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Propane Powers WBCT’s Port Tractor Fleet to 50% Fuel Savings

Jun 05, 2025

Propane is a fossil fuel, but it is a clean fuel that is more easily adaptable to port and maritime operations as compared to most other non-conventional future fuel. Jim Bunsey, Senior Manager, Business Development, Propane Education Research Council (PERC)…

Trump Hobbles NOAA Team That Reopens Ports After Hurricanes

Jun 03, 2025

A Florida-based federal emergency response team that reopens U.S. ports after storms and accidents is unstaffed this hurricane season largely due to widespread federal workforce reductions driven by the Trump administration, according to two sources familiar with the matter…

Port of Corpus Christi Completes Deepest, Widest Channel on Gulf Coast

Jun 02, 2025

Today, the Port of Corpus Christi announced the completion of the Ship Channel Improvement Project—now the deepest and widest draft channel along the Gulf Coast.In 2017, the Port of Corpus Christi commenced work on the Ship Channel Improvement…

Klaipėda Port Begins Its Green Hydrogen Journey

May 30, 2025

Klaipėda Port is moving toward its goal of becoming the first port in Lithuania and the Baltic States to produce and supply green hydrogen for vessels, various types of port equipment, and private transportation. The construction tender procedure…

Ukraine: 500m Euros Needed to Rebuild Port Facilities Damaged by Russia

May 30, 2025

Ukraine needs an initial 500 million euros ($566 million) to rebuild the most important infrastructure facilities at its Black Sea ports destroyed by constant Russian missile and drone attacks, a government minister said on Friday.Almost 400…

Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 Receives Non-FTA Export Authorization

May 29, 2025

Sempra Infrastructure has been issued a permit from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 development project which will allow the export of up to approximately 13.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of U.S.-produced…

DP World Nhava Sheva Expands Asia Connectivity with New Weekly Shipping Services

May 29, 2025

DP World, a global provider of smart end-to-end supply chain solutions, welcomed the inaugural calls of the CI6/SIS/CISC2 and SI8/AIS5 service at its Nhava Sheva terminal, strengthening the terminal’s connectivity with key Asian economies and…

Adani Ports Accepts Bids for 15-Year Bonds

May 29, 2025

India's Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, the country's largest private port operator, has accepted bids worth 50 billion rupees ($584.8 million) for bonds maturing in 15 years, two merchant bankers said on Thursday.The company will pay an annual coupon of 7…

NOAA’s PORTS® System Expands Operations to Include Pearl Harbor-Honolulu

May 29, 2025

NOAA’s first Physical Oceanographic Real-time System, or PORTS®, at Pearl Harbor-Honolulu, Hawaii, is now operational. Installed by NOAA's National Ocean Service, data from the new publicly available observation system advances NOAA’s ability…

Adani Ports Plans Local Market Comeback After 17 Month Hiatus

May 28, 2025

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, India's largest private port operator, plans a return to the domestic bond market after a 17-month hiatus in what could be its largest-ever rupee denominated debt issue, three merchant bankers said on Wednesday…

New Warehouse Under Construction at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor

May 27, 2025

Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor has broken ground on the first new warehouse constructed at the Lake Michigan port in 25 years.The groundbreaking kicked off a $10 million project to construct an 84,000 square-foot warehouse and 1.65-acre laydown yard adjacent to Burns Harbor’s Berth 2…

Seacap Becomes World’s First Capital Partner for Shore Power

May 27, 2025

The company Seacap has launched as a new, specialized company designed to make it significantly easier for ports to carry out the investments required for a green and future-oriented infrastructure.It is the first capital partner globally to…

Police Bust Cocaine Gang

May 27, 2025

Police have dismantled a cocaine trafficking gang that shipped cocaine paste from Colombia to Belgium, the pan-European Europol police agency said on Tuesday.Europol said the operation resulted in 14 arrests, of which 11 were in Belgium, two in Germany and one in Italy…

Guinea Bauxite Sockpile Nears 2 Million Tons as Export Suspension Continues

May 27, 2025

Emirates Global Aluminium's (EGA) subsidiary in Guinea has accumulated a stockpile of nearly two million metric tonnes of bauxite since the suspension of its operations last year, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday…

Cerberus eyes Darwin Port

May 27, 2025

U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management has expressed interest in acquiring the lease to Australia’s strategically vital Darwin Port, according to a senior executive at Landbridge, the Chinese company currently operating the port…

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