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Container Scanning Introduced at Krishnapatnam Port

Jun 18, 2018

India’s Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited (KPCL),  in an industry first initiative, announced the installation of ‘Rapiscan Eagle P 60 (“Eagle P60’)’ a drive through X Ray Container Scanner & Radiation Portal Monitors. Besides increasing security and safety of the port…

Somalia, Ethiopia to Jointly Invest in Red Sea Ports

Jun 18, 2018

Somalia and Ethiopia announced they were jointly investing in four seaports to attract foreign investment to their two countries, the latest move in a tussle for access to ports along one of the world's most strategic waterways.After Somalia's…

Crowley Honored for Puerto Rico Relief Efforts

Jun 18, 2018

Crowley Maritime Corporation recently received a Humanitarian Award from Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) for its relief efforts in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.The award, which was accepted on the behalf of the company’s Puerto Rico employees by Tom Crowley…

Hannibal Doubles Connections To Switzerland

Jun 18, 2018

Hannibal, Contship Italia Group's multimodal transport operator, has launched a second rail link to Switzerland on July 2, 2018. The new daily connection to Zurich (Niederglatt) complements the existing link to Basel (Frenkendorf), which is also served daily…

ExxonMobil Considers Importing LNG to Australia

Jun 18, 2018

ExxonMobil Corp, southeastern Australia's biggest gas supplier, is considering importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help plug a looming gas shortage from 2021 and protect its market share.The move would compete with plans by both Australia's no…

Russia's Q3 Oil Exports via Baltic Ports Seen Falling

Jun 18, 2018

Russian exports and transit of Urals oil through Baltic Sea ports are seen at 19.15 million tonnes in the third quarter, down from 19.8 million tonnes in the second quarter, industry sources said.Exports of Russian Urals and Siberian light oil…

SSA Terminals Extends Marine Lease at Oakland

Jun 17, 2018

A major global marine terminal operator has OKd a new Port of Oakland lease that runs through 2027.  The agreement includes options that could keep SSA Terminals (Oakland) here to 2042.  The Port today characterized the deal as validation for the city’s maritime future…

DP World Not for Settlement with Djibouti

Jun 17, 2018

The Dubai-based port operator DP World said that it will not consider alternative legal options outside a court settlement in a dispute with the Djibouti government over the Doraleh Container Terminal. The fourth biggest port operator globally…

Corpus Christi Gearing Up to Handle US Shale Export Boom

Jun 15, 2018

Port officials on Tuesday are expected to consider $300 million in financing that would prepare the country's largest oil-export port - Corpus Christi, Texas - to handle a surge in U.S. shale production over the next five years.International buyers would like more U…

China to Impose 25% Tariffs on 659 US Goods

Jun 15, 2018

China will impose additional 25 percent tariffs on 659 U.S. goods worth $50 billion in response to the U.S. announcement that it will levy tariffs on Chinese imports, the Chinese commerce ministry said.Tariffs on $34 billion of U.S. goods including…

Hyundai Merchant Marine Launches China-Australia Express Service

Jun 15, 2018

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) announced that it is launching a new China-Australia express service, under the name ‘A1X (Australia No.1 Express) with carriers Evergreen and APL. The A1X service covers the ports of Ningbo-Shanghai-Yantian-Sydney…

APM Terminals' New Gateway to Iraq

Jun 14, 2018

New pre-arrival clearance protocols and reduced terminal handling charges for containers in transit, mean that Jordan’s deep-water Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), located on the Red Sea, is now a realistic alternative maritime gateway for Iraq-bound cargo…

Terminal Industry Committee 4.0 Established

Jun 14, 2018

Recognizing the need for the container terminal industry to prepare for the 4th industrial revolution and to further advance digitalization, an open group of 15 global private container terminal operators and some port equipment manufacturers…

Rotterdam Joins Start-ups for Port of the Future

Jun 14, 2018

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed partnership agreements with four recent participants in the annual PortXL innovation programme. The products developed by these promising start-ups range from compact tulip-shaped wind turbines to blockchain applications for freight tracking…

Oosterhout Container Terminal Joins West-Brabant Corridor

Jun 14, 2018

Oosterhout Container Terminal (OCT) has now joined the West-Brabant corridor, the partnership launched in February 2018 between deep-sea terminals, inland shipping companies and inland terminals to bundle container cargo on the sailing route between Tilburg…

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