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Private firm strikes $262M deal for 25-building logistics portfolio in South Florida

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Longpoint has acquired a cluster of industrial-logistics properties totaling 1.4 million square feet...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/private-firm-strikes-262m-deal-for-25-building-logistics-portfolio-in-south-florida

Loaded and Rolling: Florida seeks CDL skills testing waiver

Florida seeks CDL skills testing waiver

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Monday published a notice in the Federal Register that the state of Florida is seeking an exemption to the CDL testing regulation pertaining to skills testing. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has applied for an exemption from the regulation that requires a three-part CDL skills test that must be completed in a specific order.

FreightWaves’...

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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | October 31 – Chinese sea rescue ship, Australian flood response craft and more

Deliveries include a large rescue ship to a Chinese government agency and three flood response workboats to an Australian volunteer organisation. A future US Coast Guard cutter is launched into the water for the first time. Finally, a Maryland fire department places orders for new vessels. Large rescue ship delivered to Chinese transport ministry China […]

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SEACOR Holdings sells US towage business

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based SEACOR Holdings has confirmed the sale of its US harbour towing operations and assets from its Seabulk Towing Holdings subsidiary to two parties, E N Bisso and Son and Bay-Houston Towing Company. The E N Bisso transaction includes 12 harbour towing vessels across...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/tug-and-salvage-world/harbour-tugs-and-operation/seacor-holdings-sells-us-towage-business/

Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | September 21 – Danish-designed Arctic frigate, US Navy’s newest littoral combat ship and more

The US and Russian navies commission new surface combatants into service as a UK builder lays the keel of the second in a new class of Royal Navy frigates. A Danish design firm meanwhile unveils a multi-role naval vessel capable of operating in Arctic waters. US Navy commissions littoral combat ship Marinette The US Navy […]

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Florida lawmakers present $30M to Jaxport for new container cranes

Florida legislators have provided the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) in Florida $30 million to purchase two new container cranes for the Blount Island Marine Terminal at the Port of Jacksonville.

Jaxport says the cranes will increase the port’s cargo handling efficiencies, which will allow more cargo to move through the port. The new ship-to-shore cranes will replace outdated equipment at the port.

Legislators approved the funding during the past legislative session and presented Jaxport...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/florida-lawmakers-present-30m-to-jaxport-for-new-container-cranes

Tropical Storm Idalia forecast to become major hurricane

Tropical Storm Idalia is gaining strength and is expected to become a major hurricane before making landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast later this week.

As of 5 a.m. EDT Monday, Idalia was located about 90 miles south of the western tip of Cuba and was moving north at 8 miles per hour. 

The storm currently has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph.

The National Hurricane Center warned that as Idalia moves across warmer waters in the Gulf, it will rapidly intensify over the next 24 to 48 hours. 

Idalia...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-idalia-forecast-to-become-major-hurricane

Marine Projects Vessel News Roundup | August 2 – New Chinese offshore wind crane ship, Russian inland dredger orders and more

Two Chinese yards have completed deliveries of an offshore installation ship and a large river and coastal dredger while US and Russian operators have placed orders for n ..

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VESSEL REVIEW | Fast autonomous vehicle built for commercial and security applications

Melbourne, Florida-based Maritime Tactical Systems (Martac Systems) has developed a new autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) capable of high-speed sailings. The base configur ..

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | July 14 – Taiwanese wind installation vessel, SOV conversion in US and more

It’s all wind installation and support vessels for this week’s roundup as we cover deliveries to Taiwan, Japan, and the UK plus a refitting project on behalf of a US ..

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