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  • ESPO Concerned about Obligation to Equip Core Ports with LNG Facilities

    25 January 2013

    The EU Commission launched the so-called ‘Clean Fuel for Transport Package’. This consist of a Communication on a European alternative fuels strategy and a proposed Directive on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. An accompanying document describes the action plan for the development of LNG in shipping. The package addresses all transport modes and its […]

  • Seatrium and Cochin Shipyard level up offshore collaboration

    26 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy

    Seatrium has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India’s Cochin Shipyard to strengthen cooperation in the offshore sector across India and Asia.

  • Germany: Ship caught using banned high sulphur fuel in SECA

    8 January 2024
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Vessels

    A Panama-flagged ship has been caught using banned high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) in a sulphur emission control area (SECA), according to Germany’s water police.

  • Port of Long Beach continues reducing harmful emissions

    2 October 2020
    Environment, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    California’s Port of Long Beach, the second-busiest container port in the United States, has reduced diesel soot by 88 per cent and greenhouse gas emissions by 19 per cent compared to 2005 levels, a newly completed study of air pollution at the port found.

  • Port of Oakland’s marine terminal slashes emissions with electric cranes

    25 August 2020
    Environment, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Oakland’s largest marine terminal Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT) has cut diesel emissions from 13 of its massive yard cranes by 95 percent after retrofitting them with hybrid-electric engines.  Terminal operator Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) said that the project will eliminate about 1,200 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually from each crane. “Retrofitting our rubber-tire gantry cranes to […]

  • Vattenfall joins Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports

    17 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall, the developer of the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, is joining Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP). By joining this public-private association which gathers more than 85 companies and organizations active in the offshore energy sector in the port area, Vattenfall wants to increase cooperation […]

  • Update 3: US East Coast Ports Reopen After Matthew

    10 October 2016

    Following the passing of Hurricane Matthew, seaports in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida are returning to normal operating conditions. The North Carolina State Ports Authority said the Ports of Wilmington and Morehead City will return to a normal operating schedule on October 10, 2016. In addition, the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) said it […]

  • APM Terminals Bahrain aims to become region’s 1st fully solar energy-powered port

    29 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    APM Terminals Bahrain, the operator of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, has launched a newv solar power project to make the port energy self-sufficient by the end of 2023.

  • EVE Inaugurates World’s First Commercial Wave Power Plant Mutriku (Spain)

    8 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      Basque seaport of Mutriku, located between Bilbao and San Sebastian witnessed a historical day in energy generation history. Utility Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) officially inaugurated the Mutriku wave power plant – the first worldwide in commercial operation. Voith Hydro supplied the equipment for Mutriku’s 16 power units that will provide an output […]

  • The Netherlands: Ports of Moerdijk and Rotterdam Strengthen Cooperation

    2 May 2012

    The Moerdijk Port Authority and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are changing their existing incidental collaboration into a structural commercial and operational collaboration. The aim is to strengthen the national and international competitive position of the two ports. Hans Smits, President and CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority: “Collaboration with Moerdijk fits well in […]

  • Port of Hamburg’s Cargo Volumes Continue Rising

    16 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The port achieved a 4.1 percent advance to 69.4 million tons in seaborne cargo handling in the first half of 2019.

  • Yang Ming books Taiwan’s ‘first’ ammonia-ready dual-fuel containerships from Hanwha Ocean

    16 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Taiwanese shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation has commissioned South Korean shipbuilding heavyweight Hanwha Ocean to construct a septet of 16,000 TEU dual-fuel boxships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). As disclosed, the shipbuilding contract was signed on September 16. It encompasses seven units with a precise capacity of 15,880 TEUs, which will reportedly […]

  • HGK Shipping, Covestro to install wind propulsion tech on Amadeus Titanium

    10 July 2025
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    German shipping company HGK Shipping and compatriot chemicals company Covestro have decided to retrofit a liquid coaster vessel with wind-assisted propulsion technology. Pressing ahead to provide sustainable shipping services on European short-sea routes, the two companies have now signed an agreement to extend their existing partnership until 2040. Among other things, it involves refitting the […]

  • Slow Mill drops anchor in the Wadden Sea

    24 December 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch company Slow Mill Sustainable Projects has placed the first piece of its wave energy converter into the Wadden Sea, offshore Netherlands, as part of a collaborative Texel wave energy pilot project.

  • Dredging Already Pays Off for Yuzhny Port (Ukraine)

    24 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Dredging work at the Yuzhny port is nearing completion, and cargo owners are already analyzing its benefits. Enhancing the capabilities for working with capesize vessels will significantly increase the flows of export, import, and transit cargoes. Access to capesize vessels (over 200,000 deadweight tons) provides a competitive advantage during transportation of ore and coal cargoes. […]

  • UAE: Maritime Security and Surveillance Conference Concludes

    7 February 2012

    The inaugural Maritime Security and Surveillance Conference concluded last week, highlighting several important themes, including the need to continue building cooperation across the Gulf countries in the areas of maritime surveillance and security operations. Lieutenant Commander Sheikh Mubarak Ali Y. Al Sabah, Chief of Maritime Operations, Kuwait Coast Guard, discussed in detail about areas of […]

  • Angola chooses DP World to operate Luanda multipurpose terminal

    29 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Dubai-based port operator DP World has been chosen as the preferred bidder to start discussions with the Government of Angola for a 20-year concession and operation of the Multipurpose Terminal (MPT) at the Port of Luanda.

  • Improved US Economy Lifts Georgia Ports

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Georgia Ports Authority, operator of the U.S. seaports of Savannah and Brunswick,  ended 2014 with growth in all cargo sectors, including a 10.2 percent increase in twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) and a 7.4 percent increase in total tonnage. The Port of Savannah moved 3.34 million TEUs in calendar year 2014, an increase of […]

  • Gasunie kicks off construction of Dutch national H2 network

    29 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Dutch energy infrastructure firm Gasunie will develop the hydrogen network in the Netherlands in the coming years, after which it will assume the role of the transmission system operator (TSO).

  • China: Qingshan Shipyard Names Dry Bulk Carrier FESCO Smolensk

    23 January 2012

    China’s Qingshan Shipyard held on January 19, 2012 an official naming ceremony for a new dry bulk carrier FESCO Smolensk ordered by Transportation Group FESCO, the Russian company said on Friday. The 57,000DWT FESCO Smolensk is the third of a series of four dry bulk carriers, being built at the Chinese shipyard. The Russian Group […]

  • MRECo scores funding for tidal test site

    25 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) has received funding from the Massachusetts Seaport Economic Council to develop a tidal energy test site in the Cape Cod Canal.

  • Panama Canal, Port of Long Beach Renew Agreement

    7 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Officials from the Port of Long Beach and the Panama Canal Authority on Tuesday, December 4, renewed an agreement that promotes more trade between Latin America and the U.S., and facilitates the exchange of ideas for seaport engineering, dredging and environmental practices. With the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding –first signed in December 2010 […]

  • Washington Delegation Tours Panama Canal Expansion

    10 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    After leading a two-day fact-finding mission to the Panama Canal, aimed at learning more about how the canal expansion program will affect Washington trade, jobs and port competitiveness, Senator Pam Roach has returned to Washington. She returned with an urgent warning for her fellow lawmakers: “We’d better get serious about making our ports more competitive […]

  • USA: Tampa Port Authority Enhances Security Efforts with Grant Boost

    14 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Tampa Port Authority (TPA) announces that the port and some of its key partners have been awarded a federal grant of nearly $2.6 million for security-related, collaborative initiatives. The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) recently announced the final FY 2011 grant allocations for a variety of grants that are used to increase preparedness in […]

  • EVE Inaugurates World’s First Commercial Wave Power Plant Mutriku (Spain)

    8 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      Basque seaport of Mutriku, located between Bilbao and San Sebastian witnessed a historical day in energy generation history. Utility Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) officially inaugurated the Mutriku wave power plant – the first worldwide in commercial operation. Voith Hydro supplied the equipment for Mutriku’s 16 power units that will provide an output […]