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CMT to Take Over Barge Services at Yellow Creek State Inland Port

Aug 25, 2022

Cooper Marine and Timberlands (CMT) is set to take over as the exclusive barge fleeting and shifting service provider for Yellow Creek State Inland Port, located at the intersection of the Tennessee River and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, effective September 1…

Port Canaveral Gets $1.9 Million for Security Upgrades

Aug 25, 2022

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) has awarded $1,941,285 in federal grant funding for several projects at Port Canaveral to protect the Port’s critical…

Cuba Boosts Fuel Imports, Reshuffles Shipping Operations After Terminal Fire

Aug 25, 2022

Cuba is using a combination of ship-to-ship transfers and floating oil storage to ease fuel scarcity and power cuts following a fire that destroyed a portion of its main oil terminal, vessel tracking data showed.Cubans have endured daily blackouts…

New Decommissioning Hub in Aberdeen to Create Up to 50 New Jobs

Aug 25, 2022

CessCon Decom,  a Scotland-based firm specializing in decommissioning of oil and gas structures, plans to launch a decommissioning hub at the Port of Aberdeen’s £400 million South Harbour expansion in Q3 2022, creating up to 50 new jobs.The…

COSCO SHIPPING Lines Takes First Bunkering of Marine Biofuel

Aug 25, 2022

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels completed the first refuelling of a COSCO Shipping Lines containership with marine biofuel, marking TotalEnergies’ first biofuel bunkering operation for a containership in Singapore.On July 11, 2022, the 4,250 TEU…

Kongsberg Maritime Launches ScanFuse Powered by Qii.AI

Aug 24, 2022

Kongsberg Maritime’s Sensors and Robotics Division has released ScanFuseTMpowered by Qii.AI, a web-based software application that enables Civil Engineers to create comprehensive mosaics of maritime assets above and below the waterline by harnessing…

Great Lakes Announces $107 Million in New Dredging Contracts

Aug 24, 2022

The United States' largest dredging contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation on Wednesday announced the receipt of $107 million in new contract awards along the U.S. East Coast.The awarded dredging work includes: Norfolk Harbor Navigation Improvements Project (Capital…

Two New Cranes Dedicated at Port of South Louisiana

Aug 24, 2022

The Port of South Louisiana officially dedicated and named its two Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Portal Harbor Cranes for its public facility, the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal Dock along the Mississippi River. These cranes have increased the…

Wärtsilä to Digitalize Associated British Ports’ Maritime Ops

Aug 24, 2022

Wärtsilä Voyage signed a contract for a five-year framework agreement with Associated British Ports (ABP) digitalize operations at its 21 ports. The Wärtsilä Voyage technologies chosen for the project are Navi-Port, Navi-Harbour Vessel Traffic Services…

Port of Virginia Orders More Hybrid Shuttle Carriers

Aug 22, 2022

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will supply 11 Kalmar Hybrid Shuttle Carriers to The Port of Virginia, a deepwater port in the U.S. East Coast.All of the new units will be delivered to Virginia International Gateway (VIG), one of the port’s primary…

What Impact Will Strike at Britain's Busiest Container Port Have?

Aug 22, 2022

More than 1,900 workers at Britain's biggest container port, Felixstowe, have begun eight days of strike action that will cause disruption to trade and supply chains.The staff at Felixstowe, on the east coast of England, are taking industrial action in a dispute over pay…

Port of Oakland Takes Major Step on Clean Energy Project

Aug 22, 2022

The Port of Oakland today announced the approval of a $2 million contract for the design of a new, clean energy project at the Oakland Seaport. The project includes electrical infrastructure including solar generation, battery storage systems…

Container Prices, Leading Rates Decline

Aug 22, 2022

Average container prices have declined by more than half from the last year in August as China picks up containerized trade volumes more recently, according to an analysis published by Container xChange.Trade in China was impacted in the first half of the year…

Workers at UK's Biggest Container Port to Begin 8-day Strike

Aug 21, 2022

More than 1,900 workers at Britain's biggest container port are due on Sunday to start eight days of strike action which their union and shipping companies warn could seriously affect trade and supply chains.The staff at Felixstowe, on the east coast of England…

UK's Felixstowe Port: Disappointed Strike Action Will Go Ahead

Aug 19, 2022

The company that operates Britain's biggest container port, Felixstowe, said on Friday it believed its pay offer to workers was fair and it was disappointed strike action due to begin on Sunday had not been called off.More than 1,900 workers…

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