Longtime spokesman with longshore union for 44 years.

DynaLiners Weekly

When evaluating the antifouling properties of a hull coating - and the corresponding fuel savings that an operator can expect to achieve over time - shipowners look at how much the vessel gets slowed down by fouling over time.

The United States Supreme Court handed down its ruling saying four cruise lines could be sued for their use of the pier in Havana, Cuba, under the Libertad Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1996.

A court in Aberdeen, Scotland has fined rig operator Valaris a total of $385,000 for the death of a worker who fell through a hole left by a missing deck grating.

A feeder containership operated by Maersk was involved in an incident in Nigeria’s Bonny Channel, which has left the ship aground. According to media reports.

The Chinese shipbuilder has set an order win target of $4.5 billion and a delivery target of 58 vessels in 2026.

Conflict in the Strait of Hormuz has increased US energy exports and resulted in an increase in Panama Canal transits according to Bimco.

In accordance with the assessment of Drewry Supply Chain Advisors, the container rates this week continued the increasing tendency.