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  • House Approves Cargo Screening at Ports

    5 May 2006

    The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Thursday to try and stop nuclear weapons from being smuggled into the country by screening nearly all cargo for radiological materials at seaports. Yet the technology will not be available, the Bush administration said. The bill “will improve the safety of the American people and the security of our global […]

  • Florida Ports Council Advocates for WRDA Before U.S. Congress

    3 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Florida Ports Council, comprised of Florida port directors, and transportation leaders will visit Washington D.C. today and tomorrow. This visit will be used to meet with congressional members on top seaport issues, specifically discussing the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) as the House and Senate enter conference discussions. The conference committee will determine the […]

  • Sabetta Port Project Receives Approval (Russia)

    17 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage (Rosprirodnandzor) approved the environmental expert review stating compliance of the project documentation “Construction of Seaport Facilities Near Sabetta Village at Yamal Peninsula, Including Creation of a Navigable Approach Canal in the Ob Mouth” to the requirements of the Russian environmental legislation. The project documentation elaborated by JSC […]

  • Klaipedos Nafta Updates on Lithuania LNG Project

    31 January 2012

    Klaipedos Nafta AB said in a statement that on January 27, the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania has submitted a draft resolution to the Government proposing to pass a resolution regarding establishment of the LNG terminal whereby it is approved that Klaipedos Nafta would continue the implementation of the LNG terminal project. […]

  • HOPA Ports to breathe new life into Hamilton biodiesel plant

    25 September 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA Ports) has taken action to help ensure the preservation and continued operation of the biodiesel facility in Hamilton previously operated by compatriot renewable energy company Biox.

  • Israel to Start Port Privatization in 2015

    18 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Israel will sell stakes in eight of the most profitable state-owned companies and the Mediterranean seaports of Haifa and Ashdod  in November or December, Reuters reports. According to Ori Yogev, the official at Israel’s Ministry of Finance, the ten companies to be sold generate close to 90% of total revenues of eighty-seven state-owned companies. Israel expects the sales to […]

  • Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 Expansion Kicks Off

    11 July 2019

    The upgrades will allow the deep-sea port to handle 18,000 TEU ships.

  • 1st Phase of Odessa Port Expansion Completed

    15 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Odessa port’s new Quarantine Mole container terminal has been ‘put to the final test’, with the first vessel berthing on Wednesday, September 10. The first and second phases of the terminal have already been commissioned. According to the first deputy head of the Administration of Seaports of Ukraine (ASU), Yurii Vaskov, all the government authorizations and […]

  • ScRAPS 2 Program Launched

    28 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Seattle and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency launched a new truck scrapping and replacement program yesterday. Called ScRAPS 2 (Seaport Truck Scrappage and Replacements for Air in Puget Sound), the program’s goal is to help truckers calling on Port of Seattle terminals to have model-year 2007 or newer engines, or meet […]

  • Image of the Day: World’s Largest Containership

    16 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The image shows 19 224 TEU MSC Oscar, the world’s largest container ship. The behemoth container ship was built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard (South Korea) for Mediterranean Shipping Company and was delivered to the client on January 8, 2015. MSC Oscar called at Slavyanka marine terminal of Posyet Seaport for bunkering on 12 January […]

  • Crew of Russian cargo ship in trouble in Vietnam

    30 January 2007

    The crew of the Russian cargo ship Tikhon Simushkin has been held up in Vietnam since May 2006 because of the ship owner’s debt for repairs of the Russian ship made in Vietnam. The Prosecutor’s Office of Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky has opened an investigation into the complaint lodged by the ship’s crew stranded at Hai Phong […]

  • 400,000 port workers to undergo ID checks

    26 April 2006

    The government will do background checks on 400,000 seaport workers in an effort to protect the nation’s ports from terrorism, the Homeland Security Department announced Tuesday. Port workers and others will also be given “tamper-proof” identification cards to tighten security in areas where millions of metal cargo containers are taken off ships each year and […]

  • Two Lithuanian State Companies Reach Agreement on LNG Terminal

    13 July 2012

    As Baltic Times reports, the Lithuanian state-owned Klaipeda State Seaport Authority and Klaipedos Nafta, on July 05 inked a cooperation agreement on an LNG terminal construction. “I am happy that an agreement was reached and rational and appropriate decisions were made. The agreement allows us to move forwards and smoothly continue the construction of the […]

  • USA: Port Everglades Gets New Chief Executive

    13 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    This week, Port Everglades welcomed its new Chief Executive/Port Director Steven Cernak to the South Florida seaport. Cernak replaces Phillip C. Allen, who recently retired after leading Port Everglades since 2006. “Port Everglades and its business community are primed for continued growth. It is my goal to facilitate that progress in a manner that focuses […]

  • Port Everglades Gets New Chief Executive (USA)

    13 March 2012

    This week, Port Everglades welcomed its new Chief Executive/Port Director Steven Cernak to the South Florida seaport. Cernak replaces Phillip C. Allen, who recently retired after leading Port Everglades since 2006. “Port Everglades and its business community are primed for continued growth. It is my goal to facilitate that progress in a manner that focuses […]

  • AAPA: ‘Port Person of the Year’ Selected

    23 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and Mexico’s general coordinator of ports and merchant marine, Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa, have been jointly selected to receive the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) 2015 “Port Person of the Year” award. Marking its 103rd year as the recognized, authoritative and coordinated voice of the seaports industry in the […]

  • The Netherlands Considers Building New Island

    21 December 2012

    The northern Dutch province of Groningen is making plans for creating a new Wadden Island, Dutch newspaper Trouw reported on Thursday. The current Dutch inhabited islands in the Wadden Sea are Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. The new isle of 500 hectares should arise between the uninhabited island Rottumeroog, the German island of Borkum […]

  • Container ports attract private investment

    20 July 2006

    Once operational, Dung Quat will be the largest port in the central region. The deep sea port will be able to receive container vessels of tonnage up to 30,000 tonnes. The construction of the port is estimated to cost VND575bil ($35.93mil), including investment capital of VND404bil ($25.25mil) for the first phase of the project. Contrary […]

  • USPA Holds Ukrainian Dredging Day

    6 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Ukrainian Seaport Authority (USPA) last Friday took the opportunity to present the upcoming dredging projects during the Ukrainian Dredging Day conference. According to USPA, the meeting was held jointly with the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine under support of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine. During the opening speech, the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Volodymyr Omelyan, […]

  • Gulf of Ob Dredging Deal Inked

    27 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    FSUE Hydrographic Company and Mordraga have signed an agreement for reconstruction of the Gulf of Ob seaway canal where the Novatek’s Utrenny terminal is being built, IAA PortNews reports. The limit price under the agreement is $504 million. According to IAA PortNews, the works will last for three years – from 2020 through 2022. FSUE […]

  • Port Everglades Harbor Development Plan Sent to Congress

    7 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy signed the Record of Decision for the Port Everglades Harbor Navigation Study on January 29, 2016, signifying the completion of the final administrative review for the project’s report. The report passed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and was transmitted to Congress on […]

  • Royal Wagenborg: Keels laid for fit-for-future EasyMax 2 sextet

    10 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    The Netherlands-based shipowner Royal Wagenborg has held a keel laying ceremony for a sextet of future-proof vessels based on the EasyMax 2.0 design. As disclosed, the keels for the six vessels were laid on October 9 at the compatriot Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in Delfzijl. Once completed, the inaugural unit of the EasyMax 2.0 series […]

  • Celsius names new LNG carrier

    2 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Celsius Tech Limited, the Hong Kong-based technical management arm of Danish shipowner Celsius, has held the naming ceremony for a newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.

  • AAPA’s Workshop to Examine Maritime Economic Development’s Drivers

    6 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) 2013 Maritime Economic Development Workshop to be held in Chicago, June 27-28, will explore the factors driving today’s investments in seaport and related infrastructure. Program speakers will analyze the risks and rewards for undertaking such investments, reveal how capital improvements propel business development decisions, and discuss what influences […]

  • Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority to Expand Dredging Fleet

    19 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Delta-Pilot branch of SE ‘Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority’ announced a tender for the procurement of a new self-propelled dredger earlier this week. The vessel is necessary for the state enterprise to increase the capacity of its own fleet and conduct operational dredging works in the seaports of Ukraine, USPA said. Commenting the latest news, […]