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Abu Dhabi Ports Plans Emergency Response Exercise

May 15, 2017

Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of the Emirate's commercial and community ports as well as Khalifa Industrial Zone, in conjunction with Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Management Team, is preparing to conduct…

Digging Deep for Good News

May 15, 2017

Dredging firms look ahead to more business, here and across the big pond. Along the way, Mother Nature and good business planning will both help. In the waning days of 2016, the outlook brightened dramatically for the big U.S. dredging contractors…

Savannah Port Welcomes Record Cargo Ship

May 14, 2017

Governor Nathan Deal, Port of Savannah officials and the maritime community were on hand to welcome the COSCO Development, the largest containership to ever call on the U.S. East Coast as it handled 5,500 containers, a record for Georgia’s ports…

Riverboat American Duchess to Launch in August

May 12, 2017

The American Queen Steamboat Company, owner and operator of the American Queen and American Empress, will launch service on its new American Duchess when it sets sail from New Orleans on Aug. 14, 2017, following its christening a day earlier…

Gulftainer Wins Logistics Industry Honors for TOS

May 12, 2017

Gulftainer,  privately owned independent terminal operating and logistics company whose global divisions include GT USA in North America, has won an industry award for its Marine and Container Handling (MACH) Terminal Operating System (TOS)…

Tradepoint Atlantic: Logistics for Offshore Wind Projects

May 12, 2017

Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,100-acre multimodal global logistics center in Baltimore that features a combination of access to deepwater berths, railroads, highways and storage space, has issued a statement in connection with the Maryland PSC’s…

Mein Schiff 6 Makes Maiden Call in Kiel

May 12, 2017

The latest newbuilding to join TUI Cruises, Mein Schiff 6, has berthed in Kiel for the first time. Kiel is the ship’s first passenger port of call in Germany she has visited since she was handed over a few days ago in Turku, Finland. The 99…

Union Calls Off Strike at Jakarta Port

May 12, 2017

An Indonesian labour union has scrapped a planned strike at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port next week, ensuring operations would run normally at the country's busiest port, union officials said on Friday. Nova Sofyan Hakim, the chairman of…

DP World London Now Handles Far East Calls

May 12, 2017

MOL Triumph, the first of the world’s largest and newest vessels to call in the UK, arrives in Southampton on THE Alliance's FE2 service as new third deep-water berth opened at London Gateway in April, ahead of first regular Asia-Europe service starting…

Port of LA Sets April Cargo Record

May 11, 2017

April cargo volumes surged 8.9 percent at the Port of Los Angeles compared to the same month last year. It was the best April in the port’s 110-year history. For the first four months of 2017, cargo has increased 10 percent compared to 2016…

Fitch Affirms 'A' Rating for Port Everglades

May 11, 2017

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' rating on Broward County's Port Everglades' outstanding $167 million port facilities senior revenue and refunding bonds, and has revised the Rating Outlook from Stable to Positive. Fitch reported: 'The…

Peel Ports Appoints Schaap as Container Director

May 11, 2017

Peel Ports  has appointed APM Terminals’ Jouke Schaap to head up its entire container operations.The position has been created to drive commercial opportunities focussed on the company’s network of terminals and port-centric logistics facilities…

Abu Dhabi Ports Seeks Korean Investment

May 10, 2017

Abu Dhabi Ports the master developer, operator and manager of commercial and community ports in UAE, as well as Khalifa Industrial Zone, in conjunction with Abu Dhabi and the Korean Chambers of Commerce and Industry, have hosted an investment forum for the Korean market…

Engineering Firm Rebranded WSP USA

May 10, 2017

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global engineering and professional services firm, is now WSP worldwide effective May 10. In the United States, the firm will operate as WSP USA.  Parsons Brinckerhoff, a transportation engineering and management organization founded in 1885 in New York City…

Intermarine Expands Americas/Mediterranean Service

May 10, 2017

Transporter of project, breakbulk and heavylift cargo Intermarine, LLC said it has expanded its Houston-based liner services from the Americas to the Mediterranean. The line will focus on service from the U.S. Gulf Coast/Americas to the Mediterranean…

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