Americas News

Higher rainfall has prompted the Panama Canal Authority to add three additional daily vessel transits through the Panamax locks.

Nearly 75% of cruise calls were shore power-enabled at the Port of Vancouver in 2023, compared to nearly 70% in 2022 and 50% in 2019.

SeafarerAi, the Canadian artificial intelligence company focused on port digitalisation, has joined Green Marine as a partner.

High sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) and very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) prices increased at Houston during the course of the week, according to Bunkerspot Price Index (BPi) data.

A new report prepared by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) for the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration scrutinises the feasibility of diverse future energy options for Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway shipping through 2050.

An additional two cruise ships will be bunkering LNG on a regular basis this year at Port Canavaral. Bunkerspot speaks with Cory Dibble, Director, Public Safety and Security, to discuss demand for LNG, as well as other alternative marine fuels, at the Floridian port.

San Francisco-based hydrofoil systems developer VALO is to supply its technology to Blue Orca Marine’s 36-metre hydrogen-powered ORCA commercial workboat.

Bunge and Chevron have announced that their joint venture Bunge Chevron Ag Renewables is set to build a new oilseed processing plant adjacent to its existing processing facility located on the Gulf Coast in Destrehan, Louisiana.

Wärtsilä has entered into a collaboration agreement with Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) to further develop the latter’s floating mobile power platform solution which will enable cold ironing for vessels, whether they are docked or anchored, for two weeks or longer before refuelling becomes necessary.

From January of next year, NYK will be using emissions capture and control technology from STAX Engineering to recover exhaust emissions from its car carriers when they are at berth in Californian ports.