The shift to LNG as a major part of the fuel mix is coming quicker than people think according to Peter Keller, chairman and evp of SEA/LNG and Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE).

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) US unit Keppel AmFELS has won a contract for two LNG-fuelled container vessels from US domestic line Pasha Hawaii.

Observers of the US maritime scene are set to become familiar with a new acronym - JADE - a newly established office within the New Orleans field office of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tasked with enforcement of the Jones Act.

Crowley Maritime Corporation reached another critical milestone with the recent setting of the main engine onto El Coquí, the first of two new, Commitment Class con-ro ships that will be powered by LNG for use on the trade between Jacksonville and...

In the days leading up to the first primary voting in the 2016 Presidential election, economic, defense and social issues matter little. Instead, the drama- and, hence, attentions of media and therefore voters have been on the sidelines as Donald...

The Connecticut Maritime Association’s monthly luncheon featured liner shipping veteran, Peter Keller, executive vice president of Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE), which operates vessels in the US Jones Act liner trades. Keller, best known from...

Louisiana-based Intermarine, a breakbulk, heavy-lift and project cargo firm, has become the latest member of low-sulphur lobby Trident Alliance.

Every so often, the US merchant marine achieves some type of “Glory Days”. So it was in the 1960’s with SeaLand, founded by Malcolm McLean, known for firing the first big shots in the containerisation revolution.

Horizon Lines is selling its Alaska business to Matson in a $456.1m deal, its Hawaii operations to The Pasha Group for $141.5m and closing down its Puerto Rico liner operations.

How is the US Merchant Marine doing? It really depends on who you ask in the highly fragmented business of shipping. A recent hearing of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, part of the House of Representatives’ Committee...