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  • Hamburg-Le Havre Dockworkers Tackling Overcapacity and Automation Threats

    26 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The combined unions of dockworkers in Germany, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom and Belgium as well as the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the International Dockworkers Council (IDC) met in Rotterdam today to discuss the threats of overcapacity and on-going automation of terminals. Dockworkers’ unions in the so-called ‘Hamburg-Le Havre Range’ will also examine the expansion of […]

  • Copenhagen scales up shore power for cruise ships in push for green operations

    3 June 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    A new onshore power facility at the Oceankaj cruise terminal in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been officially inaugurated, marking the next step in the maritime energy transition in Northern Europe. As disclosed, the wheels of the EU-funded ‘coordinated supply of onshore power in Baltic seaports’ project under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport program were […]

  • VIDEO: Governor Demonstrates Support for JAXPORT (USA)

    11 March 2014

    Governor Rick Scott was joined by state and local officials today to highlight the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) project at JAXPORT’s Dames Point Marine Terminal, which will allow ships and freight trains to transfer cargo containers efficiently, giving JAXPORT faster access to Southeast markets. According to JAXPORT, the project is expected to create over […]

  • Maldives: President Inaugurates Hulhumale Terminal

    24 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    President Dr Mohamed Waheed inaugurated the Hulhumale Terminal last month. Speaking at the function, the President said that it was one of the government’s highest priorities to provide the people of Hulhumale with all basic facilities, considering its high population and the fast development rate. In his speech, the President noted that the port opened […]

  • Rosmorport Reviews Last Year Results, Sets Goals for 2014

    29 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    FSUE “Rosmorport” held a final meeting of the enterprise and its branches’ top managers on 28 April 2014 in Saint-Petersburg in order to review the performance in 2013 and outline the major tasks for 2014 and the mid-term. The meeting was chaired by Andrey Tarasenko, General Director of FSUE “Rosmorport”. During the meeting the branches’ […]

  • Puget Sound Ports Struggling to Keep Up

    22 January 2015

    Container volumes through Puget Sound’s largest container ports remained flat in 2014, according to numbers released jointly for the first time by the U.S. West Coast ports of Seattle and Tacoma. Puget Sound container volumes fell less than 1 percent in 2014 to 3.4 million 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs). Tacoma and Seattle’s combined volumes have hovered […]

  • Gallery: JAXPORT Cranes Travelling to Talleyrand Marine Terminal

    12 June 2017

    Image Courtesy: JAXPORT Two large container cranes were moved by barge on June 11 up the St. Johns River from the Jacksonville Port Authority’s (JAXPORT) Blount Island Marine Terminal to the port’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal. According to JAXPORT, the cranes are being permanently relocated to service Crowley Maritime Corporation’s new liquefied natural gas (LNG) -powered […]

  • Port of Oakland Aims to Plug In Every Vessel

    11 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    California’s Port of Oakland has unveiled its goal to intensify efforts to curb diesel emissions by plugging more vessels into shore power. “If there are ways to strengthen our port electrical infrastructure to promote more use of electrical power from our grid, we will do it,” Chris Lytle, Port of Oakland’s Executive Director, said. “We will collaborate […]

  • AAPA Apprehensive About Budget

    11 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) said in their latest release that they have welcomed support in President Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget for two vital U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) competitive infrastructure grant initiatives, known as BUILD and INFRA.  The association also registered strong concerns over significant declines to other federally funded, port-related programs […]

  • Port of Los Angeles Sets New All-Time Cargo Record in 2018

    17 January 2019

    The Port of Los Angeles moved more cargo in 2018 than any time in its 111-year history.

  • Dredging Included in Redwood City Port 2014-2015 Budget

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Redwood City Port Commission has approved its fiscal year 2014-2015 budget, projecting operating revenues at $6,627,720 and operating expenses at $4,281,890. Operating income of $2.3 million is offset by $660,000 in net non-operating expenses, primarily due to the interest expense on the Port’s 1999 and 2012 revenue bonds. Subvention of $398,000 to the City […]

  • Dawei Port Project Moves Forward (Burma)

    24 July 2012

    The Dawei deepsea port development project in southern Myanmar, worth $8.6 bn is slowly but surely moving forward with the Thailand’s advocating for its realization, Sea Trade Asia reports. What is needed now is securing of major financing for the project’s smooth implementation, since there have been certain financial hick-ups along the way. Italian-Thai Development […]

  • AAPA: FY2017 Omnibus Appropriations Bill to Help U.S. Ports

    5 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Both the House (by a 309-118 vote) and the Senate (by a 79-18 vote) have passed the FY 2017 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which funds the government for the rest of the fiscal year (through September 30). This legislation is an important milestone in the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) America: Keep It Moving campaign, which […]

  • USA: Pangea Receives Permission to Export LNG

    5 February 2013

    The U.S. Department of Energy has granted Pangea LNG Holdings, LLC, long-term, multi-contract authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to free trade agreement (FTA) nations from its South Texas LNG Project currently in development on Corpus Christi Bay. Pangea LNG will be authorized to export up to 8 million metric tons per annum (mtpa) […]

  • Houston Ship Channel Reopens

    18 June 2015

    The Houston Ship Channel reopened to commercial traffick on Wednesday afternoon after being closed for two days amid Tropical Storm Bill. Boarding of inbound and outbound vessels started at 1815 hrs GMT, the US Coast Guard said. Operations were resumed as the storm has been downgraded to a tropical depression located North of Austin. However, heavy […]

  • Container Crane-Loaded Heavy-Lift Ship Set for Husky Terminal Touchdown

    5 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    The West Coast’s largest container cranes will be capable of serving two 18,000-TEU container ships at the same time.

  • VIDEO: JAXPORT Welcomes MOL Maxim (USA)

    4 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    On Feb. 28, 2013, JAXPORT’s TraPac Container Terminal at Dames Point welcomed one of the largest vessels to ever call on Jacksonville’s seaport. The 6,700 TEU (containers) MOL Maxim traveled from Southeast Asia through the Suez Canal and called on another U.S. east coast port before arriving at TraPac Friday afternoon. The Maxim is nearly […]

  • Top News – March 17 to 23, 2014

    23 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Panama Canal Expansion Program Update – March 2014 (VIDEO) The Panama Canal expansion project will double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2015 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit.   Maldives: Boskalis Wins Massive Land Reclamation Deal A contract signing ceremony for reclamation of six […]

  • Portugal’s Blue Atlantic Eyes 800m Quay for Panamaxes

    29 January 2018

    Portugal’s Blue Atlantic has announced new plans for an 800-meter quay to berth two Panamaxes.

  • USA: Port Tampa Bay to Expand Its Container Capacity

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    After Governor Rick Scott’s signing of a funding package, Port Tampa Bay said that the port authority will now have the funds to purchase new post-Panamax gantry cranes to expand throughput capacity at the port’s growing container terminal—a $12 million boon for the state’s largest and most diversified port. Port Tampa Bay’s strategic investment in […]

  • Cape Town to Host African Ports Evolution 2012 Forum

    9 October 2012

    Next month ports authorities and terminal operators from over 11 African countries are heading to Cape Town, South Africa to develop collaborative approaches to ports expansion and regional trade facilitation during the African Ports Evolution 2012 Forum that will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront from 20 – 22 November 2012. The development […]

  • First Shipments of Yamal LNG to Start in November

    11 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    The first two shipments of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the Yamal LNG project are scheduled to be transported in November, according to Russian customs service based in the Ural region. The announcement was made following a meeting with the representatives of Yamal LNG and Novatek, the majority shareholder in the project. The LNG cargoes […]

  • NWSA Sees Strongest October Box Volumes Since 2012

    23 November 2016

    This October, The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) recorded the strongest full load import and export container volumes for the month since 2012.  Year to date, imports for October rose to 117,665 TEUs from 106,236 TEUs seen in the same month last year, an increase of 11 percent. In addition, October exports stood at 88,763 TEUs, […]

  • HGK Shipping unveils wind-powered diesel-electric gas tanker design

    21 August 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, Vessels

    HGK Shipping, part of Germany’s integrated logistics group HGK, has developed a design for a river/sea-going gas tanker to better comply with new transport requirements in the energy transition era.

  • Crowley, Jaxport Ink Lease Deal

    24 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    JAXPORT’s Board of Directors approved an expanded, long-term lease with Crowley Liner Services Inc., a subsidiary of the Crowley Maritime Corporation. Under the agreement, Crowley will relocate its Puerto Rican service from its private terminal along Jacksonville’s harbor to JAXPORT’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal and expand its current leasehold in preparation for deployment of the company’s […]