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Terminals at U.S. West Coast ports are continuing to experience “no shows” and a shortage of staff with uncertainty over the current dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers union.
China has begun a countdown until the country’s first large, domestically-built cruise ship leaves the building dock for the first time and prepares for sea trials.
Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards reported that work began this week as the next step in preparing for full scale construction of the Canada’s first new heavy polar icebreaker in more than 60 years.
Authorities in Kenya are seeking private investors to take over the operations and management of five critical ports, a development aimed at bolstering the competitiveness of the maritime sector and generating $10 billion for the financially beleaguered government.
Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) failed to show up for their shifts this morning at many of the terminals on the West Coast forcing operations in some places to be suspended while others are proceeding with reduced resources.
MSC Cruises took delivery on its newest cruise ship on May 31 promoting it as possibly the industry’s most environmentally advanced ship to date. The last ship of a previous class, the MSC Euribia incorporates new elements including the use of LNG as its primary fuel and advanced technologies as the company prepares to demonstrate the future with a four-day delivery voyage from France to Copenhagen.
The U.S. Coast Guard has ended the search for a 35-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship about 175 nm east of Jacksonville, Florida.
In a scramble to fill vacant positions and build a slew of new shipbuilding orders, South Korea's Big Three have been hiring yard workers in from Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia.
