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Port of Los Angeles: Highest Cargo Numbers Ever Produce Lowest Emissions

Aug 18, 2017

Emissions inventory shows 2016 was a banner year for green growth. The Port of Los Angeles achieved record clean air gains while moving more cargo than ever, according to the Port’s 2016 Inventory of Air Emissions. Released today, the annual…

Australian Submariner Memorial Dedication

Aug 18, 2017

Minister for Defense, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, joined Rear Admiral Mike Noonan, Deputy Chief of the Navy, and veterans to dedicate a memorial on the site of ex-HMAS Platypus, Australia’s decommissioned east coast submarine base, honoring all who have died while serving in Australian submarines…

Milaha Launches Direct Container Service Between Qatar and Kuwait

Aug 17, 2017

Milaha, a Qatar-based maritime and logistics conglomerate, has launched the first ever direct feeder service between Qatar and Kuwait.  The new service, named KQX (Kuwait Qatar Express Service), will operate between Hamad Port in Qatar and Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait once a week initially…

HMM to Launch Arctic Sea Service

Aug 16, 2017

South Korea’s leading container carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine Co (HMM) is considering launching a regular liner service via the Arctic Sea, a move that could cut transits between Asia and Europe considerably, reported Pulse. South Korea’s…

Global Ports Sells Logistika-Terminal to PJSC TransContainer

Aug 16, 2017

Global Ports Investments PLC announced that First Container Terminal Inc., one of the Group’s sea terminals, has signed an agreement to sell its 100% shares in JSC Logistika-Terminal (LT), one of the Group’s two inland terminals, to PJSC TransContainer for a consideration of 1…

Milaha Launches Kuwait Service amid Diplomatic Crisis

Aug 16, 2017

Qatar Navigation (Milaha) , a top Doha-based shipping and logistics group, said on Wednesday it had launched a new container service to Kuwait amid a diplomatic crisis that has seen it lose access to regional trans-shipment hub, Dubai.Milaha will operate the weekly…

US Iron Ore Shipments Remain Strong

Aug 15, 2017

Iron ore, dry bulk cargo and general cargo shipments remain strong on the St. Lawrence Seaway, with overall tonnage up 18 percent over last year.  The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation reports that cargo shipments from March 20…

MTU 4000 Engines to Power Harbor Tugs

Aug 15, 2017

Rolls-Royce and Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey have signed a contract for the delivery of eight MTU Series 4000 engines for four new terminal tugs, including an option for a further four engines. The tugs will each be fitted with two 16V 4000 M73L MTU engines…

Ghana Ports, IBISTEK JV for Multipurpose Terminal

Aug 14, 2017

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has offered a concession to  IBISTEK Limited, a Ghanaian firm towards the development and operations of a container and multi-purpose terminal at the Port of Takoradi.  This is part of the Port…

Gulftainer Receives Maiden Call of CMA CGM Virginia

Aug 14, 2017

Gulftainer, the largest privately owned independent port operator, has marked the maiden call of the CMA CGM Virginia vessel with a capacity of 5,095 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) at its flagship Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT).  The vessel call was completed in a record 5…

SC Ports Reports Record Box Volumes

Aug 14, 2017

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) announced calendar year-to-date container volume increases of 13 percent and the strongest July on record.  Since the calendar year began, SCPA has handled 1.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU)…

Grupo Argos Sells Port Company to Goldman for $136 Mln

Aug 14, 2017

Colombian holding company Grupo Argos has sold its 50 percent stake in a port operator to an investment fund administered by Goldman Sachs for about $136 million, Grupo Argos said in a statement on Monday. Compania de Puertos Asociados S…

Cargo Surge Lifts Port of Long Beach to Record Month

Aug 11, 2017

July’s surging cargo volumes set a record for the Port of Long Beach’s best month its 106-year history, surpassing the previous high mark set in August 2015 for the number of containers moved across its docks.With total volume of 720,312 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) in July…

DOT Recommends FASTLANE Grant for Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

Aug 11, 2017

U.S grant funds will support $19.7 million expansion of port's multimodal infrastructure The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has recommended to Congress that the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor receive one of 10 FASTLANE small project grants for 2017…

Port Canaveral Hosts Briefing on LNG as Maritime Fuel

Aug 11, 2017

“We know that natural gas is one of the cleanest, most environmentally-friendly fuels available today,” said Capt. John Murray, CEO at Port Canaveral, who recently hosted a briefing on the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a maritime transportation fuel…

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