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Port Houston Orders Five More Konecranes RTGs

Sep 15, 2023

Port Houston in Texas has ordered five Konecranes hybrid RTGs for its Barbours Cut Container Terminal to support its long-term improvement program covering channel development and land infrastructure investment. The cranes will be delivered at the beginning of 2025…

Hapag-Lloyd CEO: Counter Offer for HHLA Would Not Be In Our Interest

Sep 14, 2023

Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen said on Thursday that it would not be in the container shipper's interest to make a counter offer for HHLA, the main operator of Hamburg port, and may instead cut its traffic through the hub.On Wednesday, Switzerland-based MSC…

Battle Heats Up for Hamburg Port Operator as MSC Makes $1.4 Billion Offer

Sep 13, 2023

Swiss-based MSC, the world's biggest container shipping company, has offered to buy almost half of the main operator of Hamburg port in a deal that could be worth nearly 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion), setting the stage for a potential bidding war…

Libyan Oil Ports Reopen after Storm Forced Closure

Sep 13, 2023

Four major oil ports in Libya have reopened after shutting down on Saturday because of the powerful storm that swept the country, killing thousands of people, port agent Al Omran International Maritime Agencies said on Wednesday. The eastern ports of Brega…

Vancouver RTG Crane to be Powered by Fuel Cell

Sep 13, 2023

Corvus Energy has been selected by TYCROP and their hydrogen technologies partner H2 Portable to supply the battery energy storage system component of a hydrogen fuel cell RTG crane scheduled for retrofit at Vancouver Fraser Port in 2024.This…

Top Global Ports May Be Unusable by 2050 Without More Climate Action

Sep 12, 2023

Some of the world's largest ports may be unusable by 2050 as rising sea levels hit operations, and efforts to speed up decarbonization of the maritime sector and bring in new technology are vital, a study showed on Friday.Weather-related disruptions are already impacting ports across the globe…

US West Coast Ports Gained Market Share After Labor Deal

Sep 11, 2023

U.S. West Coast ports, which reached a labor deal with their workers this summer, gained market share in August from the previous month, while their main rivals on the East Coast lost ground, Descartes Systems Group DSG.TO said on Monday.For more than a year…

US, Saudi Arabia, India Discuss Possible Rail, Port Deal

Sep 08, 2023

The U.S., Saudi Arabia, India and other nations are discussing a possible infrastructure deal that could reconfigure trade between the Gulf and South Asia, linking Middle Eastern countries by railways and connecting to India by port, according to U…

Romania Upgrades Black Sea Port Infrastructure to Bring in More Ukrainian Grain

Sep 08, 2023

Romania's government will approve on Friday a plan to upgrade road infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Constanta, part of wider investments in the port which could help more Ukrainian grain to transit.Constanta is Ukraine's largest alternative export route…

Ukraine Reports Danube Port Damage After Latest Russian Attack

Sep 07, 2023

Russia carried out its fourth drone attack in five days on Ukrainian port facilities on the Danube River on Thursday, damaging grain silos and other infrastructure on a vital export route for Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said.The attack on Izmail district in southern Odesa region lasted three hours…

Riga Central Terminal Takes Delivery of Six Self-Discharging Containers

Sep 07, 2023

After renting Graviti’s automated dry bulk containers for two years and being fully satisfied with the results, the Rigal Central Terminal (in the Freeport of Riga, Latvia) has taken delivery of six SDC 40 units from Latvian bulk handling equipment specialist Graviti…

Ukraine Says It's Shipping Grain via Croatian Ports

Sep 07, 2023

Ukraine has started exporting grain via Croatian seaports, aiming to broaden its export routes while its Black Sea ports are blocked, a senior Ukrainian official said on Thursday.Ukraine's main grain export route is usually via its deep Black Sea ports…

Port of Corpus Christi Promotes CFO Kent Britton to CEO

Sep 06, 2023

The Port of Corpus Christi on Wednesday named Chief Financial Officer Kent Britton as its new chief executive officer to head the largest U.S. oil-export port by volume.The appointment comes nearly four months after Sean Strawbridge, the previous chief executive…

Australia’s Portland to be Renewable Maritime Fuels Hub

Sep 06, 2023

Australia’s Victorian Government is backing a new feasibility study that could see Portland become home to one of Australia’s first green shipping fuel production hubs.Minister for Regional Development Harriet Shing announced the new study for a renewable fuel manufacturing hub in the portside city…

IADC Presents Best Practices for Responsible Dredging Projects

Sep 05, 2023

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has produced a new paper: “Sand as a resource: Best practices to conduct responsible dredging projects” was initiated and presented by its Sustainability Committee.According to the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP)…

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