795 results found for 'Puerto Rico'

795 results found for 'Puerto Rico'
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  • US backs PRPA’s clean energy upgrades and emissions reduction projects with fresh funding

    15 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $1.8 million grant to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA) to drive climate resilience and air quality improvements across the port operations.

  • Crowley makes headway for first LNG bunkering at Panama Canal’s Pacific side

    25 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy

    U.S. shipping and logistics company Crowley has received the first permit issued by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) for the provision of LNG bunkering services on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal. Under this permit, Crowley is advancing plans to provide bunkering and related port solutions to safely deliver lower-emission LNG to vessels for […]

  • US Navy Salvage and Diving Teams to Look For El Faro

    16 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Navy Salvage and Diving division of the Naval Seas Systems Command was contracted to locate the El Faro container ship which has been missing since October 1 and presumed to have sunk off the Bahamas close to the eye of Hurricane Joaquin. The navy salvage team have been tasked with assisting in the sea floor […]

  • Search for Missing Crew Member of Harmony of the Seas Called Off

    28 December 2018

    USCG suspends search for a missing crew member of Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship Harmony of the Seas.

  • Steel Cut for Crowley’s Second LNG-Powered ConRo Ship

    28 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    VT Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of VT Systems, Inc., has began construction on Taíno, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s second of two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered, combination container – Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ships. VT Halter Marine and Crowley entered into a contract for the pair of ships in November 2013 and construction began on the second ship with the […]

  • NOAA: High Levels of Pollutants in Guánica Bay Represent Threat to Corals and Fish

    7 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The pollutants measured in the sediments of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico, in a new NOAA study were among the highest concentrations of PCBs, chlordane, chromium and nickel ever measured in the history of NOAA’s National Status & Trends, a nationwide contaminant monitoring program that began in 1986. Researchers from the National Ocean Service’s National Centers […]

  • U.S. Imported Two LNG Cargoes in Oct

    10 December 2013
    Vessels

    The U.S. imported two liquefied natural gas cargoes in October, compared to three LNG cargoes the country imported in October of 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Energy data. One cargo was shipped from Trinidad and Tobago, while the other one was sourced from Yemen. The Everett LNG import terminal received both of the […]

  • Spotted: Giant LNG Storage Tanks Arrive at Crowley’s Jacksonville Bunkering Facility

    6 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Two massive cryogenic storage tanks have been delivered and are being installed by Texas-based bulk LNG provider Eagle LNG Partners for Florida’s shipping company Crowley Maritime at a new shore-side LNG bunkering facility at the Port of Jacksonville’s (JAXPORT) Talleyrand Marine Terminal. The LNG bunkering facility, expected to be operational in late summer 2017, is said to […]

  • Family of Missing El Faro Crew Member Files USD 100 Million Lawsuit

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Owners and the captain of the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing off the Bahamas on October 1 and is presumed to have sunk, are facing a USD 100 million lawsuit filed by the family of one of the 32 missing crew members, Reuters reports. The family of the 33-year-old Lonnie Jordan filed the USD […]

  • Image of the Day: HMS Dragon Basking in the Sun

    12 November 2014

    This amazing photo has been captured by the crewmembers of the tanker RFA Gold Rover, who’d earlier provided the Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer with a top-up of fuel on the way to San Juan. HMS Dragon is the fourth of the Royal Navy’s six Type 45 air defence destroyers, which was launched on 7 November […]

  • Perla Del Caribe fuels up with LNG

    18 December 2015
    Vessels

    General Dynamics NASSCO recently completed the first bunkering of liquefied natural gas for the Perla Del Caribe, the LNG-powered containership built for TOTE.

  • NASSCO delivers first LNG containership to TOTE

    19 October 2015
    Vessels

    General Dynamics NASSCO delivered the world’s first LNG-powered containership, the Isla Bella, to TOTE Maritime.

  • Family of Missing El Faro Crew Member Files USD 100 Million Lawsuit

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Owners and the captain of the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing off the Bahamas on October 1 and is presumed to have sunk, are facing a USD 100 million lawsuit filed by the family of one of the 32 missing crew members, Reuters reports. The family of the 33-year-old Lonnie Jordan filed the USD […]

  • Crowley granted small-scale LNG export license by DOE

    11 September 2014

    Crowley Maritime subsidiary Carib Energy has been granted a 20-year, small-scale U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) export license for the supply, transportation and distribution of U.S.-sourced LNG into Non-Free Trade Agreement (NTFA) countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America. As a result, both commercial and industrial customers within NFTA countries can now benefit from […]

  • $8.7 Million Dredging Contract for Cashman

    30 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. LLC, from Quincy, Massachusetts, has won an $8.7 million contract for maintenance dredging in San Juan, Puerto Rico. According to the Army Corps, the contractor will be responsible for dredging 240,000 cubic yards of material from the Piedras River. The material will be deposited in a designated Ocean Dredged […]

  • Kongsberg’s Sonar Supports Five Deeps Expedition

    1 February 2019
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Kongsberg Underwater Technology’s newest multibeam echo sounder, the EM 124, installed aboard the DSSV Pressure Drop, played a key role in the solo human submersible dive in the Atlantic led by the Five Deeps Expedition team.  Victor Vescovo, in his private submersible, reached the bottom of the Puerto Rico Trench, a depth of 8,376 meters. […]

  • Carnival: Majority of Caribbean Islands Unaffected by Hurricanes

    5 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Cruise liner company Carnival Corporation is encouraging passengers to book a cruise to the Caribbean Islands. According to Carnival, more than 40 islands visited by cruise ships on Caribbean itineraries are open and fully operational to welcome cruise ships as recovery from hurricanes that hit the region resume. These are said to include places that saw some damage from […]

  • Final EIS for Aguirre Offshore GasPort Expected This Year

    6 May 2014

    The U.S. FERC said that it plans to issue a final environmental impact statement for the Aguirre Offshore GasPort on December 19. FERC also revealed that the 90-day federal authorization decision deadline is March 19, 2015. Excelerate Energy and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) have recently executed the definitive agreements for the procurement, […]

  • Containers for TOTE’s LNG-powered vessels delivered

    17 June 2015

    Stevedores at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal unloaded the first shipment of the 53-foot Wide-Top Pick cargo containers for use on TOTE’s new Marlin Class ships, the world’s first LNG-powered container ships.

  • MSC Seaside Crewman Falls Overboard off US Virgin Islands

    17 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    USCG: A crewmember from the cruise ship MSC Seaside went overboard off US Virgin Islands on May 16.

  • LNG-fueled cruise ship Mardi Gras starts maiden voyage

    2 August 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras, the first LNG-fueled cruise ship in the Americas, has departed on its maiden voyage from Port Canaveral.

  • Tim Nolan Taking the Reins of TOTE

    21 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Tim Nolan has been named the next President and CEO of TOTE Inc., the parent company to TOTE Maritime and TOTE Services. Nolan, who currently serves as the President of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, has been with the TOTE family of companies since 2013. He will take over the helm July 16 from Anthony Chiarello […]

  • Piedroba to Receive Bids for Leeward Maintenance Dredging

    9 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Piedroba Consulting Group (PCG) has just announced that they will receive proposals on behalf of its client for the maintenance dredging of the Leeward Channel in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Turks and Caicos Islands are an island chain in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Bahamas, northwest of Puerto Rico and north of Hispaniola. The works include maintenance dredging (-12 […]

  • Containers for TOTE’s LNG-powered vessels delivered

    17 June 2015

    Stevedores at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal unloaded the first shipment of the 53-foot Wide-Top Pick cargo containers for use on TOTE’s new Marlin Class ships, the world’s first LNG-powered container ships.

  • UK’s Grain LNG terminal re-exports cargo

    7 March 2016
    Vessels

    The UK’s Grain LNG import terminal, operated by National Grid, has shipped a cargo of previously imported liquefied natural gas. The 155,000 cbm Gaslog Saratoga LNG carrier reloaded a cargo of the chilled fuel and departed from the terminal on the Isle of Grain last week, a spokesperson from National Grid confirmed to LNG World […]