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OTCGH Announces Freight Forward Curves

Jul 12, 2018

OTC Global Holdings LP (OTCGH), an independent interdealer broker in over-the-counter commodities, has announced the availability of its latest data product, Freight Forward Curves powered by EOXLive.The Freight Forward Curves provide an independent…

MSC Cruises Plans New Terminal at PortMiami

Jul 12, 2018

MSC Cruises is eyeing further growth in the North American with a new expansion project in Miami, the cruise line’s exclusive homeport in the U.S. The company announced it has signed an agreement for extended preferential berthing rights as…

Krishnapatnam Port Commissions New Cranes

Jul 12, 2018

Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal (KPCT); a deep drafted container terminal on India's east coast, announced the commissioning of five new Electrical Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes (e-RTGC).Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal is planning to…

DP World Threatens Legal Action Over Djibouti Port Row

Jul 12, 2018

DP World threatened legal action against Djibouti after the government of the Horn of Africa nation ended a contract this year with the Dubai-owned firm for running a port facility, the company's spokesman said on Thursday.Djibouti ended the…

Indian Ports Register 3.91% Growth

Jul 11, 2018

The major ports in India have recorded a growth of 3.91% and together handled 174.02 Million Tonnes of cargo during the period April to June, 2018 as against 167.48 Million Tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year. For the period from April- June 2018…

Southern Ports are Getting with The Program…

Jul 11, 2018

The In-transit cold treatment program, that is! The dimensions of The Program are remarkable. The Reefer Shipping Market and Forecast 2017/18 produced by Drewry calculated that 79 percent of perishable cargo moved in refrigerated containers in 2016 and only 21 percent on reefer ships…

Driving Efficiently Towards Zero Emissions

Jul 11, 2018

As the Port of Long Beach Starts Year-long Freight and electric vehicle (EV) testing, Kalmar’s newest workhorse – the Kalmar Ottawa Electric terminal tractor, T2E – will be doing some of the heavy lifting. As California presses on with state-wide transportation electrification (TE)…

Singapore Tops World's Shipping Centre Rankings in 2018

Jul 11, 2018

Singapore has emerged as the world's top maritime center for the fourth consecutive time in the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index.  'Singapore remains unmoved at the top of the International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index for the fifth successive year…

LA, Antwerp Partner to Advance Port Technologies

Jul 11, 2018

In an effort to spur technology-based innovation in the port and maritime environment, the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Antwerp in Belgium  are hosting an international “Hackathon.” The technology competition will take place October 11-13…

ZPMC USA Expands Coast-to-coast

Jul 11, 2018

ZPMC USA is currently working on 25 cranes in nine locations that showcase a broad range of service capabilities.ZPMC USA has hired 50 new employees to support a coast-to-coast workload and its recently added parts division servicing the eastern and southern United States…

Trade War Could Impede US Transport Infrastructure Growth

Jul 11, 2018

An escalating trade war between the United States and some of its major trading partners would impair growth for U.S. airports, toll roads and ports over time if it slows the economy or triggers a recession, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.Major…

Damen Delivers Tug Pair to Smit Lamnalco

Jul 11, 2018

Netherlands based shipbuilder Damen said it has delivered two of four ASD 3212 tugs to towage and related marine services’ company Smit Lamnalco.Arriving in Oman on July 10, the two new tugs, each with a bollard pull of 80 metric tons, will be directly deployed at a Oman India Fertilizer Company S…

US Plans Tariffs on Extra $200 Bln of Chinese Imports

Jul 11, 2018

The United States has decided to impose tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from China after efforts to negotiate a solution to the trade dispute failed to reach an agreement, senior administration officials said on Tuesday.U.S. Trade Representative…

Key Oil Export Terminals Reopen in Libya

Jul 11, 2018

Tripoli-based National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Wednesday four export terminals were being reopened after eastern factions handed over the ports, ending a standoff that had shut down most of Libya's oil output.Production and export operations would be restored 'within the next few hours'…

Ethiopia: Reopening Roads to Red Sea Ports a Priority

Jul 11, 2018

Landlocked Ethiopia wants to make the re-opening of two roads connecting it to two of Eritrea's Red Sea ports a priority in the two nations' reconciliation process, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.In a move that ended a 20-year military stand-off…

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