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BHP Billiton Injects $240m into Port Hedland

Jul 22, 2015

BHP Billiton has approved $240 million (BHP Billiton share) to purchase six additional tugs and construct a new eight pen Tug Harbour at Hunt Point in the Port Hedland Port.The investment will also include the upgrade of workshop facilities…

DP World Opens London Gateway Logistics Centre

Jul 22, 2015

DP World's first distribution centre at the London Gateway Logistics Park opened officially, with the UK's shipping minister, Robert Goodwill MP, in attendance. Goodwill and DP World chairman, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, formalised the opening of the centre during a ribbon cutting ceremony…

Seafarers’ Charity Brings Shipping to the Classroom

Jul 21, 2015

Seafarers’ charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) is doing its bit to introduce shipping to the younger generation and promote a career at sea. The organization played host to work experience student Max Charlton from the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in London…

Jebel Ali Port Leads in Port Productivity

Jul 21, 2015

Global marine terminal operator DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port has demonstrated once again that it delivers the world’s best productivity for ships berthed at its docks. According the latest JOC Port Productivity data, compiled by industry analysts Journal of Commerce…

Taimyr Disapprove Oil Terminal "Tanalau"

Jul 21, 2015

Association of Indigenous Peoples of Taimyr refused to sign the conclusion of the public hearings on the project and everything Payyahskogo Severopayyahskogo fields and the construction of the oil terminal 'Tanalau.''As a result of re…

Sri Lanka to Establish Terminal for Cruise Ships

Jul 21, 2015

A fully-fledged cruise terminal is to be set up at Colombo port given the increasing number of calls by cruise vessels, according to Lakdas Panagoda, chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). The SLPA plans to convert the Bandaranaike…

BHP to Spend $240 mln on Iron Ore Tug-Boat

Jul 21, 2015

BHP Billiton plans to construct a new eight pen tug harbour at Hunt Point in Port Hedland, as well as purchase six additional tugs, for $US240 million ($A326 million). The investment will also include an upgrade of workshop facilities,…

Kansas Shipping Hub Announce Finalists

Jul 21, 2015

Seven finalists have been selected for the site of a proposed Kansas transload shipping center. The Kansas Department of Transportation/Kansas Turnpike Authority Transload Facility Site Analysis team selected the finalists from the 111 proposals submitted for consideration…

Concerns Remain Over the Use of Low-sulphur Fuel

Jul 20, 2015

As a global move toward using cleaner fuel takes place, countries are forming new or reforming old regulations which see jurisdictions increasingly demanding the use of low-sulphur fuel in ships that berth in their ports. This results in a possibility…

Maersk Starts Weekly Service through Port of Jacksonville

Jul 20, 2015

The Port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT) has welcomed the 4,400 teu AS Mariana, the first ship in Maersk Line’s new weekly service to Asia through at the port’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. JAXPORT has officially announced the addition of the world’s No…

Vietnam to Go-ahead with $2.5 bln Port Project

Jul 19, 2015

Vietnam's government has agreed on a port project in the southern province of Ca Mau, costing some $2.5 billion according to media reports and which would be able to host some of the world's biggest ships.The Hon Khoai port would be built under a public-private partnership…

Newport International Boat Show to Kick Off

Jul 18, 2015

Set for September 17-20th, 2015 on Newport Harbor is the Newport International Boat Show (NIBS), which flaunts its destination and sailing history to attendees making their fall travel plans. NIBS is the kick-off to the boat show season and a prime time to experience fall in New England…

Iran Offers India Bigger Role in Developing Port of Chabahar

Jul 18, 2015

The port of Chabahar in southeast Iran is central to India's efforts to circumvent arch-rival Pakistan and open up a route to landlocked Afghanistan where it has developed close security ties and economic interests. According to a Reuter's report…

Uruguay LNG Terminal on Schedule

Jul 18, 2015

Uruguay's state-owned Gas Sayago said civil works for an LNG regasification terminal are due to begin again after five months of delays, putting back on track a $1.1 billion project for the country's first such facility. Gas Sayago, a joint venture by two state-owned companies…

Stiff Challenges Await Indian LNG Terminals

Jul 18, 2015

India's new LNG import terminals will face major challenges due to price sensitive demand, ICRA said in its latest update on gas utilities sector.  'Crowding of regasification terminals could put pressure on utilization levels, regasification charges and returns of new entrants…

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