Business

In today’s shipping market, running an efficient vessel is no longer enough.  According to Natalia Liashenko, CEO and founder of Marine Solver, the industry is becoming too focused on operational performance while overlooking a deeper issue that increasingly determines whether a ship succeeds or fails under modern environmental regulations: commercial decision-making.  With CII ratings and the...

Dollar Tree is continuing to reinforce its supply chain resilience through a series of logistics investments aimed at improving delivery speed, network efficiency and long-term scalability across the United States.  Chief Supply Chain Officer Roxanne Weng said the retailer is “making solid progress” in building a more flexible and robust distribution network, supported by targeted infrastructure expansion...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is projecting a significant shift in the US truckload market, with rates expected to climb by...

New Jersey has released a revised version of its independent contractor rule, a development that is easing some of the initial backlash...

Hexicon has moved to take full ownership of the Mareld floating offshore wind project in Sweden after reaching an agreement...

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has agreed to sell one of its cable-laying vessels, the Skandi Connector, to South Korean cable manufacturer Taihan Cable & Solution, marking a strategic reshaping of its subsea fleet portfolio.  Built in 2016, the Skandi Connector will become the second cable-laying vessel in Taihan’s fleet, alongside the 2010-built Palos, and will also make Taihan only the second operator of such vessels in South Korea....

Teekay Tankers has taken another step in reshaping its crude carrier fleet, agreeing to acquire two Korean built suezmax resale...

A decade-spanning idea is about to turn into reality for Stuart Macdonald, a professional mountain guide based in the Alps, who is preparing to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean after first reading about the feat nearly twenty years ago. At the start of next year, he plans to take on what he has named the “Summit to Sea” challenge,...

Costa Rica’s battle over the future of its key Pacific gateway has escalated, after Philippine terminal operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) secured a formal review of the 30-year Puerto Caldera concession awarded to a consortium backed by Maersk...

Danish product tanker operator Torm is pushing ahead with its fleet expansion strategy, securing six additional MR tanker resales as...