredging complete, Mobile to add new container berth

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsPorts, shipping

(MOBILE, Ala.) — The Alabama Port Authority and APM Terminals Mobile on Tuesday announced an agreement to proceed with construction of a new, 1,300-foot container berth at the Port of Mobile. This $131 million project, funded by federal appropriations to the port authority and enhanced by private investments from APM Terminals, an independent division in A.P. Moller-Maersk, marks the next…

20 Oct

Tariffs trim September cargoes at Port of Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsPorts, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Softening consumer demand and rising prices driven by shifting trade policies led to a decline in cargo containers moved through the Port of Long Beach in September. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 797,537 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo containers last month, down 3.9 percent from September 2024. Imports decreased 6.9 percent to 388,084 TEUs and…

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…