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  • USA: JAXPORT OKs Contract for Development of Strategic Port Master Plan

    15 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    At a special meeting of the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Board of Directors last week, members unanimously approved a contract with a consulting team led by Martin and Associates, a leader in maritime industry analysis, to develop a Strategic Port Master Plan for the public seaport’s assets. The vote occurred following more than two hours […]

  • US Labor Secretary Turns Up the Heat on West Coast Contract Talks

    20 February 2015

    The US Labor Secretary Tom Perez told the two sides negotiating a new contract for dockworkers at the US West Coast seaports that they need to reach an agreement by Friday, otherwise the talks would be moved to Washington. Perez has been sent to California by the White House to help bring labor talks on a new contract between shipping companies and […]

  • UAE: Abu Dhabi Hosts International Sea Ports and Maritime Trade Summit

    29 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    With ports and sea freight in the Middle East expanding and regional shipping lines facing unprecedented challenges, leaders in international business and government will meet at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from April 2 to 4 for the World Ports and Trade Summit 2012. Over 4,000 delegates representing port authorities, shipping lines, cargo […]

  • Australian state’s decade of LNG exports pours $127 billion into economy

    29 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Australian Energy Producers (AEP), representing the country’s upstream oil and gas exploration and production industry, has revealed a $127 billion boost to Queensland’s economy, thanks to the Australian state’s decade of liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries.

  • Costa Rican Business Group Visits Port Everglades (USA)

    10 August 2012

    A diverse group of public and private trade organizations from Costa Rica toured Port Everglades this week, gaining a firsthand glimpse of the seaport’s expansion plans, operations and facilities. Costa Rica ranks as Port Everglades’ second largest export and third largest import trading partner, accounting for nearly 50,000 TEUs (standard container measurement of 20-foot equivalent […]

  • Massachusetts: $3.6 Million for Dredging Programs

    31 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito of Massachusetts announced $3.6 million earlier this week to support ten projects for the upcoming dredging season. These grants, awarded through the 2018 Navigational Dredging Pilot Program will benefit eleven communities, tapping into another $3.9 million in local funding. The projects are expected to remove nearly 188,000 cubic yards of harbor […]

  • PortMiami is shore power ready!

    21 June 2024
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    On June 17, 2024, a shore power installation was launched at PortMiami in Florida, one of the largest ports in the U.S.

  • JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven Officially Inaugurated (Germany)

    24 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s first and only deep-water container goes into operation last week. To commemorate the occasion, the JadeWeserPort-Gesellschaften and EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG are celebrating the official inauguration on the site of the EUROGATE Container Terminal. The opening event with some 1,300 guests is being accompanied by the first mooring […]

  • MSC gets all regulatory green lights for HHLA acquisition

    18 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Swiss MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world’s largest container shipping company, has received all regulatory approvals to participate in the ownership structure of Germany’s logistics provider Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA).

  • Unique Group Buys Oceanwide Safety at Sea

    26 October 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Unique Group has acquired Oceanwide Safety at Sea in a deal that joins two companies in the diving industry. Oceanwide provides design, construction and maintenance of self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboats. Founded in 2002, the company will be wholly owned by Unique Group but will continue to be managed by its founders, Rob Bunders and Klaas Kapteijn, […]

  • Busy Year Ahead for FSUE Rosmorport

    22 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    FSUE Rosmorport General Director, Andrey Lavrishchev, has delivered an interesting presentation about the company’s plans for 2019 during the recent 2nd Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress in Moscow. On the first day of the congress (Feb 20), Andrei Lavrishchev gave a speech titled “Perspective projects for the development of the sea port infrastructure, including the construction of hydraulic […]

  • Boost for Colorado Lagoon Restoration

    11 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners have unanimously agreed to fund a $26.3 million project to improve water and habitat quality of the Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach, in exchange for environmental mitigation credits that would allow for future development at the nation’s second-busiest seaport. The project calls for re-establishing the tidal flow between […]

  • EU Council Approves New Port Transparency Rules

    29 June 2016

    The EU Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee approved on June 29 new rules to increase the financial transparency of ports and create fair conditions for access to port services across Europe, confirming the agreement reached with the European Parliament on June 27.  The new rules set out to make ports more efficient and ensure fair competition […]

  • Lithuania: Klaipeda Port Infrastructure Project Completed

    18 October 2012

    In the afternoon of the 8th of October 2012 the first experimental vessel „Tanais Leader“ was berthed at the anew constructed quay No. 67A, operated by Klaipėda Stevedoring Company „Bega“. Klaipėda State Seaport Authority was the contracting party of this object. Back in the history – on the 2nd of September 2010 the Port Authority […]

  • First Vessel Berths at Port of Klaipeda’s Newly Constructed Quay (Lithuania)

    18 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    In the afternoon of the 8th of October 2012 the first experimental vessel “Tanais Leader” was berthed at the newly constructed quay No. 67A, operated by Klaipėda Stevedoring Company “Bega”. Klaipėda State Seaport Authority was the contracting party of this object. Back in the history – on the 2nd of September 2010 the Port Authority […]

  • TEAMER selects 18 new marine energy projects for technical support

    27 August 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program has approved 18 projects through its 16th request for technical support (RFTS), representing over $2.7 million in funding.  The Technical Support Recipients (TSRs) will receive assistance across numerical modeling, laboratory or bench testing, tank and flume testing, and expertise within the TEAMER Facility […]

  • UMass Dartmouth to Measure US Offshore Wind Economics

    12 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The UMass Dartmouth Public Policy Center (PPC) has launched a new project which will monitor the offshore wind industry in the United States and analyze its economic development and workforce implications.

  • Klaipeda Port Authority Announces Big Expansion Plans (Lithuania)

    25 January 2013

    The Port Authority has planned to allot 328.0 million Lt excluding VAT for the investments in 2013. Properly balanced State and private financing creates conditions to reconstruct and construct new infrastructure objects, terminals and warehouses in the Port, to install the most advanced technologies, to enhance the qualification quality of staff, to expand the range […]

  • USA: Corps Presents Mystic River Dredging Plan

    29 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is proposing maintenance dredging of the Mystic River Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Groton and Stonington, Conn. The state of Connecticut is the local sponsor for this proposed work and the state is funding this dredging project. The authorized Federal navigation project consists of a 15-foot […]

  • USACE’s Dredger “McFarland” to Visit Penn’s Landing (USA)

    14 May 2012

    The Dredge McFarland, a 300-foot-long hopper dredge owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will be open for tours May 19 at Penn’s Landing from noon to 6 p.m. The free tours are part of Delaware River Day, an annual event dedicated to safe boating and waterway preservation. Sponsored by the Delaware […]

  • WA and Port of Rotterdam to collaborate on renewable hydrogen

    2 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders

    The government of Western Australia and the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest seaport, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on renewable hydrogen projects.

  • Germany: Hamburg Sud Donates Money for General Overhaul of Its Former Freighter Cap San Diego

    1 September 2011

    The preservation of its former general-cargo freighter “Cap San Diego” is an affair of the heart for Hamburg Süd. The shipping group consequently supports the world’s largest seaworthy museum cargo vessel in a variety of ways. This includes donations for financing the docking periods of the “Cap San Diego”, which are necessary to ensure her […]

  • DP World to invest $415 million in new fourth berth at London Gateway

    16 September 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Dubai-based port operator DP World has revealed that it will begin work next month on a new fourth berth at its London Gateway logistics hub.

  • Delaware River Dredging Brings Benefits to Philadelphia Port (USA)

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    With 2,519,967 metric tons of cargo handled during the first six months of 2013 compared to the 2,217,803 metric tons of cargo handled during the same period of 2012, the facilities of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority experienced a 13.62 percent gain in cargoes handled. If current cargo trends continue throughout the remainder of the […]

  • 44 Seafarers Captured as Violence Rises in West Africa

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    44 seafarers have been captured so far this year amid growing violence off the coast of West Africa, new figures from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) show. Worldwide, IMB recorded 37 piracy and armed robbery incidents in the first quarter of 2016, down from 54 in the same period last year. Three […]