795 results found for 'Puerto Rico'

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  • Hawaii: Ali Nikkhoo Joins Horizon Lines as VP & General Manager

    17 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Horizon Lines, Inc., the nation’s leading domestic ocean shipping company, today announced that Ali Behruz Nikkhoo has been named Vice President and General Manager, Hawaii, for the company’s Horizon Lines, LLC operating subsidiary. Mr. Nikkhoo, a seasoned veteran with three decades of experience, will report to Brian Taylor, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer […]

  • US Territories Step Closer to Offshore Wind

    7 September 2018
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    The US House Committee on Natural Resources has unanimously passed the Offshore Wind for Territories Act that would amend federal law to authorize offshore wind energy development in the Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to all five US territories. The Natural Resources Committee has unanimously reported the bill to the full House of Representatives for consideration. […]

  • Pallone: GOP Shutdown Impacts Cleanup Projects (USA)

    15 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) stood before the shuttered Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 Laboratory in Edison, New Jersey, calling for an end to the reckless Republican government shutdown that has left all 100 employees of the lab furloughed. The government shutdown has halted or slowed work on a variety of activities critical to […]

  • CURV III Undersea Vehicle Enters The National Navy Museum (USA)

    6 July 2012

      The National Navy Museum (NNM) received cable-controlled undersea recovery vehicle (CURV) III, the Navy’s most sophisticated deep sea recovery submersible from 1976 until its retirement in 2007, along with its operator control van, July 2. The submersible and van were installed in the Museum’s new Cold War Gallery, located in Building 70 at the […]

  • Clean Energy to Build LNG Fuel Terminal in Jacksonville (USA)

    30 October 2013

    Clean Energy Fuels announced that it has placed a purchase contract on property where it hopes to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel terminal in Jacksonville, Fla. This would be the first LNG facility on the Eastern seaboard to specifically supply LNG for the maritime, heavy-duty trucking and rail industries. The planned facility is […]

  • US unveils winners of $3 billion Clean Ports Program

    29 October 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed that 55 applicants across 27 states and territories will receive nearly $3 billion through its Clean Ports Program.

  • Hornbeck, MSRC Enter Deal for Spill Response Services, U.S. Gulf of Mexico

    22 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) announced today that they have entered into a long-term agreement for spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico. Two U.S.-flagged 370 class multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) owned by Hornbeck Offshore are being retained by MSRC and equipped with dedicated spill response capability. The HOS […]

  • Term of the Day: Carnet

    22 January 2015

    A carnet is an international customs and temporary export-import document. It permits a holder to temporarily carry or send merchandise into certain foreign countries, for display, demonstration or similar purposes, without paying duties or posting bonds. There are two types of carnets issued in U.S., ATA and TECRO/AIT. The TECRO/AIT carnets are used for temporary […]

  • NACC Alicudi – World’s 1st Cement Carrier with IMO Tier III Diesel Engines

    10 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    NACC Alicudi became the world’s 1st cement carrier equipped with IMO Tier III compliant diesel engines.

  • Pivotal and WesPac to Fuel TOTE’s 2 Container Ships in Jacksonville, USA

    7 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Pivotal LNG, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AGL Resources, 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 […]

  • Hornbeck, MSRC Enter Deal for Spill Response Services, U.S. Gulf of Mexico

    24 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) announced today that they have entered into a long-term agreement for spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico. Two U.S.-flagged 370 class multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) owned by Hornbeck Offshore are being retained by MSRC and equipped with dedicated spill response capability. The HOS […]

  • Trafigura to invest up to €30 million to develop battery energy storage system

    6 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Infrastructure, Storage, Transition

    Geneva-based commodity trader Trafigura is investing up to €30 million into Belgium’s largest Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) at Nyrstar’s zinc smelting facility in Balen. The investment will be the first live project by Nala Renewables, Trafigura’s newly formed joint venture company with IFM Investors. Construction of the Balen BESS project is planned to start […]

  • USA: MSRC to Equip Vessels for Hornbeck Offshore

    22 July 2011

    Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) announced today that they have entered into a long-term agreement for spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico. Two U.S.-flagged 370 class multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) owned by Hornbeck Offshore are being retained by MSRC and equipped with dedicated spill response capability. The HOS […]

  • Recruiting Fresh Talent for the Dredging Industry

    2 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    Within the maritime infrastructure industry, the companies that comprise the International Association of Dredging Companies are known for their high-levels of expertise. But outside the industry dredging in general is often little known and undervalued. Important progress is being made to communicate the dynamism of the dredging sector to a new generation and to underscore […]

  • USA: Crowley Vessels and Crews Get 2010 Jones F. Devlin Awards for Safety

    15 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Thirty-nine Crowley Maritime Corporation vessels and their crews were awarded the 2010 Jones F. Devlin Award for safety during this month’s Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) Annual Safety Awards Luncheon. Together these vessels represent 160 total years without a Lost Time Incident (LTI), reflecting Crowley’s commitment to safety. The CSA Devlin Award is […]

  • AMP Fight Off Jones Act Attack

    28 January 2016

    The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) disagrees with the findings of the recent report published by the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure’s (Aii) entitled Jones Act: Protectionism v. Global Trade. The report called the Jones Act outdated, especially as the United States is entering new global markets and removing outstanding barriers to trade. Under the almost […]

  • IMO: Regulations to Improve Energy Efficiency of International Shipping Enter into Force

    2 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    New regulations aimed at improving the energy efficiency of international shipping entered into force on 1 January 2013. The amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) were adopted in July 2011.They add a new chapter 4 Regulations on energy efficiency for ships to MARPOL Annex VI, to make mandatory […]

  • Magnolia LNG Signs HoA with GNF (USA)

    7 August 2013
    Project & Tenders

    LNG Ltd has signed a non‐binding Tolling Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Gas Natural SDG, S.A. (GNF), part of the Gas Natural Fenosa Group, in relation to the Company’s 100% owned Magnolia LNG Project, in Louisiana, USA (MLNG Project). The term of the HOA is to 30 June 2014 and, under the provisions of the HOA, GNF will […]

  • LNG Picking Up Pace in Marine Fuel Market

    27 December 2013

    Nobody has suggested that the emergence of LNG as a marine fuel will be a rapid procedure, although in certain areas like the Norwegian coast, political will and the availability of LNG in close proximity have helped to introduce a number of domestic ferries thus fuelled. But there are signs that the slow march of […]

  • US Navy Locates Wreckage Believed to Be El Faro

    1 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    A search team on board the USNS Apache has found the wreckage of a vessel they believe to be the container ship El Faro which went missing off the Bahamas on October 1 near the eye of Hurricane Joaquin, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported on October 31. NTSB said that sonar equipment towed from Apache first […]

  • New Fortress Energy expanding LNG assets

    21 November 2018

    New York City-based New Fortress Energy is in full swing with the development of new natural gas liquefaction and LNG import facilities. 

  • ABP Appoints Head of Commercial for Humber

    1 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced the appointment of James Leeson to the role of Head of Commercial, Humber. The move follows a number of significant developments for ABP’s Humber operations, including the announcement that Siemens and ABP will be investing more than £300 million in wind turbine manufacturing facilities at the Port of Hull, […]

  • Horizon Lines to Convert Two Vessels to LNG (USA)

    26 June 2013
    Vessels

    Horizon Lines, Inc. announced that it plans to convert the power plants on two of its steam turbine cargo vessels to modern diesel engines capable of burning conventional liquid fuels or liquefied natural gas (LNG). “We are viewing this as the first step in a repowering initiative for Horizon Lines vessels serving in the Hawaii […]

  • Teledyne Webb Research’s APEX Deep Reaches Diving Record

    4 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Teledyne Webb Research announced today that their Autonomous Profiling Explorer (APEX®) Deep set a record diving to a depth in excess of 6,000 meters in the Puerto Rico trench at approximately 07:15 UTC on February 26, 2013, making APEX Deep the deepest diving commercially available profiling float. APEX Deep achieved its first major milestone on […]

  • Telefonica: Infinera DTN-X Platform for 100G SAm-1 Submarine Cable Upgrade

    21 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Telefonica International Wholesale Services (TIWS), part of Telefonica Global Solutions, and Infinera INFN -1.72% announced the international upgrade to TIWS’ SAm-1 submarine Cable Network, connecting North and South America with the Infinera DTN-X platform. The Infinera DTN-X platform is capable of delivering 500 gigabit per second (Gb/s) long haul super-channels, enabling Telefonica to address growing […]