Tag: North America

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.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the US Department of Agriculture have recently issued their joint reminder about pre-certification requirements for ships that have been in areas regulated for Asian gypsy moth (AGM) during specified risk periods.

Port Canaveral recently marked a historic milestone in the safe, reliable transportation and delivery of LNG in North America as the Q-LNG 4000, an articulated tug and bunker barge (ATB) arrived at America’s first LNG cruise port.