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  • UNCTAD: Developing Countries Make Progress in International Seaborne Transport

    23 November 2011

    The globalization of maritime businesses allows shipping companies to source from the most cost-efficient suppliers. This has led to the reduction of international transport costs, which directly benefits global merchandise trade, according to the latest UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport . Maritime transport saw an increase in demand in 2010, in particular in the dry […]

  • Serica splashes hundreds of millions on BP’s stake in UK’s largest producing gas field

    13 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy is expanding its North Sea footprint by setting the wheels in motion to acquire the entire interest the UK-headquartered energy giant BP holds in a natural gas field, which is considered the biggest producing gas asset on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Germany to spend €400M more to future-proof shipping, port sectors

    4 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    Germany’s government has decided to support climate-neutral shipping and ports with an additional sum of €400 million.

  • NPA Negotiates with Potential Strategic Investors

    16 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Nigerian Ports Authority, managed under a “Landlord” model, has put all necessary arrangement in place to encourage prospective investors, both local and foreign in the Nation’s seaports. This information was disclosed by Nigerian Ports Authority Managing Director, Malam Habib Abdullahi, during a recent visit of Moody’s Investors Services officials to Lagos. According to Abdullahi, […]

  • Korea Maritime Promotion Corporation Set to Go Live

    4 July 2018

     Korea Maritime Promotion Corporation was officially launched today.

  • Ports Support Development of European Intermodal Transport Network

    8 March 2012

    Recently, the port directors Eddy Bruyninckx (Antwerp), Jens Meier (Hamburg) and Hans Smits (Rotterdam) expressed their support in the European Parliament for the further development of a European intermodal transport network. Particularly rail and inland navigation corridors, of which the three ports are the entry as well as the end points of important corridors, are […]

  • USPA to Meet Leading Dredging Contractors

    24 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) – supported by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine – will hold a business meeting with the leading Ukrainian and international dredging companies. The meeting will take place on February 3rd at the building of American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine. According to USPA, the meeting is aimed at informing potential contractors […]

  • Mayor of London Sets Out Three Locations for New Hub Airport (UK)

    16 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Mayor of London has set out a detailed vision for transforming London into the greatest economic powerhouse of the 21st century, with a new airport to complement the new seaport about to open in the Thames estuary, new road and rail connections to boost the economy of east London, Kent and Essex and the […]

  • North Sea Port Joins PortXL Startup Accelerator

    4 October 2019

    PortXL is the world’s first port-related startup accelerator.

  • SISCO, Mawani Ink MOU for Expansion of Jeddah Islamic Port

    31 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    RSGT, a subsidiary of SISCO, and Saudi Ports Authority, sign MOU for further expansion of Jeddah Islamic Port.

  • LNG-powered newbuilds to operate between Norway and Germany

    2 March 2015
    Vessels

    The Norwegian shipping company Nor Lines said it is launching a weekly scheduled service between Cuxhaven and Norway in April 2015.

  • Gazprom, Mitsui talk LNG cooperation

    23 January 2019

    Russia’s giant Gazprom held talks with Japan’s Mitsui & Co. held talks on cooperation in liquefied natural gas projects. 

  • Port of Poti: Pace Terminal Agreement Inked

    20 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Acting President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Mr. David Bohigian, and representatives of the Pace Group, Mr. Joseph Dolidze and Mr. Irakli Tateishvili signed a $50 million loan agreement last week for development, construction and operation of a multifunctional marine terminal at the Georgia’s Port of Poti – Pace Terminal. According to a […]

  • Port Manatee Master Plan Updated

    5 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Manatee County Port Authority has announced its plans to host on October 22nd workshop that will provide information on – and gather public input for – an update being prepared for the port’s master plan. The workshop is slated to be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Port Manatee Intermodal Center in […]

  • Oakland Port Gets Final Funding for Technology Program

    4 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Port of Oakland received final funding for the Freight Intelligent Transportation System (FITS) program.

  • Spotlight on Improvement of Dredging and HES Regulations

    26 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The participants of the 2nd Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress in Moscow – organized by PortNews Media Group – have suggested establishment of a working group for improvement of the Dredging and Health, Environment and Safety (HES) regulations. When speaking at the Congress, Andrey Lavrishchev, General Director of FSUE Rosmorport, emphasized that the system of […]

  • Antwerp Port Authority Inks Collaboration Agreement with Rosmorport

    12 February 2013
    Business & Finance

      The port of Antwerp will collaborate closely over the next five years with Rosmorport, the state-owned company that defends the interests of all Russian seaports. Port of Antwerp International, the international subsidiary of Antwerp Port Authority, has signed a collaboration agreement for this with Rosmorport. The agreement runs for a period of five years […]

  • Russia: Caspian Flotilla Receives New Multi-Beam Echo Sounders

    22 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Hydrographic ships of Caspian Flotilla (CF) received two up-to-date multi-beam echo sounders under the federal target-oriented program “Global Navigation System” and State Defense Order 2012. Main purpose of that equipment is bottom examination at seaports, searching of underwater objects, sounding depth from 20 to 11,000 meters, and securing navigation of CF ships and civil vessels. […]

  • Vietnam to collect fees from sea-surface users

    20 July 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of Vietnam have announced plans to start charging fees to sea-surface users. According to VietNamNet Bridge, the Ministries are proposing a draft under which the Government would start collecting fees from five groups of sea-users in the amount between VND 3 mln […]

  • Belgium: Beverdonk Container Terminal Almost Ready

    22 December 2011

    This Friday, 23 December, the mobile container crane for the new Beverdonk Container Terminal on Albertkanaal, will be delivered. Precisely a week earlier, the terminal itself was completed. It will become operational at the beginning of 2012. The terminal currently occupies 2.5 ha and has a 200-metre quay. It can cope with an annual 60,000 […]

  • MRECo Gets Bourne Tidal Test Site Approval

    5 October 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) has received final approval from the US Army Corps of Engineers to install the Bourne tidal test site within the Cape Cod Canal. “We are very pleased the Corps of Engineers has determined that the Bourne tidal test site will have no impact on the critical mission of the Cape […]

  • RTE Seeks Cable Storage for Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Project

    27 December 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has expanded a recently issued tender for cable storage services to include the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project in France. In October, RTE issued a tender for storage services for the 225kV submarine power cables, and optionally junctions and accessories, for the Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fécamp offshore wind projects. According to the […]

  • GTIS Introduces New Multi-Functional Pontoon

    14 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Saint-Petersburg based engineering company Global Technologies of Innovative Systems (GTIS) has presented a new multi-functional pontoon for dredging and underwater engineering operations. GTIS Director General, Yevgeny Yeryomin, said that the construction was performed at the premises of Interferrum-Metal, stevedoring company operating at Big Port St. Petersburg, and tested in the water area of the port, according to IAA […]

  • Global Trade at Port of Oakland in Decline

    14 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Port of Oakland’s trade with the world totaled USD 21.29 billion through the first six months of 2015, a 11.52 percent decrease over its total trade during the same time period last year, according to the analysis published by Trade Numbers. The analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau data shows that exports at this Californian port decreased 12.55 percent while […]

  • Gazprom’s LNG portfolio on the rise

    20 May 2016

    Russian giant Gazprom on Thursday said its LNG portfolio more than doubled during 2015, reaching 3.56 million tons.