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FSTED Council Elects 2025-27 Officers

The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council said it has elected a new slate of officers for the 2025-2027 cycle. • Joshua Revord, P.E., Port of Fort Pierce port director, was elected chair. • Joseph Morris, Port Everglades CEO and port director, was elected vice chair. • Lance Scott, Port of Pensacola port director, was elected secretary. “Florida’s 16 deepwater seaports are major economic drivers for the state, moving over 100 million tons ... [+]

Product Tanker Contracts Drop to 9-year Low

Product tanker newbuilding contracts in the first eight months of the year dropped 86 percent year-over-year to 2 million deadweight tonnes, representing a nine-year low, said BIMCO Shipping Analysis Manager Filipe Gouveia. The development marks a stark reversal from the boom seen in 2023 and 2024. ... [+]

Shell, Hapag-Lloyd in Long term Biomethane Deal

Hapag-Lloyd and Shell Western LNG B.V. (Shell) have signed a multi-year agreement for the supply of liquefied biomethane starting with immediate effect. The agreement builds on a strategic collaboration established in 2023 to accelerate the decarbonization of alternative marine fuels. Biomethane, also known as Bio-LNG, plays ... [+]

deugro, Partners Put New Rotra Vessels to Work

deugro, the freight forwarding and project logistics giant, and partners put to work its newest roll-on/roll-off vessel, the Rotra Futura, when it delivered wind turbine blades from Denmark to the U.S., shortly after beginning operations this past summer. The project supply vessel, specifically designed to handle ... [+]

Cheniere-Bechtel in Third Stage of LNG Project

Cheniere Energy, the Houston-based producer of liquefied natural gas (or LNG), selected Bechtel, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) giant, to develop the first U.S. greenfield LNG export facility in 50 years, the Corpus Christi Liquefication facility. Cheniere and Bechtel have worked together for almost two decades ... [+]

AsstrA Moves Bangladesh Power Gen to Houston

Swiss transport and logistics company AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG said it successfully completed a complex transportation of a main power generation package and associated equipment from Chittagong, Bangladesh to Houston. The project began in 2023 when a new client asked AsstrA to quote budgetary shipping and transportation ... [+]

Sallaum Lines Takes Delivery of Ocean Breeze

Sallaum Lines has taken early delivery of the Ocean Breeze, a next-generation liquefied natural gas, or LNG, dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC). The vessel, Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in China, was delivered July 18, four months ahead of schedule. The carrier said the Ocean Breeze represents ... [+]

JAXPORT Adds Latam Cargo Sales Director

Juan Pablo Acosta Magaña has joined JAXPORT’s commercial team, in the newly created  position of director of cargo sales for Latin America. Magaña, a 20-year veteran of international trade and logistics, will be responsible for strengthening commercial ties between Jacksonville and containerized cargo customers in South ... [+]

Höegh to Power Aurora-class with Ammonia

Höegh Autoliners has placed an order for the first-ever ammonia engines for its Aurora-class pure car/truck carriers, or PCTCs, which, at 9,100 car equivalent units (CEU), will be the largest and most environmentally friendly ever built. The four ME dual-fuel liquid gas injection, or LGIA, engines ... [+]

Port Houston Terminals See Double-digit July

Port Houston said its public terminals saw double-digit growth, with July container volumes climbed 21 percent over July 2024 to 392,829 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs. It was one of Port Houston’s strongest single-month performances, as throughout this year the port has continued to demonstrate strong ... [+]

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