With dredging complete, Mobile to add new container berth
29 Oct

With dredging complete, Mobile to add new container berth

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News,
(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…
Read More
Tariffs trim September cargoes at Port of Long Beach
20 Oct

Tariffs trim September cargoes at Port of Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News,
(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…
Read More
Port of Long Beach awarded $20 million for Pier Wind
09 Oct

Port of Long Beach awarded $20 million for Pier Wind

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, ,
(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…
Read More
MarAd advisory: Foreign tech threats and cyber influence
06 Oct

MarAd advisory: Foreign tech threats and cyber influence

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, ,
(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…
Read More
Vancouver posts record trade as Canada expands markets
06 Oct

Vancouver posts record trade as Canada expands markets

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News,
(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…
Read More
Salvors complete recovery of fallen containers at Port of Long Beach
29 Sep

Salvors complete recovery of fallen containers at Port of Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, ,
(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…
Read More
Coast Guard seeks more input on Northeast ATON changes
22 Sep

Coast Guard seeks more input on Northeast ATON changes

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, , ,
(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…
Read More
Historic Lake Michigan ferry damaged in docking accident
19 Sep

Historic Lake Michigan ferry damaged in docking accident

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News,
(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.…
Read More
Salvors making progress in recovery of Long Beach containers
19 Sep

Salvors making progress in recovery of Long Beach containers

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, ,
(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…
Read More