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World's Largest Cruise Ship Makes US Debut

Feb 21, 2022

Port Everglades once again welcomes the largest cruise ship in the world. Royal Caribbean International's Wonder of the Seas docked at her homeport, Port Everglades, this weekend for her inaugural season beginning March 4. This is the fourth Oasis-Class ship to make its U…

Argentina Grains Inspectors Start Strike; 'No Impact' at Ports

Feb 21, 2022

Argentina's grains inspectors began a 24-hour strike on Monday demanding bonus payments, but port activity and shipments of farm products were not affected in the South American country, the top global exporter of processed soybeans.Juan Carlos Peralta…

Vicente Boluda Fos to Receive France's Knight of the Legion of Honor Medal

Feb 21, 2022

Boluda Corporación Marítima CEO Vicente Boluda Fos will receive the Knight of the Legion of Honour medal in Paris on June 16, in recognition of outstanding services rendered to France by the Valencian businessman. The distinction will be awarded by former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy…

Hong Kong Using Cruise Terminal as COVID Facility

Feb 21, 2022

Hong Kong is in 'all-out combat' to contain a surge in coronavirus cases, the city's number two official said on Sunday, with the ramping up of community isolation and treatment units helped by mainland Chinese construction teams.Scenes of people…

Lukashenko Expects Russia to Build a Port for Belarus Potash Exports

Feb 18, 2022

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko expects Russia to build a new Baltic Sea port for exports of Belarusian potash which were hit by Western sanctions, he said on Friday after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin.The two leaders met as…

Lebanon Gives CMA CGM Contract to Revamp Beirut Container Terminal

Feb 17, 2022

Lebanon has awarded France's CMA CGM CMACG.UL a contract to develop and operate the container terminal in Beirut port for 10 years, including plans to rebuild and expand infrastructure damaged in a massive chemical explosion in 2020.CMA CGM said it would invest $33 million…

ClassNK Supports Ship Finance for Decarbonization with CO2 Emissions Calculations

Feb 17, 2022

ClassNK will calculate the CO2 emissions from the ships to be financed under the Sustainability-Linked Loan provided by ORIX Corporation (ORIX). The ship finance agreement signed between ORIX and a shipowner in Hong Kong is a sustainability-linked loan…

Digitalization: From Stem to Stern, Ship Design in 3D Digital

Feb 17, 2022

3D digital design can save ‘dollars on the deck plate’ during construction while maintaining safety, says to Patrick Ryan, Senior Vice President, Global Engineering and Technology, ABS.Last year ABS, Robert Allan, Signet and USCG collaborated…

CGX Energy to Start Dredging, Dock Construction for Port in Guyana

Feb 17, 2022

Canada-based oil company CGX Energy OYL.V will begin dredging and building the docks of a key deepwater port at Berbice, in eastern Guyana, planned to serve the South American nation's oil and agriculture sectors, the firm's chairman said on Wednesday…

China Approves New LNG Receiving Terminal in Fujian Province

Feb 16, 2022

China's state economic planner has approved natural gas company Hanas Group's plan to build a receiving terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the southeastern province of Fujian.The terminal will have an annual receiving capacity of 5…

Max Vekich Sworn In as FMC Commissioner

Feb 15, 2022

Max Vekich was sworn-in today as a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2026.First nominated by President Joseph R. Biden on June 24, 2021, and then again on January 4, 2022. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 10…

Work to Widen Suez Canal is Underway

Feb 15, 2022

Egypt is working to improve the Suez Canal by making an additional 10 kilometers accessible to two-way traffic, while widening and deepening another 30 kilometers, the chairman of the authority managing the waterway said on Tuesday.Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie…

Suez Canal Authority Considers Floating Some Units

Feb 15, 2022

The Suez Canal Authority is considering listing shares of some of the companies it owns on Egypt's stock exchange, authority chairman Osama Rabie told CNBC Arabia on Tuesday.Rabie added that the authority expects to sell 20% stakes in two or three companies…

Optimarin Logs Record Revenue in '21

Feb 15, 2022

Optimarin announced record revenue in 2021 on strong sales of its ballast water treatment system (BWTS).The Norwegian supplier's annual turnover exceeded $34 million for the first time ever following a 20% increase in the number of systems sold versus 2020…

Generational Change: Maersk Board Nominates Family Heir as New Chairman

Feb 15, 2022

A.P. Moller-Maersk's board said on Tuesday it has nominated family heir Robert Maersk Uggla to be its next chairman as part of a generational handover at the Danish shipping company.Current chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe and vice-chair Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla…

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