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  • Monthly Volumes Surge at Port of Long Beach

    13 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The US Port of Long Beach handled 8.7 percent more volumes in January 2017 than a year earlier, driven by renewed activity at its largest terminal and extra ships calling ahead of the Lunar New Year. The port’s dockworkers moved a total of 582,689 TEUs during the month, as exports surged by 10.8 percent year-over-year to 118,234 […]

  • Simmons Edeco opens first base of operations in Denmark

    8 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Oilfield services provider Simmons Edeco has opened its first base of operations in Denmark.

  • Germany: Ramsauer Gives Assurance of Rapid Aid for Kiel Canal

    19 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Infrastructural bottlenecks in port hinterland traffic are becoming increasingly acute, irrespective of the mode of transport, and are fuelling growing alarm among all the players involved. Such was the universal feeling at the parliamentary evening in Berlin organized by Port of Hamburg Marketing and attended by Peter Ramsauer, Germany’s Minister of Transport, and around 150 […]

  • Readers’ Choice: Dredging News That Marked 2017

    1 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    As we enter the New Year, Dredging Today is bringing you a recap of the most popular stories from 2017.   Boskalis Part of Dover Western Docks Revival Project The first stage of the Port of Dover’s flagship Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development project is now officially underway. The port recently appointed this £115 million […]

  • Dutch Businesses Unite Behind Climate Legislation Demand

    25 October 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Thirty-nine Dutch business community leaders, including initiators Siemens, Van Oord, Eneco, Shell, and Rotterdam Port Authority, have joined forces in a Transition Coalition to request the Dutch government to draw up climate legislation to implement the agreements reached at the Paris summit. The Transition Coalition is calling on the government to draw up climate legislation […]

  • USA: Connecticut Ports Offer Economic Opportunity

    7 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Legislation (HB 5289) spearheaded by Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden) that creates a state Port Authority to oversee and promote Connecticut’s three deep water seaports was passed by the House of Representatives yesterday. “Our ports are underutilized commercial hubs that represent an untapped resource for developing new business markets and spurring economic growth […]

  • Ukraine: Port of Odessa Joins Ecoports

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    On February 6, the Port of Odessa Authority became a member of the working project Ecoports as a part of the European Sea Ports Organization. This became possible thanks to the system of preparatory work carried out in the port, quality organization of environmental safety and compliance with the highest European standards. Recall that in […]

  • BTZ Opts for Vlissingen for Its Bulk Operations

    21 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following talks with Zeeland Seaports Port Company, Bulk Terminal Zeeland B.V. (BTZ) signed a contract on 10 July to lease a site in the port of Vlissingen. BTZ plans to use the site on the Quarleshaven to store and process bulk goods. Access to the site is via a quay that can accommodate ships with […]

  • Dredging Underway at Ust-Luga Port and Big Port St. Petersburg

    15 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Dredging fleet of Rosmorport’s North-Western Basin Branch, numbering four vessels, is conducting maintenance dredging work in the Ust-Luga Port and Big Port St. Petersburg areas, said Rosmorport in its latest release. According to Rosmorport, TSHD Kronshlot is currently working at the Petrovsky fairway of the Big Port St. Petersburg. More than 29,000m³ of bottom material has been […]

  • Lithuanian LNG competence center opened

    30 December 2016

    Lithuanian LNG cluster said that the LNG competence center in the seaport of Klaipeda opened its doors on December 28.

  • Top News of the Week Mar 14 – 20, 2016

    20 March 2016

    A2SEA Cuts to the Bone A2SEA has disclosed plans to dissolve all of its non-core business operations and focus solely on installation of foundations and turbines offshore. Technip Norge Wins Hywind Marine Operations Contract Statoil has awarded a contract for marine operations at the 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park to Technip Norge AS. First Veja […]

  • Wasaline to use only bio-LNG on Baltic Sea shipping route

    12 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Finnish shipping company Wasaline has signed agreements with Nordic energy player Gasum and Swedish ferry operator Stena Line to use only liquified biogas (bio-LNG) on its Baltic Sea route, aiming for a carbon-neutral shipping operation.

  • Driscoll: Port of Oakland Committed to Growth Despite Trade Wars

    21 January 2019

    The Port of Oakland committed to a growth strategy in 2019 despite prevailing uncertainty in container shipping.

  • United we Stand

    10 April 2012

    Rotterdam. World Port World City. This is the slogan for the city and the port. Something we like to bandy about on the world stage, and as often as possible. After all, we think we are an inspiring city and our port is the largest and the best. But is that how others see it, […]

  • Gallery: Reefer Aground in Bosphorus

    25 November 2015

    Barbados-flagged 10,351 DWT reefer Crown Emma has run aground in Kireçburnu, on the eastern side of the Bosphorus, Turkey on Tuesday evening at 21:40 p.m., the Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety informed. The ship was en route from Varna East to Algeciras in Spain when it lost control due to a rudder malfunction and almost hit the petrol station […]

  • Port of Oakland Starts Raising Its Cranes

    16 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Work has started at California’s Port of Oakland to heighten four 366-foot ship-to-shore cranes by 27-feet over a nine month project. The cranes, which are used to load and unload container vessels, will be better able to reach containers stacked high above decks on modern-day megaships. The first of the four units was pulled off its […]

  • USACE to Fund PortMiami Feasibility Study

    5 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Miami-Dade County announced recently that the Army Corps 2018 Work Plan includes a $556,250 allocation for the start of a feasibility study for the Miami Harbor Safety and Navigational Channel Improvements Program at PortMiami. According to the County, once completed, these channel improvements will allow continued economic growth for Miami-Dade County and the State […]

  • Business Focus: IBG Companies in the News

    2 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    With Offshore WIND heading towards the launch of its International Business Guide (IBG) 2017, the Business Focus articles will update you on the companies listed in our IBG that appeared in the news over the past few weeks.  Bladt Industries The final six transition pieces for the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm were delivered to Offshore Windforce M […]

  • NWSA Unfazed by Hanjin’s Woes

    20 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Hanjin Shipping’s filing for receivership did not impact cargo volumes in the Puget Sound in August, with the Northwest Seaport Alliance reporting the highest monthly container volumes for an August since 2012.   Full imports at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma improved 4 percent in August 2016 compared to August 2015, while full exports surged 15 percent month […]

  • The Clay Ripening Pilot Project Gets Underway

    10 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Construction works on the Clay Ripening Pilot Project in the Eems-Dollard area are officially underway, according to the EcoShape. The EcoShape reported that on April 5th the first mud was deposited to the Clay Ripener in Delfzijl in the far Northeast of the Netherlands. The main aim of the pilot project is to experiment with different ripening strategies to turn fine […]

  • Ukraine: Ilyichevsk Port Identifies Dredging as Key Project

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The key project at the Ilyichevsk seaport (Odessa region) in the coming years will be dredging the approach channel to the port and the port’s waters to 15 meters, and, if necessary, to 17 meters in in the future. The port’s board approved this priority in the Plan for Development of the Port until 2038, […]

  • Port Everglades Welcomes New Business Development Director (USA)

    13 July 2012

    Michael Vanderbeek, formerly with the Port of Long Beach, CA, the nation’s second busiest container cargo seaport, is the new Director of Business Development for Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, FL, announced Port Everglades Chief Executive and Port Director Steven Cernak. “Michael’s demonstrated leadership skills, knowledge of international trade and multi-lingual communication abilities made him […]

  • Canada: ACPA Chair Announces Statement on FMC Report

    31 July 2012

    The Chair of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities (ACPA), Robin Silvester, has announced statement on the US Federal Maritime Commission report: “A Study of U.S. Inland Containerized Cargo Moving Through Canadian and Mexican Seaports”. “Canadian port authorities operate as financially independent entities that compete effectively with ports across North America. While U.S. ports fund […]

  • Lithuania: Construction starts on first hydrogen-electric ship (Gallery)

    24 June 2024
    Vessels

    The construction of Lithuania’s first hydrogen-electric ship has begun at Western Baltija Shipbuilding (WBS).

  • USA: Mobile to Host AAPA’s 101st Annual Convention

    6 August 2012

    Mobile, Ala., has long been known for its charm, history and a whole lot of Southern hospitality, and more recently for attracting major international businesses like Airbus and ThyssenKrupp. Evidence of these and the Port City’s many other attributes can be witnessed firsthand Oct. 21–25, when hundreds of seaport industry and related transportation professionals descend […]