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  • USA: Shutdown of Florida Ports is Not an Option, Governor Says

    28 December 2012

    Governor Rick Scott held a press conference call with Florida port leaders to discuss the importance of Florida’s ports during the ongoing negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) regarding their contract, which is set to expire Saturday, December 29th. Governor Scott said, “We are together on this […]

  • Governor: Shutdown of Florida Ports Is Not an Option (USA)

    28 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Governor Rick Scott held a press conference call with Florida port leaders to discuss the importance of Florida’s ports during the ongoing negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) regarding their contract, which is set to expire Saturday, December 29th. Governor Scott said, “We are together on this […]

  • Nordic Yards Starts Construction of LK-25 Icebreaker

    23 December 2013

    Nordic Yards has begun the construction of a steel deckhouse for Russian icebreaker LK-25, the future “Viktor Tschernomyrdin”. The steel cutting ceremony, held at the shipbuilders Rostock-Warnemünde yard, marks the beginning of construction for the Project 22600. The contract for the fabrication of the deckhouse as part of the icebreaker’s superstructure was concluded between the St. […]

  • Top News – March 11 to 17, 2013

    17 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    USA: Officials Introduce Dredging Plan for Rockaway Beach The US Army Corps of Engineers, New York District intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for dredging of Rockaway Beach and Coney Island.   Boskalis Wins Dredging Contracts in Australia and Vietnam Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired dredging contracts in Australia and Vietnam […]

  • Ukraine to Close Crimean Ports

    7 July 2014

    Ukraine shall close the ports located on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for international shipping, the Ukrainian Government said this morning. The decision on closing relates to the ports Evpatoria, Kerch, Sevastopol, Feodosia, Yalta and Sevastopol. The move stems from a corresponding decree issued on June 16th, 2014  “On closing of the […]

  • USA: Town Officials in Race for Manchester Harbor Dredging Funds

    19 December 2011

    Town officials last week met with state Senator Bruce Tarr, state Representative Brad Hill, and a representative of the state’s Seaport Advisory Council and its Division of Waterways about the potential dredging of parts of Manchester Harbor. The town hopes to have a commercial mooring area off Masconomo Park and an area adjacent to Crocker’s […]

  • Port of Antwerp: Port dues can be paid late due to COVID-19

    27 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    In order to support companies in Belgium’s Port of Antwerp during the coronavirus crisis, Antwerp Port Authority has agreed to let them delay payment of port dues for seagoing ships and barges.

  • BLG Reports Good Financial Results for 2011

    1 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    BLG is 135 years old. “When you have managed to mold the experience and performance of 135 years into a successful concept for the future, you’re on the right path,” stated BLG’s CEO Detthold Aden at the Annual Shareholder’s Meeting in Bremen on May 31. The present-day BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG as […]

  • Tacoma Port September Volumes Highest Since 2005

    21 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Container volumes through the Port of Tacoma surged in September, posting a 20 percent gain over the same month last year. Tacoma handled 225,890 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) last month, making it the port’s busiest month since September 2005 when the Port handled 216,430 TEUs. The port believes that September’s strong volumes are a signal […]

  • Belgium: ECA Criticises Use of Structural and Cohesion Funds for Port Projects

    26 April 2012

    The European Court of Auditors (ECA) presented yesterday the findings of a special report on the use of Structural and Cohesion Funds for transport infrastructure in seaports. The report covers the period 2000-2006 and looks at 27 projects in France, Spain, Italy and Greece. Together, these projects represent 85% of the total Structural and Cohesion […]

  • Haiti’s First Panamax Port Up and Running

    6 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The economy of the Caribbean island nation of Haiti is set to receive a major boost after the country’s first Panamax container port – Port Lafito – was officially opened on July 2.  The multi-million dollar project, led by Gilbert Bigio Group, is a private, public and international partnership between the Haitian government, the Haitian private […]

  • Haiti’s First Panamax Port Up and Running

    6 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The economy of the Caribbean island nation of Haiti is set to receive a major boost after the country’s first Panamax container port – Port Lafito – was officially opened on July 2.  The multi-million dollar project, led by Gilbert Bigio Group, is a private, public and international partnership between the Haitian government, the Haitian private […]

  • Trump Administration Clamps Down on North Korea’s Shipping, Ports

    22 September 2017

    The United States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order on imposing additional sanctions against North Korea in the wake of the latest nuclear missile tests that have heightened tensions between the two countries. “The provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the Government of North Korea, including its intercontinental ballistic missile launches […]

  • Marine Renewables Canada Gears for East Coast Summer Event

    5 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Association for wave, tidal, river current, and offshore wind energy Marine Renewables Canada is setting up East Coast Summer Event, taking place on August 15, 2019 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The annual event will this year deliver updates on tidal energy projects plus future outlook and insight on new market opportunities for offshore wind, tidal, […]

  • Two California-based firms to advance marine energy sector with new wave energy collaboration

    14 June 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vision

    A California-based developer of wave energy technologies, CalWave, has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with AltaSea at the port of Los Angeles for establishing a local wave energy industry and building projects off the coast of California.

  • AAPA: Trade Priorities and Accountability Act Good News for US Ports

    25 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), the voice of 160 seaport authorities in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, has praised the US Senate for passing the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA-2015). TPA-2015 establishes rigid rules for international trade negotiations to help the US deliver transparent, resilient and accountable trade […]

  • 10,010 TEU Neopanamax Sets Ecuador Record after Port of Guayaquil Upgrades

    15 May 2019

    The milestone was enabled by the dredging of the 95-kilometer main access channel leading to the port. 

  • North Sea FPSO closing in on restart date

    8 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance

    UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy is engaged in talks with Dana Petroleum to come up with a way to improve the performance of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is being prepared to resume limited production from Serica’s North Sea asset on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • DFDS Strengthens Ties with Port of Ghent

    30 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS has signed a strategic partnership with Belgium-based Ghent Port Company as the shipping firm aims to strengthen its position in the port of Ghent. Namely, DFDS has decided to increase the number of ro/ro freight sailings between Ghent and Gothenburg and strengthen its hinterland anchoring by transporting containers in a fixed schedule […]

  • EU Backs Bremen’s LNG Terminal Studies

    17 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    The EU plans to invest almost €2.5 million via its TEN-T Programme for studies and pilot construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the seaport of Bremen in Germany. This project responds to the TEN-T programme goal to provide publicly accessible LNG refuelling facilities in all core European ports by 2030, leading to improved […]

  • Malaysia: More Jobs for Hock Seng Lee in 2013

    14 January 2013

    Hock Seng Lee (HSL) Bhd would be able to get ports dredging works, waste water management, flood mitigation, rural road works and other infrastructure projects on the back of the execution of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE), said Kenanga Research. “Over the years, HSL has transformed vast acres of uninhabitable swamp land into […]

  • Tenders Announced for Mariupol and Berdiansk Dredging

    14 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced tenders for dredging work in two ports of the Azov Sea – Mariupol and Berdiansk. Commenting the latest announcement, the USPA head, Raivis Veckagans, said: “The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority has decided to divide the scope of work in ports on the Azov Sea. This is done so […]

  • Sakhalin Energy Ships 200th Cargo of Russian LNG

    12 October 2010

    On October 11, the 200th standard cargo of LNG produced since the launch of the first Russian LNG plant was shipped from the Prigorodnoye seaport. This anniversary cargo is intended for Tokyo Electric, the largest consumer of the Sakhalin LNG. The volume of the standard LNG cargo is 145 thousand cubic metres. “The shipment of […]

  • Polskie LNG floats terminal expansion tender

    20 December 2018

    Polish LNG terminal operator, Polskie LNG, started the tender procedure for the expansion of the President Lech Kaczyński facility in Świnoujście.

  • Seafarers Who Sailed to Crimea Banned from Ukraine for 3 Years

    22 February 2016

    Any foreign seafarer who sails on a vessel to a port in Crimea cannot visit Ukraine for the following three years, the Ukrainian authorities said. The Ukrainian Security Service said that Ukraine does not operate the checkpoints at seaports in Crimea, and therefore entry into the occupied territory by sea is deemed illegal. This concerns even seafarers […]