Tag: US ports

The US Congress introduced a legislationto to help ports deal with the challenges of extreme weather events.

USCG issued a policy letter to provide guidance to the Cruise Ship National Center of Expertise and Officers in Charge, Marine Inspection on Coast Guard examination requirements for all foreign cruise ships seeking to resume suspended operations within U.S. ports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority and Stabilis have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate the use of LNG as a marine fuel at the Port of Corpus Christi.

Ship operators should take into consideration the practices, procedures and equipment needed to ensure timely compliance with California’s new 'Control Measure' for reducing emissions from vessels berthed at its ports, the Gard P&I Club advised. 

South Carolina Ports made history by welcoming the first vessel to the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, marking the first container terminal to open in the U.S. since 2009.

The Northwest Ports of Vancouver, BC, Seattle, Tacoma, and the combined container operations of The Northwest Seaport Alliance, announced their joint vision to phase out emissions from seaport-related activities by 2050.

The number of container ships waiting to offload at the neighboring ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles remains high, with dockworkers working pre-pandemic hours to alleviate a bottleneck.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced in February that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, several Port of New York of New Jersey tenants, and other agencies and organizations, would receive more than $100 million for clean, equitable transportation projects.

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.

The first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering of a foreign-flagged vessel took place at the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT), US, when 1,800 m3 (~450,000 gallons) of LNG were loaded from North America’s first LNG bunker barge, the Clean Jacksonville, to the LNG-powered vehicle carrier, Siem Confucius, at Blount Island Marine Terminal.