Gary Howard

6 days ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Gary Howard

Liner trade association notes 'significant legal concerns' with fees aimed at revitalising US shipbuilding, highlights existing constraints on US shipyards.

6 days ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Barry Parker |Gary Howard

On the eve of the Good Friday holiday, the United States Trade Representative (USTR), issued its determination of Section 301 tariffs related to “…targeted action to restore American shipbuilding and address China’s unreasonable acts, policies, and practices to dominate the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors.” The recommendations follow a year long investigation, which culminated in a request for comments—drawing almost 600 responses—and two days of hearings earlier this month.

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Gary Howard

A meeting of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Joint Maritime Commission (JMC)’s Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers has reached an agreement to raise the ILO minimum monthly basic wage for an able seafarer from its current level of $673 to $690 from January 2026, then to $704 from January 2027, and to $715 from January 2028. The increases amount to annual increases of 2.5%, 2.0%, and 1.6%, or a 6.2% increase over the three years.

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Gary Howard

Gary Howard, Middle East correspondentTwo maritime emissions control companies have demonstrated a combination of their solutions in the Port of Long Beach, adding Seabound’s onboard carbon capture technology to Stax Engineering’s emissions capture and control barge. The combined technologies serviced a Wallenius Wilhelmsen (WWL) ro-ro ship at berth in the port, capturing exhaust from its stack using a vacuum boom arm for processing onboard.

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Gary Howard

Monjasa executes simultaneous STS bunkering for MSC container vessel during cargo operations at AD Ports' flagship Khalifa Port. Gary Howard, Middle East correspondentAD Ports Group announced the successful completion of the first ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering of LNG at Khalifa Port, a simultaneous operation carried out while the ship was offloading cargo.