Maine ports stand to benefit from development of offshore wind generation, but must overcome persistent personnel shortages
15.August, August ME – The State of Maine Governor’s Energy Office has contracted the Xodus Group to undertake an Offshore Wind Supply Chain and Workforce Opportunity Assessment (State of Maine RFP# 202105074), as an initial step toward developing Maine’s offshore wind assets. The Assessment is part of the Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap initiative, and will consume ~$300,000 of […]
Cannon Street Power Station will be developed to stage and support offshore wind energy projects
14.July, New Bedford MA – The decommissioned Cannon Street Power Station will be developed to stage and support offshore wind energy projects, and possibly serve the New Bedford fishing fleet as an additional offloading site. The redevelopment plan is pending on the announced sale of nearly the entire site by Eversource Energy and Sprague Resources, […]
16.May – Halifax NS and New York NY – History will be made this week as the largest ship to ever call on North America’s east coast makes its debut calls at seven major ports in eleven days. Setting the Record Straight The CMA CGM vessel, Marco Polo, is a 16,022-TEU container ship that is […]
Dredging Permit gets objection from ousted tenant at New London
Ousted New London salt distributor, DRVN, is not giving up quietly. After operating at the port since 2014, DRVN had its 3.5 acre lease canceled in February to make way for a conversion at the port to wind turbine business for offshore wind projects. According to formal objections to dredging permits filed May 3rd by […]
Low Interest Rates Prompt Capital Spending on Highways
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on April 16th led the Connecticut State Bond Commission to approve $340 million in special capital spending, funded with new bonds (despite a previous debt diet pledge) for a variety of highway projects, tens of millions of affordable housing, state buildings and $55 million in funds to dredge and develop the […]
23.April – MONTREAL QC – The Port of Montreal Longshoremen have given a 72-hour notice for an indefinite strike beginning on Monday, 26.April to the Maritime Employers Association (MEA). The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local (CUPE) 375, which represents over 1,100 longshoremen at Montreal’s port, said the full strike came as a response to […]
CP, Hapag-Lloyd and DP World Look to Make Port of Saint John the Prince Rupert of the East
22.February, Saint John NB – The 4,115 TEU Hapag-Lloyd GLASGOW EXPRESS, due in to Saint John on 25.February, will inaugurate a new container service partnership between H-L, Canadian Pacific Railways (CP), and DP World Saint John (DPW-SJ). GLASGOW EXPRESS has been on a cycle visiting regular ports (Italy, Spain, and Morocco), and the Saint John […]
HARBOR NAVIGATION IMPROVED WITH DEEPER CHANNELS, BETTER ANCHORAGE, LARGER TURNING BASIN FOR 14K TEU SHIPS
03.December, Boston MA – Phase II of the Boston Harbor Dredging Project was completed ahead of schedule by nearly one full year. Approximately 12 million cu.yds of material was removed to: Deepen and widen the Broad Sound North Channel to -51 ft Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), Deepen and widen the Main Ship Channel to the […]
Following on Hapag-Lloyd’s announced 2021 container service shift to Saint John, CP CEO Keith Creel hinted that a second weekly steamship line will be calling on the Port of Saint John by the end of 2021. CP is aggressively marketing container business while it serves less than half the number of ports that competitor CN […]
08.December, Halifax, NS – CMA CGM “CHILE,” rated at 15,072 TEU, made its first call at Port of Halifax’s expanded quay, following recent calls by her sisters “BRAZIL” (10.Sept) and “PANAMA” (21.Sept), establishing the port as a consistent North American call for the line’s weekly Columbus JAX service. Originating in Yantian, China and making five […]
