Tag: North America

DOF Group announced the chartering of the Connor Bordelon to support the North America operation in the US Gulf of Mexico for 1-year term with a 1-year option.

According to EIA, North America’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity to expand to 24.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) from 11.4 Bcf/d today as Mexico and Canada place their first LNG export terminals into service and the United States adds to its existing LNG capacity.

Borealis and IINO Kaiun Kaisha, have signed a charter agreement for a dual-fuel liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessel, Oceanus Aurora. The vessel was ordered from IINO Lines in 2021 and delivered to Borealis 14 May 2023.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Chief Shipping Analyst, Niels Rasmussen, looks at the fact that despite a 70-80% fall in freight rates, and worsening of the supply/demand balance, liner operators have been able to keep rates higher than pre-pandemic levels.

On March 9th DNV released a statement to announce key findings from its report, Spatial Competition Forecast, on the growing Blue Economy and the global race for space among ocean sectors.

Ports America’s Baltimore terminal joined Green Marine, the voluntary environmental certification program for North America’s maritime industry.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued guidance to vessels arriving from Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) regulated areas. 

A Gard Member recently experienced an incident of cargo failure involving Bauxite loaded in Guyana.

The North American Maritime Ministry Association has compiled information on COVID-19 vaccine availability for foreign seafarers in United States ports.

NextDecade Corporation plans to develop one of the largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in North America at NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project.