Saltchuk snaps up Great Lakes Dredge & Dock in $1.5bn deal
Saltchuk Resources is expanding its US maritime footprint with a definitive agreement to acquire Great Lakes Dredge & Dock for $1.5bn in an all‑cash trans...
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UK-based oil and gas producer Harbour Energy has acquired US exploration and production company LLOG Exploration for $3.2bn, marking the company’s entry into ...
Prysmian buys Spanish subsea cable installation specialist for $200m
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has acquired a Spain-based submarine cable installation specialist, ACSM.ACSM, based in Vigo, also undertakes subsea surveying, r...
Geneva Dry: 75 days to go
There’s just 75 days to go until the 2026 edition of Geneva Dry with delegate passes selling fast.Held at the Hotel President Wilson on the shore of Lake Gene...
A reality check on the seafarer crisis
Henrik Jensen, the CEO of Danica Crewing Services, says we should avoid framing shipping as uniquely worse than other industries.The recent warnings from the Wo...
AF Offshore Decom wins FSU removal contract from Ithaca Energy
Decommissioning specialist AF Offshore Decom has been awarded a contract by Ithaca Energy for the engineering, receipt, cleaning, dismantling, and recycling of ...
El Paso airspace disruption tests counter-drone preparedness
The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly closed, then reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport, causing widespread confusion and grounding...
Union Pacific claims rival railroad delaying trains
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Port of NY–NJ ends 2025 as second-busiest for loaded containers
The Port of New York and New Jersey finished 2025 as the second-busiest U.S. port for loaded containers.Total container volume for the year reached 8.9 million ...
Port of Mackay to launch first container depot
Container trade in Central Queensland is set to expand with the construction of a new container depot at the Port of Mackay.North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporat...
Annual employment report revision shows huge decline in truck transportation jobs
(This is a developing story. FreightWaves will have additional coverage over the course of the day).There were a lot fewer people working in truck transportatio...
Synergy Marine takes over Yang Ming LNG newbuilds
Synergy Marine Group has assumed technical management of YM WILLPOWER and YM WORTHINESS, two newly delivered LNG dual-fuel container vessels owned by Yang Ming ...