Jones Act carriers to merge tanker fleets

Cemex and its partners have been awarded a grant of nearly £1.7M by the UK Department for Transport for the next stage of development of a shore power system for use by its marine aggregates discharge ships

The Port of Barcelona and ADIF, the Spanish rail infrastructure authority, have been given the go-ahead to form a joint venture to manage and develop railway logistics nodes throughout the Province of Barcelona

Crowley, the US based shipping line and maritime services company, is to install a carbon capture unit on its 977 TEU, 11,200 dwt container ship, STORM. According to the company, a pilot project will then be instigated to “operate, measure and optimise the technology’s effectiveness in actual maritime environments at port and ultimately at sea”.

Forth Ports’ English port has extended its long-standing partnership with one of the UK’s leading crop production and grain marketing businesses for a further five years

Greece-based Star Bulk Carriers and US-based Eagle Bulk Shipping are to merge in a deal worth US$2.1B

The joint investment by Teck Resources Ltd and Oldendorff Carriers GmbH will see DIETRICH OLDENDORFF fitted with a Flettner Rotor system by mid-2024