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SOCP Releases Updated SASH Best Practices Guide for U.S. Maritime Industry

The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) has released the updated Best Practices Guide (BPG) on the Prevention of and Response to Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in the U.S. Merchant... Read More

Ontario Shipyards Receives Training Funding

Ontario Shipyards, Inc. is receiving $10 million through Ontario’s Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream to train existing and new workers for careers in the shipbuilding and repair sector.  Ontario... Read More

Great Lakes Limestone Trade Down in August

Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.7 million tons in August, a decrease of 7.7 percent from one year ago. Limestone cargos were also below the month’s 5-year... Read More

Sheldon “Shelly” Guren Passes Away

The Great Lakes Towing Company is mourning the loss of Sheldon “Shelly” Guren, principal owner of the Towing Company since 1973. Guren was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 25,... Read More

Largest Jones Act-Compliant LNG Bunker Barge Delivered

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has made maritime history with the delivery of the largest U.S. Jones Act-compliant vessel, a 12,000-square-foot LNG bunker barge named Progress to Crowley. Progress was designed by Crowley’s... Read More

Rand Logistics Acquires Andrie

Rand Logistics, Inc. has acquired Andrie, LLC, a leading marine transporter of liquid bulk commodity goods, from Auxo Investment Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Muskegon,... Read More

Shipwreck Missing for 131 Years Found in Lake Michigan

Maritime historians from the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association have discovered the remains of the schooner Margaret A. Muir off the Algoma, Wisconsin, coast in Lake Michigan.  The Muir was sailing... Read More

Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Down in June

Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 5.4 million tons in June, a decrease of 5.4 percent from 2023, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. Year-to-date the iron... Read More

QSL is Analyzing a Solution to Optimize Cargo Transhipment

QSL is focusing on establishing an efficient, green, resilient and better-integrated supply chain in Quebec and Quebec City. As part of this effort, QSL is considering the redevelopment of its... Read More

The CSL Group Highlights ESG Achievements

The CSL Group (CSL) has unveiled its 2023 Corporate Sustainability Report, reporting impressive milestones in decarbonization efforts and accountability in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters. Environmental highlights include: Used... Read More