By Mark B. Solomon In late February, AP Moller-Maersk Group CEO Soren Skou laid out perhaps the most audacious strategy in the container shipping industry’s 62-year history. Within three to five years, the Danish giant would become a provider like FedEx Corp., DHL Express, and UPS Inc., delivering reliable end-to-end service across an integrated transportation network, with Maersk the customer’s…
The vessel needs of proposed wind projects in US waters present a potential new trade for the Jones Act sector, an academic says. But the scope of the opportunity remains unclear as it is still a nascent market, says State University of New York Maritime College (SUNY Maritime) senior lecturer Ira Breskin. While Jones Act tugs, crew boats, service vessels…
NEW ORLEANS—-State maritime academy students are beginning to look beyond the traditional bluewater horizon to jobs on offshore service vessels. And OSV operators, in turn, are courting more graduates on campus. “They’re dating, but they haven’t gotten engaged,” said Ira Breskin, senior lecturer State University of New York Maritime College. “It could be a very nice marriage.” The academies, which…