Based at the Port of Quebec on the St. Lawrence River, the privately-owned Desgagnés Group has been steadily raising its profile not only in North America but on various shipping lanes around the globe. Attracting industry attention especially has been the introduction of the world’s first polar class dual fuel oil/chemical tankers.

Following a meeting with Republican U.S. senators, President Trump has decided not to go ahead with a proposal to waive Jones Act rules that would have allowed foreign flagged ships to transport natural gas from American ports to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Northeast.

Goltens Green Technologies is supporting the world-wide effort to design and install ballast water treatment systems that could be deployed on as many as 60,000 vessels world-wide.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) sponsored a May Day rally in which it protested the plan by the Oakland A’s to build its new baseball stadium at the Port of Oakland’s Howard Terminal facility.

Northeast Florida’s Jacksonville Port Authority has a fresh brand identity, launched today [Tuesday, April 30] in the opening general session of the 2019 JAXPORT Logistics & Intermodal Conference.

According to press reports, Danish boxship operator Maersk and the commerce bureau of Nansha have inked a memorandum of cooperation in backing the carrier’s plans to build an import and export consolidation and distribution center in the South China Port of Nansha.

Let’s start this month’s commentary on a sporting note.

At the Navis 2019 conference in San Francisco, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC), the world's largest port machinery manufacturer, sees automated ports as the key to its long-term growth.

Navis, the Oakland, CA-based terminal operations software provider, announced a new product, 'Navis Smart,’ at the Navis 2019 conference taking place in San Francisco this week.

A new U.S. report, using advanced analytic software, says waves and storm surges are gaining momentum from sea level rise and collectively pose a more immediate threat than was previously believed. The result could be serious damage to California coastal cities and ports by 2040.