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  • NYK to Test Autonomous Boxship in 2019

    25 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) intends to test an autonomous containership in the Pacific Ocean in 2019. The ship would sail from Japan to North America with a crew on standby, Hideyuki Ando, a senior general manager at Monohakobi Technology Institute, part of NYK, told Bloomberg. The boxship, the size of which has not been specified yet, […]

  • SCPA Infrastructure Investments Bring Benefits

    12 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) is soon to be ready for the biggest ship ever to call the US East Coast, the COSCO Development. “SCPA has worked aggressively for years to ensure we can efficiently work 13,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessels and be the last Southeast port of call with no navigational issues,” said Jim […]

  • SCPA Orders 12 RTGs from Konecranes

    29 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) has ordered twelve Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes from the Finland-based crane manufacturer Konecranes. The cranes will be delivered to SCPA’s Wando Welch terminal in the Port of Charleston in early fall 2017. The new cranes will have a lifting capacity of 50 long tons while stacking 1-over-5 containers high […]

  • SCPA Posts Record August Box Throughput

    13 September 2016

    US South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) has reported its strongest August container volumes on record, handling 180,153 TEUs. Compared to 170,528 TEUs handled in August 2015, SCPA saw a 5.6 percent increase. With 357,420 TEUs moved during the first two months of the 2017 fiscal year, the port’s container volume is up 3.4 percent. As […]

  • SCPA Handles Slightly More Boxes in Q1 FY 2017

    21 October 2016

    The US South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) recorded a 1.4 percent increase during the first quarter of the 2017 fiscal year, with 520,276 TEUs crossing SPA docks from July to September, compared to 513,299 TEUs handled in the same period last year. “Loaded container volume, particularly on the import side, supported SCPA’s growth for the first […]

  • Charleston Harbor Gets USD 49 Mn for Deepening Project

    12 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Charleston Harbor gets USD 49 million federal boost to further the progress of deepening the harbor to 52 feet.

  • SCPA’s Box Volume Up by 5.4 Pct

    25 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) recorded a 5.4 percent increase in container volume fiscal year to date, with 1.029,450 TEUs handled since the period began in July 2016. SCPA said that December was “a solid finish” to the second quarter of fiscal year 2017, with 164,480 TEUs moved last month, a year-over-year increase of nearly […]

  • Board OKs Highest Capital Plan in the SCPA’s History

    16 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) Board of Directors has adopted a financial plan for the 2017 fiscal year that includes six percent pier container growth, $226.1 million operating revenues, $40.8 million operating earnings, and capital expenditures of $248 million. The plan projects pier containers, or box volume, of 1.175 million during FY2017, a six percent […]

  • Charleston Harbor Deepening Project Remains on Track

    12 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Progress of the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project will remain on track with $49 million awarded in the Army Corps FY18 Work Plan. According to the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), the critical funds that will be coupled with financial support from the State of South Carolina will further secure the progress of deepening the Charleston Harbor to […]

  • LS Cable & System finalizes ‘Korea’s largest’ subsea cable project 

    8 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Technology

    South Korea-based cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has completed the construction of Korea’s first land-Jeju voltage-type high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system, establishing an undersea power link between Wando, Jeollanam-do, and Jeju Island.  Spanning approximately 90 kilometers, this project is said to be recognized as the largest subsea cable venture in the country since […]

  • Second wellhead system pair en route to Ororo field

    20 March 2018
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Two wellhead systems are on route to Nigeria where they are planned for deployment on Sirius Petroleum’s wells Ororo-4 and Ororo-5.

  • USA: SCPA Continues Preparations for Harbor Deepening

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The South Carolina Ports Authority has reported 2014 fiscal year-end operating earnings of $14.3 million, 20.7 percent over the organization’s financial plan. From July through June, the SCPA posted operating revenues of $164.1 million, an increase of nearly 17 percent over the previous fiscal year. FY2014 expenses totaled $149.9 million. “With the Port’s aggressive capital plan […]

  • Trump Sets Aside USD 138 Mn for Charleston Deepening Project

    14 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Charleston Harbor Deepening Project received USD 138 million of funding in the President’s FY2020 Budget.

  • The Philippines: Government Invests Big in Flood Control Projects

    21 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The government has been pursuing massive infrastructure development in Central Luzon that aims to boost economic growth and progress in the region. The government’s infrastructure spending is a manifestation of the Aquino administration’s determined efforts to accelerate development in the region through the construction of the major roads, highways and flood control projects under the […]

  • ‘Thalassa Hellas’ of Evergreen Line Sets New Record for ECT

    30 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The 13,808 TEU Ultra Large Container Ship (ULCS) Thalassa Hellas of Evergreen Line made its maiden call at the ECT Delta Terminal last Friday. The maiden visit marks Evergreen Line’s entry into the league of ULCS operators and with 6,750 moves or 11,500 TEU handled at her first port call in Europe a new record […]

  • Significant Progress on the Charleston Harbor Deepening

    21 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) posted 10 percent container growth in 2015, a year highlighted by strong volumes and significant progress on the harbor deepening project. The company handled 144,718 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in December, pushing total container volume to 1.97 million in 2015. As measured in pier containers, or total boxes handled, SCPA’s two […]

  • ‘New Tango’ Shows Importance of Deepening the Charleston

    21 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The SC Ports Authority has received the first ship call of a new consolidated East Coast South America service that brings additional post-Panamax vessels to Charleston. The newly-formed “New Tango” weekly service includes Hamburg Süd/Aliança, Hapag-Lloyd/CSAV, as well as two carriers new to this trade in the Port of Charleston, NYK and Yang Ming. The […]

  • Update: Florida Ports Closed Due to Hurricane Matthew

    6 October 2016

    The US Coast Guard has set port condition Zulu for South Florida ports, closing the ports to all vessel traffic due to the passing of the Hurricane Matthew. The USCG has closed Port Canaveral, Port Miami, Miami River, Port Everglades, Port of Palm Beach, Port of Fort Pierce and all other South Florida terminals and […]

  • SCPA’s Leatherman Terminal readies for March 2021 opening

    9 October 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    South Carolina Ports expects the construction of the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal to be completed by March 2021 enabling the facility to welcome its first ships. The new facility is the country’s first container terminal to open since 2009. In the $1 billion worth phase one, the terminal will add 700,000 TEUs of annual throughput […]

  • Release of Gladstone Harbour Review Remains in Limbo (Australia)

    25 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The report on the Gladstone harbour development is in its final stages but has been delayed. But local journalist John Mikkelsen reports the delay was not politically motivated. Gladstone’s controversial harbour development and dredging projects were again high on the agenda at two important national conferences this month, but the release of a federal government […]

  • Greens: LNP on Wrong Course in Gladstone Harbour (Australia)

    14 May 2012

    A further discarding of two tonnes of diseased Gladstone fish by the Brisbane Raptis Fish Market confirms that the government is on the wrong course in its management of Gladstone Harbour. The local Gladstone fish market has been warning of the ongoing problems in the harbour for a year now. It discarded 600 tonnes of […]

  • Nigeria sanctions Ororo environmental studies ahead of drilling campaign

    5 December 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Nigerian government has approved an Environmental Baseline Studies (EBS) for the Ororo marginal field, which covers the drilling of three additional wells.  The Ororo field, discovered in 1986, is located within OML 95 in shallow waters offshore Ondo State. The field lies in water depths ranging between 23ft and 27 ft. Sirius Petroleum, an investment […]

  • Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Needs Estonian Push

    28 September 2017

    WindEurope signed the Baltic Sea Declaration on offshore wind in Tallinn, Estonia, on 28 September.

  • LS Cable scores Jeju Island power link

    31 December 2020
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    LS Cable & System has won the ‘Jeju 3-connection submarine cable construction project’ from Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). According to the Korean cabling firm, the deal has a value of approximately 232.4 billion won (close to $214 million). This is the largest submarine cable project in Korea following the ‘Jeju 2-connection submarine cable construction […]

  • South Carolina Ports Mark Double-Digit Volume Surge

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    South Carolina’s ports recorded another month of double-digit growth, with volumes in November up 13 percent compared to the same month last year, South Carolina Ports Authority reports.   SCPA handled 144,218 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in November, an increase of 8 percent over the same month last year. Fiscal year to date TEU volumes are […]