795 results found for 'Puerto Rico'

795 results found for 'Puerto Rico'
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  • USACE: $3.348 Billion in Recovery Funds Announced

    6 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced yesterday additional work that it will accomplish with funding provided in Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.   The act provides nearly $17.4 billion to the Corps for disaster recovery, among other things. The Jacksonville District received $3.348 billion for long term recovery investments in its […]

  • Search Under Way for Missing M/V Berkay N Crew Member

    27 November 2015

    The United States Coast Guard rescue crews are searching the Atlantic Ocean for a missing crew member suspected of having gone overboard from the 252-foot Chilean-flagged cargo vessel Berkay N during the vessel’s transit north of Puerto Rico. The missing crew member has been identified as Luis Leyva Aliaga, 62, a Chilean national and First […]

  • Crowley deploys second Avance Class LNG-powered containership

    13 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    U.S. shipping and logistics company Crowley has put into operation the second Avance Class LNG-powered containership to expand its capacity in the Caribbean Basin.

  • Excelerate’s Aguirre Offshore GasPort challenged in court

    31 August 2016

    Comité Diálogo Ambiental has challenged FERC’s orders approving the construction and operation of the Aguirre Offshore GasPort, a floating LNG regasification terminal proposed off the southern coast of Puerto Rico.

  • Crowley, Jaxport Ink Lease Deal

    24 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    JAXPORT’s Board of Directors approved an expanded, long-term lease with Crowley Liner Services Inc., a subsidiary of the Crowley Maritime Corporation. Under the agreement, Crowley will relocate its Puerto Rican service from its private terminal along Jacksonville’s harbor to JAXPORT’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal and expand its current leasehold in preparation for deployment of the company’s […]

  • Captain of Maersk Batam Medevaced

    25 March 2020

    The captain of M/V Maersk Batam medevaced south of Puerto Rico.

  • Puerto Rican-based Shipping Company to Pay Penalty for Intentional Cover-Up of Oil Pollution

    19 August 2011

      Epps Shipping Company, a Liberian corporation doing business out of Carolina, Puerto Rico, was sentenced in federal court for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and making false statements to U.S. Coast Guard inspectors, announced Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez. The company was […]

  • Crowley to Build Revolutionary LNG-Powered ConRo Ships

    26 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The next chapter in Crowley’s storied history of shipping and logistics services between the United States mainland and Puerto Rico will be written with larger, faster and environmentally-friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered, combination container – Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ships. Crowley yesterday announced that it has signed a contract with VT Halter Marine Inc., of Pascagoula, Miss., […]

  • Researchers start wave energy resource characterization in Atlantic Ocean

    29 September 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    Researchers from North Carolina and Puerto Rico have deployed Waverider buoys to collect wave energy data that will help marine energy developers pinpoint best spots to source clean, renewable energy in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • White House Honors TOTE CEO for Leading U.S. Maritime Industry Toward Gas as Fuel

    16 May 2014

    TOTE, Inc. President & CEO Anthony Chiarello is among 11 individuals honored by the White House as 2014 transportation industry “Champions of Change.” Chiarello was chosen for his role in leading the U.S. maritime industry toward natural gas as fuel. Chiarello joined fellow honorees and guests in the South auditorium of the White House on […]

  • Captain of Maersk Batam medevaced

    25 March 2020
    Vessels

    The captain of the 734-foot Singapore-flagged container ship M/V Maersk Batam was medevaced from the ship approximately 100 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico on Monday night. The evacuation was requested after the captain, 57, experienced life-threatening symptoms of a possible stroke during the ship’s transit from St. Marta, Colombia to their next scheduled port […]

  • Tugboat Explorer Crew Gets Recognition from U.S. Coast Guard

    25 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The captain and crew aboard the tugboat Explorer, which is managed by Crowley Maritime Corp, were recently recognized by Coast Guard Rear Admiral William Baumgartner, who serves as commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District in Miami, for their humanitarian actions, unwavering determination, professionalism and skilled seamanship after they assisted a vessel that ran out […]

  • Competitive Market Affecting Horizon Lines

    31 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Horizon Lines second-quarter adjusted EBITDA increased 7.4% from the same period a year ago, driven primarily by higher revenue container volumes and improved fuel recovery, according to Steve Rubin, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer.   “An 8.3% improvement in operating revenue versus the second quarter of 2013 was generated largely by a 10.8% revenue […]

  • Picture of the day: TOTE’s LNG-powered duo

    1 September 2015
    Vessels

    General Dynamics NASSCO recently launched the second LNG-powered containership built for TOTE. As part of a two-ship contract signed in December 2012 with TOTE, the 764-foot long Marlin class containerships Perla del Caribe and Isla Bella , will be the largest dry cargo ships of its kind in the world powered by LNG, according to NASSCO. Upon […]

  • Crowley to Build First LNG-Powered ConRo Ships, USA

    26 November 2013
    Vessels

    The next chapter in Crowley’s storied history of shipping and logistics services between the United States mainland and Puerto Rico will be written with larger, faster and environmentally-friendly liquefied natural gas powered, combination container – Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ships. Crowley announced that it has signed a contract with VT Halter Marine Inc., of Pascagoula, Miss., to […]

  • El Faro’s Captain Planned to Avoid Storm, Hearings Reveal

    17 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Coast Guard continued the investigation into last year’s sinking of the United States-flagged cargo vessel El Faro with a second round of public Marine Board of Investigation hearings on Monday. During the first day of the hearings, the board listened to the testimony of Captain Eric Bryson, who helped launch the El Faro on […]

  • Trinidad Ships LNG Cargo

    20 July 2012
    Vessels

    Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a cargo of  liquefied natural gas yesterday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the Bilbao Knutsen, a 138,000 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive in Puerto Rico on July 21. Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin terminal is one of the world’s […]

  • CMA CGM upgrades its Far East / Mexico/ Central America service

    21 August 2006

    CMA CGM is pleased to announce the reshuffling and upgrading of its Pacific East Coast Express 2 Service (PEX2), linking the Far East with Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean : From August 29th, CMA CGM will run its own PEX 2 weekly service independently, with 8 vessels of 3000/3500 TEU capacity. This new PEX […]

  • Contract Awarded for the Rio de La Plata Project

    14 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $9.47 million Articulated Concrete Block Mat and Toe Key contract, May 12, to Construcciones José Carro S.E., headquartered in Ponce, Puerto Rico. This contract is part of a phased approach to flood risk management actions being constructed as part of the Rio de la Plata Flood Control […]

  • APL Setting Up Asia – Caribbean Link

    17 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Singapore-based container shipping company APL plans to launch a new weekly feeder service, the Island Bridge Express (IBX), connecting the Caribbean and Asia.  The company said IBX will enable cargo movements between the two regions via connecting APL services at the Caribbean transshipment hub of Kingston. The first sailing within the IBX service is scheduled on September 13, 2016, […]

  • Construction Starts on Crowley’s Commitment Class ConRo Ship

    23 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    VT Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of VT Systems, Inc., officially began construction on the first of two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered, combination container – Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ships for Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group on Wednesday, October 22. VT Halter Marine and Crowley entered into a contract for the pair of ships in November […]

  • NTSB: Poor Maintenance Practices Led to Caribbean Fantasy Fire

    7 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Poor safety culture and maintenance practices led to the 2016 fire aboard the RoRo vessel Caribbean Fantasy.

  • 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 […]

  • USA: Subcommittee to Hold Forum on Advantages of LNG Exports

    9 October 2013

    The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power will host a forum next Thursday entitled “Geopolitical Implications and Mutual Benefits of U.S. LNG Exports.” Representatives from several foreign countries and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico will participate in the forum, providing an opportunity for members to hear a broad range of international perspectives […]

  • Clean Energy bunkers Isla Bella with LNG

    3 November 2015
    Vessels

    Clean Energy Fuels said it has provided LNG bunkering services and fuel from its Boron liquefaction plant for the GD NASSCO-built Isla Bella cargo ship.