Labor Shortages, Climate Change & Technology: They’re All Related
powered “drifter” hull to track a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Students in the program designed and built the boat, and then tracked it by satellite. The project allowed them to learn about ocean currents, weather, hull integrity and GPS technology. The first drifter launched off the U.S. East Coast completed an autonomous voyage and was eventually safely collected by a second group of students in Norway. The Norwegian students continued the voyage into the Norwegian Fiords and farther North.What was our initial take on the project? This group of students not only completed a successful
Ann Phillips Confirmed as Next MARAD Administrator
Senate floor on February 2.Phillips served nearly 31 years on active duty in the U.S. Navy before retiring as a Rear Admiral. Her final Flag command was as Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group TWO, including 14 ships and 10 subordinate commands – all the Amphibious Expeditionary Forces on the U.S. East Coast. Earlier she served on the Chief of Naval Operations’ Staff as Deputy Director and then Director of Surface Warfare Division, commissioned and commanded USS Mustin (DDG 89), and commanded Destroyer Squadron 28.MARAD promotes the use of waterborne transportation and its integration with
Fincantieri Marine Systems Expands Florida Operations
Fincantieri Marine Systems North America (FMSNA) announced that it will expand its marine repair operations on the U.S. East Coast, a move that is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to Jacksonville, Fla., as they will provide extra marine repair capacity for both commercial and government vessels.FMSNA will make Commodores Point the focus of this effort, bringing business and investment to the downtown Jacksonville waterfront.“We are investing millions of dollars in waterfront improvements, including bringing in a large dry dock, which will allow us to be a top-tier marine repair operation.
US Jobs from US Offshore Energy: A Goal 44 Years in the Making
a national manning requirement, whereby only U.S. citizens may be employed for crewing of vessels or rigs used for OCS operations.Unfortunately, half a century later, the problems that plagued Mr. Guste’s Gulf of Mexico, not only plague today’s oil patch, but have also migrated to the U.S. East Coast where foreign vessels are leveraging their cheap labor costs to underbid U.S. vessels for offshore wind work.The problem is with the implementation of the OCSLA manning standard. While Congress saw the value in “providing the fullest possible employment for Americans” in offshore
Dan-Bunkering Promotes Bunker Trader
the bunker industry when joining the company’s office in Middelfart, Denmark, as Bunker Trader in 2013. Prior to that he spent two years working for the group’s shipping and agency division.In 2015, Rosenberg relocated to Stamford to help start up the company’s first office on the US East Coast as well as expand the company’s presence in the North American market.The office in Stamford currently consists of six employees with several years of bunker experience combined
Crowley Awards Scholarships to Cal Maritime Students
. He is looking forward to pursuing a career at sea after he graduates next year. Ryan Cazneaux, a senior from Mount Shasta, Calif., is also studying marine transportation. He sailed aboard a Roll-on/Roll-off (RO/RO) vessel managed Crowley in Northern Europe for a summer and plans to move to the U.S. East Coast to work on ship assist tugs after graduation. Cazneaux said that the Crowley scholarship helps alleviate some of the financial burden on his family. Since 1984, Crowley has provided more than $3 million dollars in scholarship funding for more than 1,000 students studying at maritime academies
Port of Boston: A Vital Economic Engine
.6 billion in 2012 and more than 50,000 jobs are supported by the port, including more than 7,000 direct jobs, according to a report released by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport). This economic impact and the jobs created by the working seaport help to keep Boston competitive among other U.S. East Coast ports. Operation of the maritime terminals ensures that the more cost-efficient waterborne cargo lands in Boston rather than other ports like New York/New Jersey or Baltimore, where it then must be trucked into the region, significantly adding to the traffic on the I-95 corridor. It is very
Long-Range Clean Tanker Rates Hit 8-Month High
Long-range clean tanker rates stayed firm on Monday extending a recent rally with firmer cargo demand bolstering sentiment further. Long Range 1 tankers, carrying 55,000 tonne loads from the Middle East Gulf (MEG) to Japan, reached W117.50 in the Worldscale measure, or $11,453 a day when translated into average earnings, the highest since mid September last year. That compared with W116.14 or $11,156 a day on Friday and W107.45 or $8,112 a day last Monday. "With plenty of cargoes in the market and tonnage looking fairly thin far out, rates look likely to remain firm for
Trans Atlantic Tanker Rates Higher
(MR) tankers for 37,000 tonne cargoes on the TC2 route from Rotterdam to New York were at W124.38 in the Worldscale measure, or $8,306 a day when translated into average earnings. That compared with W122.50 or $8,048 a day on Friday and W129.17 or $9,368 last Monday. "Rates on the Europe - U.S. East Coast route declined 11.1 percent week-on-week as available capacity continued to put downside pressure on rates for cargoes out of the region," Deutsche Bank analyst Justin Yagerman said on Monday. In January, earnings reached their highest level since early August last year. "There
