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  • ANGA Supports LNG Exports, USA

    24 January 2013

    America’s Natural Gas Alliance strongly supports the country’s ability to export natural gas. As is the case with any product or commodity, when free trade is allowed to flourish, economy enjoys greater prosperity,  people greater economic benefits, and workers more and better jobs. Imposing arbitrary limits on free trade, including exports of liquefied natural gas […]

  • President’s Budget Includes Funding for Charleston Harbor Deepening (USA)

    14 February 2012

    For the first time, the President’s Budget includes funding for Charleston Harbor Deepening, demonstrating that leaders at the highest levels of government recognize the project as one critical to the nation’s economic future. In the budget announced yesterday, the Administration included $3.549 million for Charleston’s post-45 foot deepening project for fiscal year 2013, which begins […]

  • Los Angeles Port Sets New Record for Cutting NOx Emissions

    24 August 2018

    The Port of Los Angeles set new record lows for emissions reductions in 2017.

  • Industry Leaders, Port Commissioners Chart Renaissance of Maritime Sector

    28 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Seattle Commission has convened leaders of the city’s diverse maritime community today to identify and advance public policies that will create more good jobs in Seattle. The summit, led by port Co-President Stephanie Bowman and Commissioner Tom Albro, drew senior executives from international shipping, the Northwest Pacific fishing fleet, organized labor and […]

  • IMO NZF: Industry needs clarity, simplicity and detail on rewards, ICS says

    18 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), a trade association which represents over 80% of the world merchant fleet, has urged the UN maritime regulator International Maritime Organization (IMO) to clarify issues surrounding the new Net-Zero Framework (NZF).

  • Shenzhen, Long Beach to collaborate on decarbonizing ocean trade, new green shipping corridors

    24 September 2024
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Long Beach, Shenzhen Port Group, Hutchison Ports YANTIAN, South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) and the North American Representative Office of Shenzhen, have signed a memorandum of cooperation to collaborate on decarbonizing ocean trade and inspire other similar efforts to build a green maritime economy around the Pacific Rim.

  • 10-year LNG supply deal with ADNOC diversifying India’s energy mix

    4 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    ADNOC Gas, an affiliate of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has signed a heads of agreement (HoA) with India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), a unit of the state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

  • EU Parliament Gives Nod to Port Regulation

    15 December 2016
    Rules & Regulation

    On December 14, 2016, the European Parliament supported a set of new rules governing ports in the European Union (EU), with financial transparency being in the focus.  The new rules are aimed at making ports in Europe more efficient and attractive to investors. The lack of clear rules on public funding of port infrastructure and charges […]

  • USA: Houston Port Brings Greatest Economic Benefit for Region

    25 May 2012

    One million Texas workers annually benefit from activity at the Port of Houston, a study by a prominent maritime transportation economist concludes. Port activity also helped generate more than $178.5 billion in statewide economic impact. The Port Commission of The Port of Houston Authority received the results of the study, based on 2011 data and […]

  • Study: Too expensive for ships to evade EU carbon market

    14 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    The risk of shippers evading the EU carbon market is minimal, as it would not be cost-effective, a study by Brussels-based environmental NGO Transport and Environment shows. In 2019, the European Union committed in its European Green Deal to extend the European emissions trading system (ETS) to the maritime sector. Since then, fears have been […]

  • USA: Governor Announces USD 15 Million Investment to Continue Delaware River Deepening Project

    22 September 2011

    Governor Tom Corbett has announced the release of $15 million in state funding to continue the Delaware River Main Channel-Deepening project, saying its completion is critical to economic development and job-creation efforts. “With ports up and down the East Coast deepening their navigation channels, Pennsylvania‟s international seaport in Philadelphia must keep pace to remain competitive […]

  • Significant Increases for HMT Operations

    11 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Significant increases for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Harbor Maintenance Tax operations and maintenance activities and construction budgets have been added to the proposed USD 1.01 trillion Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 hammered out in the U.S. Congress late Tuesday. While the Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Infrastructure Generating Economic Recovery) grants […]

  • Reinforcing sea dike with ripened clay – World’s first in Groningen

    16 September 2022
    Research & Development, Technology

    In an area near Groningen, the Netherlands, a sea dike has been reinforced with ripened clay made from salty dredged sediment – the project that has never been done before. The sediment has matured into solid dike clay in three years, a process that takes many years in nature. According to EcoShape, the dike has […]

  • USA: Port of Long Beach Deepening Project Reaches Major Milestone

    10 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      Dredging of the Main Channel and a key turning basin for ships in the Port of Long Beach has been completed, marking a major milestone in an ongoing $40 million project by the Port and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to improve navigation and the environment in the harbor. The project has provided […]

  • Interview: Port of Oakland Braves the Storm, Eyes More Cargo

    4 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The United States West Coast ports have braved a particularly turbulent period with the congestion woes arising from waterfront contract talks between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The prolonged talks affected considerably the port’s business performance, driving much of their clients to East Coast ports. Now that the new contract has been […]

  • USA: Port of Long Beach Deepening Project Reaches Major Milestone

    10 October 2011

    Dredging of the Main Channel and a key turning basin for ships in the Port of Long Beach has been completed, marking a major milestone in an ongoing $40 million project by the Port and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to improve navigation and the environment in the harbor. The project has provided a […]

  • DEME: Solid Order Book

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

    Since the beginning of 2014, DEME managed to  maintain its order book at a fairly high level of about 3.0 billion EUR thanks to new orders, well spread worldwide across dredging, energy related and environmental activities. The total value  of these new orders represents approximately 660 million EUR. Dredging and port construction In Porto Sudeste, Brasil, […]

  • Lithuania: JSSC Klaipedos Smelte Orders RTG and STS Cranes from Konecranes

    13 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    In September 2011 Konecranes received an order for three STS (Ship-To-Shore) cranes and seven RTG (Rubber Tired Gantry) cranes from JSSC Klaipedos Smelte in Lithuania. The cranes will be delivered to the port of Klaipeda starting in the fourth quarter of 2012. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the order. Stevedoring […]

  • Belgian duo eyes innovation in green hydrogen technology

    14 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Vision

    Agfa and VITO have signed a long-term cooperation agreement focused on innovation in green hydrogen technology.

  • ‘Bitter disappointment’ as UK rejects support for €29.5B project to import renewable energy from Morocco

    27 June 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Storage, Transition, Vision

    The UK Government has decided to reject the huge £25 billion (around €29.5 billion) project that would import 11.5 GW of solar and wind power from Morocco to the British grid via 4,000-kilometer HVDC subsea cables. The Xlinks Morocco-UK power project envisions the development of a commercial-scale renewable energy project in Morocco, harnessing solar PV […]

  • DEME Maintains High Level of Orders

    26 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Since the beginning of 2014, DEME managed to maintain its order book at a fairly high level of about 3.0 billion EUR thanks to new orders, well spread worldwide across dredging, energy related and environmental activities. The total value of these new orders represents approximately 660 million EUR. Dredging and port construction In Porto Sudeste, […]

  • CLNG applauds EIA’s report on exports

    3 November 2014

    CLNG welcomed EIA’s report on the effects of increased exports of LNG from the US.

  • Port of Gdansk’s €1.3 bln infrastructure investment plan on track to conclude in 2021

    13 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    The Port of Gdansk expects its €1.3 billion infrastructure investments program to be completed in 2021.  The investments focus on the ‘Inner Port’ and ‘Outer Port’ areas and are crucial to the port’s ambition to compete with the deep seaports of Western Europe and grow cargo handling capacity to more than 60 million tonnes within […]

  • NQBP: Port Expansions and Reef Can Safely Coexist (Australia)

    15 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The head of North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP) stated that the Great Barrier Reef is not under threat by proposed port development. In an opinion piece (see below), NQBP chief executive Brad Fish says port operations and shipping in the marine park are well regulated and the scale of the activity is minor compared to […]

  • Swedish state-owned corp backs financing of large UK subsea link with €800M

    8 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK), a state-owned company that finances Swedish exporters, their subcontractor, and foreign customers, has agreed a €800 million loan facility with National Grid Electricity Transmission to fund a portion of what is said to be the UK’s largest-ever electricity transmission project and the longest high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable in the […]