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Vopak Consortium Selected to Operate New LNG Terminal in South Africa

Jan 10, 2024

South Africa has selected a Vopak consortium as the preferred bidder to develop and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the Port of Richards Bay, state-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) said on WednesdayThe Vopak Terminal…

AGLPA Calls for Fair Share of Infrastructure Grants

Jan 09, 2024

In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on January 4, the American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA) called for regional equity in the distribution of Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grants.PIDP is the…

Port of Sudeste to Deploy RightShip's Maritime Emissions Portal

Jan 09, 2024

RightShip announced a partnership with Port of Sudeste, located in Itaguai, Rio de Janeiro, to start utilizing RightShip’s Maritime Emissions Portal (MEP) for the first time in the Latin American region.MEP is a digital solution that combines…

Containership Fire Kills Two in Port Houston

Jan 09, 2024

Two crewmembers were killed and another badly injured after a fire broke out on a containership in Port Houston.Port Houston Fire Department responded during the early morning hours on Monday to a report of a fire onboard the Panamanian-registered…

Australian Government Rejects Plan for Offshore Wind Terminal

Jan 08, 2024

The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has designated preliminary plans for a Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal as “clearly unacceptable.”The plans were submitted by the Port of Hastings Corporation in October 2023…

New App Launched to Improve Operations at Port of Oakland

Jan 08, 2024

A new app is helping to make the movement of goods more efficient at the Port of Oakland in California.Since 2020, Parsons Corporation has worked closely with the Alameda County Transportation Commission (CTC), Port staff, the City of Oakland…

MARAD and AAPA Working to Identify US Port Cargo Handling Needs

Jan 07, 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) announced they are surveying port authorities and marine terminal operators to identify national port cargo handling needs over the next five to 10 years…

Egypt Inks Deal with Abu Dhabi Ports Group to Develop Red Sea Port Terminals

Jan 04, 2024

Egypt has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi Ports Group for the company to develop, operate and maintain passenger and ship terminals at the Red Sea ports of Hurghada, Safaga and Sharm El Sheikh, its transport ministry said on Thursday.(Reporting by Moemen Said Atallah; Editing by Jan Harvey)

Port of Los Angeles Promotes Chris Brown

Jan 03, 2024

The Port of Los Angeles has appointed Chris Brown to the position of Chief Harbor Engineer.Brown replaces Dina Aryan-Zahlan, who was recently promoted to Deputy Executive Director of Development.As Chief Harbor Engineer, Brown will lead the planning…

Jonathan Daniels to Lead Port of Baltimore

Jan 03, 2024

Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld has announced Jonathan Daniels as the new executive director of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Maryland Port Administration. Daniels comes to Maryland after serving as chief executive…

Adani Ports to Raise Up to $601 Million by Selling Debentures

Jan 03, 2024

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, India's largest private port operator, will raise up to 50 billion rupees ($600.6 million) by selling non-convertible debentures, it said on Wednesday.Billionaire Gautam Adani was re-designated as executive…

AMSA Warns of Counterfeit Pilot Ladders

Jan 02, 2024

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued as Pilot Advisory Note advising coastal pilots and pilotage providers about the existence of counterfeit pilot ladders and associated certification.In March 2019, one of AMSA’s Port…

Germany Builds up LNG Import Terminals

Jan 02, 2024

German utility RWE on Jan. 1 handed over floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure at Brunsbuettel on the North Sea to state-owned Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) as agreed when first imports arrived 10 months ago, it said.DET is now…

Ethiopia Signs Pact to Use Somaliland's Red Sea Port

Jan 02, 2024

Landlocked Ethiopia signed an initial agreement with Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland on Monday to use its Red Sea port of Berbera, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said.The Horn of Africa country currently relies on neighbouring Djibouti for most of its maritime trade…

ISS Takes Majority Stake in Leth Suez Transit

Jan 02, 2024

Inchcape Shipping Services has taken a major share of Leth Suez Transit Ltd AS (LETH). Under the new ownership structure, Otto Jervell, the CEO of LETH, will continue to helm the company as a part-owner.LETH, with its heritage starting in 1924 as a bunker supplier in Egypt…

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