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  • POLB’s Container Volumes Rebound in April

    16 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Cargo numbers for containers at the Port of Long Beach, one of America’s premier seaports, were up in April by 9.7 percent overall, compared to the same month one year ago. Following a slow March due to the harsh winter in other parts of the country, April container volumes rebounded as weather patterns and shopping patterns […]

  • Beijing Discovers Anti-Trust Violations at Several Ports

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    A two-month investigation launched in April this year by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has found various anti-trust violations at the country’s seaports. As a result, Shanghai, Tianjin Port, Ningbo Zhoushan and Qingdao port groups have been ordered to cut the container handling fees as of 2018 ranging between 10-20 percent. NRDC said […]

  • India interested in building LNG plant in Iran

    13 April 2016

    India’s minister of state for petroleum and natural gas, Dharmendra Pradhan voiced the interest from Indian companies to invest in LNG projects in Iran during his recent meeting with Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, Iran’s minister of petroleum in Tehran.

  • AAPA Proposes Long-Term Funding Solution for Port Maintenance

    28 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), together with 100 supporting U.S. ports and other organizations, delivered a letter to House and Senate leadership earlier this week, urging them to enact a comprehensive solution to “fix the HMT (Harbor Maintenance Tax) for good”. As AAPA reported, America’s seaports are economic engines and vital freight gateways […]

  • Russia’s Gazprom and Japan’s Itochu ink Baltic LNG MoU

    14 December 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    Russian gas giant Gazprom and Japanese trading house Itochu have signed a memorandum of understanding on the proposed Baltic liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project. “With this document, the parties confirmed their interest in potential cooperation in the framework of the project,” Gazprom said in a statement on Thursday. The memorandum was signed during a meeting between Gazprom’s head Alexey […]

  • First Veja Mate Monopiles Reach Eemshaven

    14 March 2016

    The first three super-sized monopiles built for the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm arrived at the Dutch Eemshaven seaport on 10 March, with the remaining 64 giants soon to follow, Eemshavenonline.nl reports The monopiles were constructed in Rostock, Germany, by EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH. Weighing 1,302.5 tons each, they are the world’s heaviest monopiles ever built. The […]

  • Port of Los Angeles to Host Port’s Trade Seminar (USA)

    23 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    In an effort to expand the diverse audience of its highly successful Trade Connect Program, the Port of Los Angeles will host an export trade seminar conducted in the Spanish language on Thursday, September 27, from 1:30-5 p.m., at Los Angeles Harbor College’s Music Recital Hall, located at 1111 Figueroa Place, in Wilmington. After Congresswoman […]

  • Leixões-Rotterdam Ro-Ro Service on Upswing

    20 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    In 2014, one of Portugal’s major seaports, the Port of Leixões handled 404,650 tonnes of ro-ro cargo, over five times as much as in 2013 (75,171 tonnes). In units, the rise was as pronounced: from 5,600 to 22,910 last year, the port’s figures show. Virtually all ro-ro cargo is transported to and from the Port of […]

  • AAPA: Port Industry Execs to Discuss Infrastructure Issues (USA)

    15 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The seventh annual Shifting International Trade Routes conference at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Hotel will feature a press conference beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23. The program is sponsored by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), in cooperation with the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) and hosted by the Tampa Port Authority […]

  • Van Oord Deploys Survey Vessel to Liberia

    21 February 2012

      A sophisticated survey vessel deployed by a Dutch-based international port dredging and marine engineering company, Van Oord, arrived in Liberia two days ago. The vessel will be utilized for conducting survey for debris and sand clogged at the seaports of Monrovia and Greenville in Montserrado and Sinoe Counties. The survey will be conducted in […]

  • Sutramporpc: APM Starts Laying Off Striking Workers

    29 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The strike in Callao, the chief seaport of Peru, has taken yet another turn, as workers have started receiving letters of employment termination from APM Terminals, according to local dockworkers’ union Sutramporpc. The workers launched an indefinite strike on May 13th due to the port operator, APM Terminal’s failure to agree on improved collective working conditions proposed by […]

  • SCPA Posts Record Annual Volumes

    13 July 2017

    South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) moved a record 2.14 million TEU units in fiscal year 2017, an increase of 10 percent over the previous year’s container volumes. As explained, highest-ever June volumes of 183,237 TEUs gave SCPA a strong finish to its fiscal year, which runs July through June. The port’s previous record was 1.98 […]

  • NWSA Posts Strongest 1Q International Box Volumes Since 2005

    21 April 2017

    The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), comprised of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, said that it has recorded the strongest first quarter international container volumes since 2005, which was a record-breaking year for the ports. From January to March 2017, NWSA’s full imports reached 351,607 TEUs, up more than 13 percent compared to the same period […]

  • Dutch Ports Jointly Present at TransRussia

    18 April 2012

    Three Dutch ports jointly present themselves at the TransRussia exhibition in Moscow, the largest event in Russia, the Baltic region and the former Soviet republics for logistics, cargo, transport and international trade. The Dutch ports are Port of Amsterdam, Port of Rotterdam and Zeeland Seaports, powered by ABN AMRO Bank. TransRussia will take place in […]

  • Baker Hughes helping Petrobras enhance oil & gas production as vessel duo remains in Brazil

    17 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    U.S.-headquartered energy technology giant Baker Hughes has disclosed a long-term contract extension with Brazil’s Petrobras for two stimulation vessels, which will keep supporting offshore operations that optimize oil and gas recovery in the South American country’s post and pre-salt fields.

  • UAE: MASTECH Sparks Shipbuilders’ Interest

    5 December 2013

    The third MASTECH naval architecture and shipbuilding conference was held on the first two days of the Gulf Maritime trade exhibition at Expo Centre Sharjah, attracting nearly 700 delegates and presenting over 15 technical papers in five sessions and a panel discussion. Held under the patronage of Sharjah Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler H.H. Sheikh […]

  • Leaders to Discuss International Trade Realities

    22 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    To examine international trade trends, viewpoints and perspectives from a truly intermodal perspective, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) will co-sponsor a special conference on January 29-30 in Tampa.  Hosted by Port Tampa Bay and presented in cooperation with the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), AAPA’s “Shifting International Trade […]

  • Port of Savannah Moves Record TEU Volumes in FY19

    31 July 2019

    The port achieved a growth of 7.3 percent in container volumes during the fiscal year 2019.

  • BPO initiates LNG bunkering project

    24 September 2014

    Baltic Ports Organization has decided to initiate another project related to the possible LNG bunkering infrastructure facilities at the ports and possible bunkering vessels in some relevant Baltic Sea Ports and regions. Several Baltic Sea key regions have been preliminary identified as areas for a possible development of a common small scale LNG bunkering facilities: Turku, […]

  • EU Ports Reform Turning into an Empty Shell?

    23 September 2014

    The scope of the EU Regulation on Market access to port services and financial transparency of ports could be cut extensively as the text becomes ever more weakened  in the EU Council of Ministers, according to the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA). In March, MEP Knut Fleckenstein, the rapporteur on the European Commission’s proposal for the Regulation said that […]

  • Puget Sound Alliance Handles More Boxes in 2015

    20 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Container volumes through The Northwest Seaport Alliance, a marine cargo operating partnership of the U.S. ports of Seattle and Tacoma, improved 5 percent through the third quarter of 2015. Import volumes increased nearly 5 percent year to date to 1,088,615 TEUs, and exports jumped nearly 9 percent to 982,206 TEUs. Domestic volumes remained flat, up […]

  • AAPA Eyes USD 66 Bn Funding for Port Upgrades

    10 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    AAPA is looking to secure USD 66 billion for federal port-related infrastructure investments.

  • Yemen Turns to DP World for Aden Port Revival

    16 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dubai-headquartered port and terminal operator DP World received a delegation of senior officials from Yemen headed by the country’s Transport Minister Badr Mubarak Ba-Salma this Wednesday to discuss the revival of operations at the government-controlled Port of Aden. A management team from DP World and Jebel Ali FreeZone (JAFZA) will visit Yemen next week to continue […]

  • DNV Assists Belgium Towards LNG Bunkering

    29 October 2012

    The Flemish government and the port authorities of Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Ghent and Fluxys have published a feasibility study on LNG bunkering. DNV provided a market forecasting study, a regulatory analysis and modelled the LNG supply logistics. The Flemish government is now acting on DNV recommendations to ensure the safe introduction of LNG bunkering at Flemish […]

  • Bay of Fundy tidal energy projects receive $10.7M federal boost

    22 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Safety, Vision

    Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has allocated $10.7 million in federal funding for two projects aimed at advancing tidal energy monitoring in the Bay of Fundy. The funding, delivered through the Energy Innovation Program, will support the Ocean Sensors Innovation Platform (OSIP) led by the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), and the “Reducing Fish-Turbine […]