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Port of Redwood City Invests in New Fire and Police Boat Dock

Aug 24, 2021

The Port of Redwood City said it will invest approximately $2.5 million of Port Security Grant Program funding to develop a new fire and police boat dock, which will serve as the home base for emergency vessels.The development of a new boat dock further supports the Redwood City…

ADNOC Logistics & Services Acquires Six Stan Tugs from Damen

Aug 24, 2021

ADNOC Logistics & Services has acquired six line boats to provide critical marine services across petroleum ports in Abu Dhabi. The company, the shipping and maritime logistics branch of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), said all the…

Long Beach's All-electric, Zero-emissions Mega Terminal Completed

Aug 23, 2021

The Port of Long Beach announced it has completed a new container terminal, which it ranks as one of the world's most technologically advanced cargo facilitiesThe Long Beach Container Terminal at Middle Harbor is equipped with nearly all electric…

China’s 2021 Crude Oil Imports Down 5.7% - BIMCO

Aug 23, 2021

Chinese crude oil imports fell year-on-year in June and July, ending a streak of five months of accumulated year-on-year growth. After the first seven months of 2021, China’s crude oil imports are down 5.7% compared with the same period last year…

Port Houston Moving Ahead on Billion Dollar Dredging Project

Aug 20, 2021

A Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Port of Houston Authority (Port Houston) was formally presented for the Houston Ship Channel's billion-dollar widening and deepening program, Project 11…

US Announces New Marine Highway Route and Six Marine Highway Designations

Aug 19, 2021

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) on Thursday announced the designation of six new Marine Highway Projects and a new Marine Highway Route as part of the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The AMHP…

Brazilian Terminal Orders Three Mobile Harbor Cranes

Aug 19, 2021

Konecranes has won an order to deliver three of its new eco-efficient Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald cranes to Super Terminais Comercio e Industria Ltda (Super Terminais) in Brazil. The order, booked in June 2021, makes Super Terminais the first customer for the new cranes…

Chinese Iron Ore Imports Fall to 14-month Low in July - BIMCO

Aug 19, 2021

Chinese iron ore imports fell to 88.5 million tons in July, the lowest level since May 2020. The fall in July means that accumulated imports are lower than in the first seven months of 2020. Imports this year have totaled 649 million, a 1.5% decline from January to July 2020…

CLEANCOR to Offer LNG Bunkering at Port NOLA

Aug 18, 2021

Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and CLEANCOR Energy Solutions LLC (CLEANCOR), a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc. (SEACOR), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on August 17, 2021, to collaborate on ways to provide liquefied natural gas…

McDermott's CB&I Nets Another Philippines LNG Terminal Deal

Aug 18, 2021

McDermott's CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a contract by Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company of Manila, Inc. (AG&P) to build a second LNG storage tank and double-wall LNG bullet for AG&P's Philippines LNG import and regasification…

Port of Antwerp Sees Volume Growth Despite Pandemic Disruption

Aug 18, 2021

The Port of Antwerp recorded a year-on-year rise in the volume of cargo handled for the first seven months of 2021, even though disruptions caused by COVID-19 and Britain's departure from the European Union have depressed trade elsewhere, officials said…

Chinese Ports Choke Over 'Zero Tolerance' COVID-19 Policy

Aug 17, 2021

Several Chinese ports are facing congestion as vessels due to call at Ningbo are being diverted and cargo processing is slowed partly due to stricter disinfection measures under China's 'zero-tolerance' coronavirus policy.On Tuesday, more than 50 container vessels were queuing at Ningbo port…

Storm-shut Ports Reopen in US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

Aug 16, 2021

The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port San Juan has set Port Condition FOUR in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands reopening the area's maritime ports, following the passing of Tropical Storm Grace near the islands.Now a tropical depression…

Maritime NZ Files Charges for Auckland Port Worker Death

Aug 13, 2021

Maritime NZ has filed charges against Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) and an individual in relation to the death of a port worker almost a year ago.Pala’amo (Amo) Kalati was killed on August 30, 2020 after being crushed when a container was dropped during a lifting operation…

Port, Shipping Firms Divert Vessels After a Ningbo Terminal Shuts

Aug 13, 2021

Ports and shipping companies are diverting vessels from a container terminal in China's busiest marine transportation hub which was forced to close after a coronavirus case emerged, as the pandemic strains global supply amid rising retail orders…

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