795 results found for 'Puerto Rico'

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  • Horizon Lines Under Investigation

    17 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    New York-based national securities firm Faruqi & Faruqi said it is investigating the Board of Directors of Horizon Lines, Inc., for potential breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of the company to Matson, Inc. Juan E. Monteverde, a partner at Faruqi & Faruqi, will focus the investigation on whether Horizon’s Board of […]

  • Equinix and Telxius Partner on Next-Gen Cable Landing Stations

    10 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Equinix and Telxius are working together on U.S. facilities and services for the next-generation cable landing station architecture for the MAREA and BRUSA cable systems. The two subsea cables will terminate in the U.S. directly into the MAREA and BRUSA cable landing station located in Virginia Beach, VA, and the capacity will extend the backhaul […]

  • Denmark: MAN Diesel & Turbo Gets First ME-GI Engine Order

    6 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has confirmed the first order for its low-speed, dual-fuel ME-GI engine. American shipping company, TOTE, has signed a contract with its compatriot shipyard NASSCO in San Diego for the construction of two new state-of-the-art containerships with an option for three more vessels for primarily domestic services. The vessels will each be […]

  • JAXPORT Hosts Army Corps Commanders (USA)

    2 August 2012

    JAXPORT CEO Paul Anderson welcomed Colonel Alan M. Dodd and Colonel Donald E. Jackson, Jr. from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for an introduction and discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing JAXPORT. Col. Jackson became Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division (SAD) on July 16, 2012. The South […]

  • New Fortress Energy secures funds for LNG infrastructure

    13 January 2020

    New York City-based New Fortress Energy secured an $800 million loan from funds and accounts managed by units of Apollo Global Management, to fund its LNG infrastructure.

  • US Extends Jones Act Waiver

    14 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    The US has decided to extended the limited Jones Act Waiver on the back of the severe disruptions of the oil supply system resulting from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The waiver, which was initially signed on September 8, was extended at the recommendation of the Departments of Defense and Energy. Effective immediately, the waiver will facilitate […]

  • USA: EPA Awards Money to Assist in Coastal Restoration

    3 September 2012

    The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program $597,333 each to assist in the restoration of disappearing coastal habitats along the U.S. Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas. The National Estuary Program (NEP) was established by the federal Clean Water Act to protect and […]

  • WEDA Eastern Chapter Annual Meeting Starts Tomorrow

    24 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    This year’s WEDA Eastern Chapter annual meeting will take place on October 25-27 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Pending final USACE approval, the USACE North Atlantic Division & South Atlantic Division Dredge Scheduling Meeting, followed by a Partnering Meeting, will be held on Wednesday from 8:00am-5:00pm, while on Thursday an ICHDMG Meeting will run from 8:00am-11:30pm. […]

  • Spotted: Crowley’s Giant LNG Engine Settles In

    30 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    You don’t get the chance to see such a huge engine being fitted into place every day. This state-of-the-art piece of equipment weighs 759 metric tons and measures 41 feet (12.4 meters) in height, 41 feet in length, and 14.7 feet width. The Man Diesel-built ME-GI engine will power El Coquí, the first of two […]

  • San Juan Harbor Dredging Wrapped Up

    15 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting has just released a video of the San Juan Harbor dredging project, completed this past summer, one month ahead of schedule. The Quincy based dredging company was contracted to conduct maintenance dredging as follows: from Anchorage Area E to a required depth of 36 feet; Army Terminal Turning Basin to […]

  • Crowley’s 2nd LNG-Powered ConRo Goes Full Speed Ahead

    14 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Crowley’s second commitment class ConRo, Taíno, is a step closer to delivery.

  • Excelerate lines up seven FSRUs at DSME

    8 February 2017
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Excelerate Energy executed a letter of intent with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea for the delivery of up to seven FSRUs.

  • Eagle LNG joins cross-industry coalition

    5 October 2016

    Eagle LNG Partners have joined the industry-wide coalition named SEALNG that has been formed to accelerate the use of liquefied natural gas as a marine fuel.

  • NFWF Announces Release of NCRF 2019 Request for Proposals

    4 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has announced the release of the 2019 Request for Proposals for the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF), which provides grant funding to restore, increase and strengthen natural infrastructure to protect coastal communities. This year, Congress has again provided funding for Title IX of the National Oceans and Coastal Security Act, […]

  • TOTE secures LNG supplies for its containerships

    7 January 2015
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Pivotal LNG and WesPac Midstream said they have signed a long-term agreement with TOTE to provide liquefied natural gas to fuel TOTE’s two containerships.

  • NTSB to Determine Cause of El Faro Sinking in December

    13 September 2017

    The probable cause of the October 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean is set to be determined in December 2017, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The decision would be made at a meeting, scheduled to be held on December 12. In addition to determining the probable cause of […]

  • USA: Crowley Maritime Corporation Plans New Boxships Orders

    3 April 2012

    Based on the writings of the Shipping Herald, Crowley Maritime Corporation, a U.S.-owned and operated marine solutions, transportation and logistics company has already completed designs for the ships it plans to build within the framework of containership newbuilding programme. The company is providing services in domestic and international markets through six operating lines of business: […]

  • Spain’s Repsol sells Gas Natural stake to CVC

    22 February 2018

    Spanish energy giant Repsol has agreed to sell its 20 percent stake in compatriot utility Gas Natural Fenosa to CVC Capital Partners investment fund. The deal is worth 3.82 billion euros ($4.69 billion). Repsol will sell the stake to Rioja Bidco Shareholdings, controlled by CVC, for a price equivalent to around 19 euros per share. […]

  • Ocean Discovery XPRIZE Semifinals Round 1 Involves Site Visits

    13 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    XPRIZE has announced updates to the first round of testing for the 19 semifinalist teams competing in the $7-million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. Before Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the deep sea off the southern coast of Puerto Rico was chosen as the original Round 1 Field Test location for the 19 semifinalist teams competing in […]

  • Tote Maritime in LNG bunkering milestone

    9 June 2020
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    US shipping company Tote Maritime recently completed the 100th bunkering of liquefied natural gas to its containerships in the Port of Jacksonville, Florida. North America’s first LNG bunkering barge Clean Jacksonville completed the milestone operation on June 3, according to Tote, a Saltchuk company. The 2,200-cbm barge has been bunkering LNG since 2018 to Tote’s […]

  • Video: NASSCO Launches World’s First LNG-Powered Container Ship

    19 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The US shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO christened and launched the world’s first container ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its shipyard in San Diego on April 18. In a nighttime ceremony attended by around 3,400 shipyard workers and guests, the 3,100 TEU Isla Bella, built for the US transport and logistics company TOTE […]

  • USA: Crowley Plans to Order New Container Ships

    3 April 2012

    Based on the writings of the Shipping Herald, Crowley Maritime Corporation, a U.S.-owned and operated marine solutions, transportation and logistics company has already completed designs for the ships it plans to build within the framework of containership newbuilding programme. The company is providing services in domestic and international markets through six operating lines of business: […]

  • NOAA Finds High Levels of Pollutants in Guánica Bay

    7 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    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 […]

  • US DoE sets aside $40M for open-water wave test site

    17 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DoE) has made available $40 million for one project that will design, permit, and construct an open-water, grid-connected, fully energetic national wave testing facility within US waters.

  • Totem Ocean, Keppel sign LNG conversion deal

    5 August 2015
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Totem Ocean Trailer Express has signed a contract with Keppel Offshore & Marine’s unit Keppel Shipyard for the conversion of the Midnight Sun to dual fuel LNG propulsion.  This is the world’s first major conversion of a large RO/RO vessel to LNG, Totem Ocean said in a statement. The work will begin in December and […]