Links to the breadcrumb trail world news The ship did not meet the basic safety requirements, but sailed anyway and sank that same afternoon Author of the article: Daniel Johnson Coast Guard looking over the survivors. Photo by Photo by Géraldine Morat / Sea Shepherd Article content The rescue operations …

Chicago is emerging as a new bottleneck in the global supply chain as rail, trucking and logistics companies grapple with a spate of imports from Asia reaching the Midwestern freight hub. Union Pacific Corp. and BNSF Railway Co. have limited container shipments to their overcrowded cargo handling terminals in the …

File image Published July 23, 2021 1:41 PM by The maritime executive According to a new study by BloombergNEF, the shipping industry must switch to ammonia as the main fuel source in order to meet decarbonization goals and achieve the goal of zero carbon emissions by 2050. In its latest …

So far, the heavy lift ship Svanen has installed more than 700 foundations and the vast majority of monopiles in the Baltic Sea across Europe. (Courtesy Van Oord) Offshore employees ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – Iberdrola has placed an order with Van Oord for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm off Germany. …

Rolls of nine member companies – Image courtesy of ClassNK Published 07/21/2021 9:22 AM by The maritime executive [By: ClassNK] The Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group (WG) of the Japanese Carbon Capture & Reuse (CCR) Study Group has confirmed that carbon-recycled methane produced by methanation technology (Note 1) can be …

Stolt Tankers says it improved its chemical handling processes after being criticized in a report of a “catastrophic” explosion on a ship in South Korea. The 43,500 dwt Kayman Islands flag Stolt Groenland (built in 2009) was torn apart in an explosion in Ulsan on September 28, 2019, in which …

Hong Kong-based technology consortium Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) has launched its first blockchain-enabled application, Cargo Release, in China. Cargo Release uses blockchain technology and offers a paperless, transparent solution that connects all parties involved in the import port, including shipping companies, consignees, their agents and terminals. By eliminating the …

As the red tide continues in the Gulf of Mexico, dead fish continue to wash up on the beaches of Sarasota and Manatee, but officials said that is still not enough to mobilize local cleanups. Red tide samples in Sarasota and Manatee counties last week confirm the presence of medium …

HOUSTON (ICIS) – Freight container rates have increased triple or quadruple since the pandemic began and are likely to remain elevated beyond New Years celebrations 2022 as global demand for goods continues to exceed available capacity. And even if demand subsides, attendees in a webinar hosted by online freight shipping …

Introduction: I was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1983 and became dual citizens of Canada and the United States in 1994. After graduating from high school in 2001, I worked in various odd jobs before joining the Military Sealift Command at the age of 19 in 2002 a simple seaman. …