Americas Maritime

  • Italian Billionaire Emerges as Lead Investor for…
    on 14 April 2025 at 3:05 pm

    Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte’s family-run business is emerging as the lead investor of a group seeking to buy 43 ports from conglomerate CK Hutchison, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.The Aponte family’s Terminal Investment Ltd (TIL)…

  • Svitzer, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Sign EcoTow…
    on 14 April 2025 at 2:26 pm

    Svitzer has signed a global EcoTow agreement with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen group. The agreement marks a step in Svitzer’s decarbonization journey and supports Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s ambition to reduce Scope 3 emissions across Svitzer’s global…

  • Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor Welcomes First…
    on 14 April 2025 at 1:43 pm

    Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor celebrated the start of the 2025 international shipping season Friday with the arrival of the M.V. Pile, a bulk carrier owned and operated by Polish marine line Polsteam. The ship arrived safely at Indiana’s Lake…

  • Lloyd’s Register, Seatransport, and Deployable…
    on 14 April 2025 at 1:37 pm

    Queensland’s ship design group Seatransport and Houston-based Deployable Energy are collaborating with Lloyd’s Register (LR) to develop nuclear power generation for different applications, including strategic response vessels in remote areas.

  • Veson Nautical: Orders For Dry-Bulk Vessels…
    on 14 April 2025 at 1:21 pm

    Global economic uncertainty and a cooling of the market has seen newbuild orders for dry-bulk vessels fall by 26% year-on-year according to Hongbeom Park, Head of Korea for global Veson Nautical, a global leader in maritime data and freight…

  • Danelec, Aage Hempel Strengthen Global Partnership
    on 14 April 2025 at 1:18 pm

    Maritime data solutions firm Danelec has reinforced its long-standing partnership with Aage Hempel by signing a new global agreement covering nine of Aage Hempel’s locations worldwide.The agreement is a significant step in further strengthening…

  • NYK Group: Three Companies to Merge
    on 14 April 2025 at 1:10 pm

    Three shipping and ship-management companies within the NYK Group—Asahi Shipping Co., Ltd., Hachiuma Steamship Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Ore Transport Co., Ltd.—will merge as part of a business integration.Overview of New CompanyCorporate Name: NYK Bulkship Partners Co., Ltd.

  • Sea1 Offshore Sells 2014-Built Offshore…
    on 14 April 2025 at 11:23 am

    Sea1 Offshore, formerly Siem Offshore, has signed an agreement to sell the 2014-built offshore construction vessel (OSCV) Sea1 Spearfish to an independent third party.The sale is done on market terms and will result in a gain of approximately $40 million for Sea1 Offshore…

  • Moored Dredger Sinks off Singapore, No Casualties…
    on 14 April 2025 at 10:53 am

    The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has reported that a moored Belize-registered dredger, KSE Hitachi, had sunk off Tuas in Singapore.According to MPA, there were no personnel reported to be on board the dredger at the time of the incident…