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08 Nov

Great Lakes iron ore cargoes up 8.5 percent in October

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Ports, shipping

(CLEVELAND) — Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 5.1 million tons in October, an increase of 8.5 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers' Association. Shipments were a near match to the month’s five-year average. Year to date, the iron ore trade stands at 41.8 million tons, an increase of 23.3 percent compared…

03 Nov

MarAd funds 41 port improvement projects in 25 states

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsPorts, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) on Friday announced over $653 million to fund 41 port improvement projects across the nation under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). The funding will help grow capacity and increase efficiency at coastal seaports, Great Lakes ports, and inland river ports. A significant portion of domestic and international U.S. commerce by weight (over…

01 Nov

Long Beach, NOAA, pilots tout new port navigation tool

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsNavigation, Pilots, Ports, Tugboats and towing

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Imagine driving your car down a narrow road that you cannot see and your tires cannot touch. The road is made of silt and your car is hovering more than seven stories above it. This would be akin to the daily job of port pilots responsible for the safe arrivals and departures of massive cargo vessels…

01 Nov

EPA provides first look at $3 billion Clean Ports Program

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsClimate change, EPA, Ports

(WASHINGTON) — On Tuesday, the Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave stakeholders a first look at the agency's plans to implement a new $3 billion port emission reduction program. During a two-hour webinar, agency staff provided an outline of the newly named Clean Ports Program, which was authorized in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 as the Grants to Reduce Air…

30 Oct

Tentative deal ends strike that restricted Seaway traffic

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Ports, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — Negotiators reached a tentative agreement Sunday night on a new labor contract between the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. (SLSMC) and its unionized workers who had gone on strike a week earlier. Canadian portions of the Seaway were closed for eight days, blocking international commerce to and from all Great Lakes ports. During the coming week, UNIFOR members…

27 Oct

First turbine installed for Vineyard Wind project

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsoffshore wind, Ports

(BOSTON) — The first GE Haliade-X wind turbine generator has been installed for the Vineyard Wind 1 project off Massachusetts, according to energy provider Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The completed turbine is comprised of one tower, three blades and one nacelle. The fully assembled machine represents the largest turbine in the Western world, with a nameplate capacity of…

20 Oct

Long Beach posts strongest September ever

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsPorts, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The Port of Long Beach achieved its busiest September on record, boosted by consumer demand for holiday-related goods, recent ratification of a labor pact between dockworkers and management, and an ongoing effort to showcase the business attributes of the port. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 829,429 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in September, up 11.8 percent from…

17 Oct

Hydrogen era dawns at San Pedro Bay ports complex

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsClimate change, Hydrogen, Ports

(SAN PEDRO, Calif.) — The San Pedro Bay ports’ efforts to help seed a robust green hydrogen market in the pursuit of zero-emissions operations got jump-started last week with an announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that it will award a grant of up to $1.2 billion to a public-private partnership formed to lead California’s bid to create…

11 Oct

Galveston gets $1 million grant for shore power project

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsClimate change, Ports

(GALVESTON, Texas) — The Galveston Wharves has been awarded a $1 million grant for a shore power pilot project in partnership with Texas A&M University at Galveston to reduce emissions from cargo shipping operations. Funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the pilot will include establishing an onshore electricity microgrid to provide a clean portable power source to…

11 Oct

Great Lakes iron ore trade up 10 percent in September

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Ports, shipping

(CLEVELAND) — Shipments of iron ore from U.S. ports on the Great Lakes totaled 5.6 million tons in September, an increase of 10.1 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments were also above the month’s five-year average by 7.4 percent, according to the Lake Carriers' Association (LCA). Year to date, the iron ore trade stands at 36.7 million tons, an…