Image: Port of Los Angeles.Image: Port of Long Beach. The nation’s two busiest seaports each saw year-over-year cargo volumes rise in March, according to new data released by the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports. The Port of LA announced April 17 that it processed 743,417 TEUs last month, a year-over-year growth of 19%. It was also the eighth month in a row of year-over-year growth. When compared to the same time last year, March loaded imports rose 19% at 379,542 TEUs and loaded exports soared 47% with 144,718 TEUs, the seaport’s busiest month for exports in more than four years. It also r ..read more

Image via C40 Cities. Greening the shipping corridor between Los Angeles, Long Beach and Singapore could mean more jobs, better health outcomes for communities and economic benefits for participating nations, according to a study released April 18. Commissioned by C40 Cities, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and the L.A. and Long Beach seaports, the study was conducted by the American Bureau of Shipping to review the trade flow among the three seaports, and create a baseline for the activity and the energy demand needed to ships to operate along the trade route through 2050. The st ..read more

Image: Seaspan. Seaspan Energy’s newest liquified natural gas bunkering vessel, the Seaspan Lions, has launched, the North Vancouver, British Columbia-based company confirmed April 12. The second of three 7600m3 LNG bunkering vessels, the Seaspan Lions is expected to provide LNG vessel fueling in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere on the North American West Coast. The first vessel, the Seaspan Garibaldi, is expected to make the Panama region its home and is anticipated to bring “low-carbon solutions to the global market,” according to Seaspan. Both are to be delivered this year, while a third ..read more

Image: Elliott Bay Design Group.Image: Wärtsilä. Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company Elliott Bay Design Group has entered into a collaborative agreement with Finnish marine and energy tech firm Wärtsilä to advance the development of EBDG’s Clean Harbor Alternative Mobile Power (CHAMP) Barge design, it was announced March 4. Wärtsilä’s methanol engine technology would be part of the floating mobile power platform design, which could offer “a cost-effective solution to reduce emissions from large vessels in situations where conventional shore power is limited or not a ..read more

Image: Port of Portland. The Port of Portland said April 15 that it plans to discontinue container service at Terminal 6 on Oct. 1 due to an inability to fund operations. In a letter to Terminal 6 shippers, the port’s Chief Trade and Economic Development Officer, Keith Leavitt wrote: “Despite the progress and effort we have made over the last year to create a financially sustainable path for container service at Terminal 6, I am sorry to say the third-party lease we were pursuing will not go forward at this time.” Securing that lease was key to keeping the container business going and the thru ..read more

Crowley tugboats at the Port of Los Angeles. File photo by Mark Nero. Crowley’s commitment to Alaska and U.S. West Coast customers has been recognized by energy supplier Shell, Crowley announced April 11. Shell spotlighted Crowley Fuels, the company’s business unit in Alaska and one of the state’s biggest petroleum wholesale providers. Throughout 2023, Crowley Fuels “achieved the second most growth among Shell partners on the U.S. West Coast,” according to the company. “We are honored to receive this recognition from Shell, highlighting our dedication to providing unparalleled service and supp ..read more

Image: Greenbrier Companies. In its second quarter ending Feb. 29, Greenbrier Companies, Inc. expanded its lease fleet and secured new railcar orders, the Oregon-based freight transportation provider announced April 5. The company located in Lake Oswego said it was able to grow its lease fleet by 500 units to 14,600 with almost 99% of the fleet in steady use. Greenbrier also brought in 5,900 units of new railcar orders valued at nearly $690 million and delivered 5,600 units, resulting in a new railcar backlog of 29,200 units worth roughly $3.6 billion, the company said. Greenbrier’s net earnin ..read more

The HaiSea Wamis. Photo: HaiSea Marine. HaiSea Marine’s first all-electric tugboat has received an Underwater Noise Notation from the American Bureau of Shipping, the North Vancouver, B.C.-based joint venture announced April 4. The HaiSea Wamis last fall conducted sea trials to demonstrate its “ultra-low underwater noise,” according to HaiSea Marine, which is majority owned by the Haisla Nation with partner Seaspan ULC. “When we formed HaiSea, we had a vision and a dream to design and build one of the greenest tugboat fleets in the world that would serve the Douglas Channel,” said Chief Crysta ..read more

Photo: SAAM Towage. SAAM Towage and a coalition of public and private sector partners on April 10 unveiled the first 100% electric, zero-emission tugboats that are to service clients at the Port of Vancouver starting this spring. “In all the world, there are only a handful of electric tugboats in operation. We’ll now see two of them hard at work in Vancouver’s magnificent harbor,” British Columbia Premier David Eby said. “The reduction in pollution from these electric tugs is the equivalent of taking 600 vehicles off the road.” “Today, we are taking a decisive step into the future,” SAAM’s CEO ..read more

Image: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. Buoyed by robust export business, the Port of Vancouver in British Columbia saw record cargo volumes move through its gateway in calendar year 2023, according to data released March 22 by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. Canada’s busiest seaport, which is the third-busiest in North America, processed a record 150.4 million metric tons of cargo last year, a 6% year-over-year growth, despite softer import volumes, port data show. “The record cargo and export volumes moved last year demonstrate that one of the port’s key strengths and competitive advant ..read more