795 results found for 'Puerto Rico'

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  • DOT Receives 585 Applications for 2016 TIGER Grant Program

    8 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has announced that the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program has received 585 applications from across the country totaling $9.3 billion in requested funding – over 18 times more than the $500 million that will be awarded. 337 applications were received from the urban areas and 248 from rural communities. […]

  • Fairmount Marine’s Tug Delivers Rig Noble Paul Romano from Gulf of Mexico to Egypt

    20 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Fairmount Marine’s powerful tug Fairmount Sherpa has safely towed the semi-submersible drilling rig Noble Paul Romano from the Gulf of Mexico to Egypt. The tow was over a distance of close to 8,000 miles. When contracted by Noble Drilling the Fairmount Sherpa just has completed the installation of FPSO Skarv, offshore Norway. Fairmount Sherpa was […]

  • Keel Laid for Crowley’s First LNG-Powered Ship

    22 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The keel for the first of two liquefied natural gas-powered, combination container – Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ships for Crowley Maritime’s liner services group was laid yesterday at VT Halter Marine, Inc.’s facility in Pascagoula, Miss. The vessel is the first Commitment Class ship, which will exclusively serve the US-Puerto Rico trade lane. The Commitment Class, Jones Act […]

  • New Fortress Energy terminates Centrica LNG deal

    7 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    New York City-based New Fortress Energy has terminated its liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with Centrica LNG Company.

  • World’s First LNG-Powered Containership to Launch on April 18

    1 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    World’s first LNG-powered containership is scheduled to hit the water in April.

  • USCG Sets Date for Second Hearing into El Faro Disaster

    3 May 2016

    The U.S. Coast Guard said that a second round of public Marine Board of Investigation hearings into the loss of the United States-flagged cargo vessel El Faro is scheduled to start on May 16. The hearings, which will last until May 27, will focus on shipboard operations, cargo loading, lashing and stowage operations for the accident voyage while […]

  • JAXPORT Board of Directors Chooses New Officers

    1 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The JAXPORT Board of Directors selected new officers during its regular meeting. The following slate of officers will serve a one-year term from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015: – Chairman: John J. Falconetti; – Vice Chairman: Dr. John Allen Newman; – Treasurer: Robert F. Spohrer; – Secretary: James P. Citrano. Falconetti is President […]

  • Keel laid for Crowley’s second LNG-powered ConRo ship

    26 August 2015
    Vessels

    The keel for the second commitment class LNG-powered, combination container – Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ship for Crowley Maritime’s liner services group was laid at shipbuilder VT Halter Marine’s facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

  • Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project Gets LOR from U.S. Coast Guard

    12 May 2014

    Excelerate Energy recently received the Letter of Recommendation (LOR) from the United States Coast Guard for its Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project (AOGP) located offshore Puerto Rico. The company also received the Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). “We are pleased to see the schedule published as it demonstrates the […]

  • Horizon Lines Settles on Merger Litigation

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    US shipping company Horizon Lines has agreed to settle on the consolidated putative class action complaint pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery regarding its proposed merger with Matson Navigation. Under the settlement deal, which is subject to court approval, Horizon agreed to make certain supplemental disclosures to its stockholders through a supplement to Horizon’s proxy statement. Further, Horizon […]

  • El Faro Was in Good Condition, Inspector Testifies

    26 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    An inspection carried aboard the US-flagged cargo vessel El Faro in March 2015 showed that the ship’s equipment seemed well-maintained and in working order, a former US Coast Guard inspector told the USCG Marine Board of Investigation, according to local media. As part of the latest hearings into the loss of the 40-year-old vessel and its 33 crewmembers […]

  • NTSB: El Faro Missing Its Navigation Bridge

    4 November 2015

    The navigation bridge and the deck below have separated from the sunken El Faro cargo ship, which has been confirmed to be found at a depth of about 15,000 feet in the vicinity of the ship’s last known position, according to the latest update. The subsequent survey of the wreckage with a CURV 21, a deep […]

  • Update: El Faro Confirmed to Be Found

    3 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The wreckage found at the bottom of the ocean on the 31st of October has been confirmed to be the ill-fated El Faro cargo ship, that sank on October 1st having succumbed to the strong winds of the Hurricane Joaquin, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in an update. ​A search team on board the USNS Apache […]

  • Totem Ocean Inks LNG Conversion Contract with Keppel

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    U.S.-based Totem Ocean Trailer Express has signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Ltd for the conversion of one of its ORCA Class Ro/Ro ships – the Midnight Sun – to dual fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion. Totem Ocean claims this to be the world’s first major conversion of a large Ro/Ro vessel to LNG. […]

  • Video: VT Halter Marine Splashes Crowley’s 2nd LNG-Fueled ConRo

    7 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    VT Halter Marine launches Crowley Maritime Corp.’s second LNG-fueled Commitment Class ConRo ship.

  • Steady Sailing for Horizon Lines

    24 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    U.S. domestic ocean carrier Horizon Lines’ third-quarter adjusted EBITDA increased 12.6% from the same period a year ago, according to Steve Rubin, Horizon Lines President and Chief Executive Officer. This was primarily driven by lower claims-related expense, higher volume, and lower fuel and labor costs associated with vessel dry-docking, Rubin said. “The positive factors driving […]

  • Totem Ocean Inks LNG Conversion Contract with Keppel

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    U.S.-based Totem Ocean Trailer Express has signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Ltd for the conversion of one of its ORCA Class Ro/Ro ships – the Midnight Sun – to dual fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion. Totem Ocean claims this to be the world’s first major conversion of a large Ro/Ro vessel to LNG. […]

  • Duval County Shore Protection Scheme Wraps Up

    1 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Duval County Shore Protection to restore critically eroded beaches and dunes to their original engineered design is now complete, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District reports.  The project placed roughly 850,000 cubic yards of sand on about 8 miles of eroded beaches, including Jacksonville, Neptune and Atlantic beaches and the southern mile of Hanna […]

  • El Faro’s Captain Relied on BonVoyage Forecasts

    25 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    In the latest testimonies of the second round of El Faro hearings the US Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation heard that the vessel’s captain relied heavily on the BonVoyage weather system, local media informed. The board listened to a testimony from Kevin Stith, the Captain of El Yunque, who said that he believes the system was Captain Michael Davidson’s primary […]

  • U.S. Coast Guard Finishes 25,000th Search, Rescue Mission Using General Dynamics’ System

    7 July 2011

      General Dynamics C4 Systems announces that the U.S. Coast Guard completed the 25,000th Rescue 21 search and rescue mission in Sector San Francisco, a major milestone for the system that has helped to save hundreds of lives since it was activated in 2005. Currently comprising 26 command centers, 179 towers and covering approximately 37,000 […]

  • JAXPORT Starts Making Way for Post-Panamaxes

    8 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Florida Governor Rick Scott yesterday officially kicked-off JAXPORT’s USD 43.5 million Mile Point harbor improvement project, which will remove an existing navigational restriction in the St. Johns River. Mile Point consists of 5,000 feet of shoreline located along the north shore of the St. Johns River and east of the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW). Great Marsh Island […]

  • TE SubCom to Build Deep Blue Subsea Cable System

    11 July 2017
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Deep Blue Cable have contracted TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, to build and deploy the Deep Blue subsea cable system. The pan-Caribbean system design spans nearly 12,000 km with initial landing points in 12 markets throughout the region, including the Cayman Islands, Curaçao, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, and […]

  • TOTE Selects Suppliers for Its LNG Newbuildings

    7 February 2014

    Pivotal LNG, Inc. and WesPac Midstream LLC (WesPac) have been selected by TOTE, Inc. to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel TOTE’s two new state-of-the-art container ships in Jacksonville, Fla. TOTE’s new dual fuel LNG container ships are expected to be delivered to the port in Jacksonville in late 2015 and early 2016. To […]

  • New Lawsuit Filed against El Faro Owner

    16 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The owner of the ill-fated El Faro cargo ship TOTE Marine is being targeted with yet another lawsuit from the victims’ families. Namely, the latest legal challenge submitted on Tuesday in Jacksonville seeks to challenge the company’s attempts to limit its financial responsibility and has been filed on behalf of the families of 34-year-old Danielle Randolph […]

  • USD 324 Mln Secured for World’s First LNG Powered Containerships

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    A USD 324.6 million Title XI loan guarantee has been approved to TOTE Shipholdings to finance the construction of two container ships that will utilize liquefied natural gas (LNG) as propulsion fuel, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on Monday. The Title XI Loan Guarantee program promotes the growth and modernization of U.S. shipyards and […]