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Estonian Port Passenger Number Up in June, Cargo Volume Down

Jul 09, 2015

The ports of the Estonian state-owned port operator Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) handled in June 1.68 million tonnes of cargo and serviced 1,045,461 passengers. Compared to the same period last year, the cargo volume dropped by 25% while the number of passengers was by 1…

Maritime Security Experts Meet in Cleveland

Jul 08, 2015

For maritime security experts, there were many lessons learned after the 2011 Republican National Convention in Tampa. That’s why those experts are meeting now in Cleveland, the site of the 2016 RNC to learn from the professionals who planned…

Port of Seattle Hires Senior HR Director

Jul 08, 2015

The Port of Seattle has hired Paula Chan Edelstein as senior director of human resources. Joining the port’s executive team July 27, Chan Edelstein will be responsible for providing leadership and direction to the port’s human resources and development functions including talent acquisition…

Mersey Maritime, Maritime London Discuss Collaboration

Jul 08, 2015

Mersey Maritime has hosted a visit by Maritime London as part of an initiative to develop ways in which the two bodies can encourage maritime organizations to work more closely together.Maritime London Chairman Alderman the Lord Mountevans of Chelsea…

Rohde Nielsen Bags Port Tauranga Dredging Contract

Jul 08, 2015

Danish dredging company Rohde Nielsen has won the tender to complete dredging at the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand's largest port company. The capital dredging program to deepen the Port of Tauranga to take the next generation of containerships…

Caspian Sea Port Link Opened

Jul 08, 2015

President Nursultan Nazarbayev has formally opened the Borzhakty – Ersai railway. The 13·9 km branch from the Aktau - Uzen line will serve a port which is being developed on the Caspian Sea near Kuryk. Construction of the line including the laying of 22·3 km of track was undertaken by Kamkor…

Adani Mulls Take Over of Katupalli Port

Jul 08, 2015

India's Adani Group is likely to take over the operational and management control of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Kattupalli International Container Terminal near Chennai, reports Business Standard. Adani is in the final stage of getting into an arrangement with L&T to take over the terminal…

Haiti’s Port Lafito Officially Opens

Jul 07, 2015

GB Group inaugurated their Port Lafito, a world-class modern container port in Haiti. They informed that the port is now open and operational.Port Lafito is Haiti’s first Panamax Port with state of the art equipment and technology. The multi-million dollar project…

PLA Team Wins Annual Barge Race

Jul 06, 2015

A Port of London Authority (PLA) team won the annual Transport on Water (TOW) Barge Race on the Thames on Saturday, 4 July.The five-strong team raced the 11-tonne unpowered barge, Blackwall, using the tide and oars to race between the palaces of Greenwich and Westminster in just 1 hour…

K&L Gates Welcomes Martinko

Jul 06, 2015

The Washington D.C., office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has welcomed Stephen Martinko as a government affairs counselor in the public policy and law practice. Martinko joins the firm from the Port of Pittsburgh Commission (PPC), where he…

Students "Sea" Vision for Their Future

Jul 06, 2015

This week Seavision is holding an interactive maritime festival at Wyvern College in Hampshire to help celebrate, enthuse and educate the youth of today about the maritime industry and its fundamental role in lives. The educational initiative…

DP World Adds Browning as Supply Chain Manager

Jul 06, 2015

DP World London Gateway has appointed Andy Browning as Cargo Supply Chain Manager.Browning brings more than 30 years of experience designing and establishing global supply chain and logistics solutions that drive efficiency and unlock value…

Shipping Gloomiest Since 2009

Jul 06, 2015

The shipping industry is the most pessimistic in six years about its prospects as a fleet surplus persists, according to a survey by law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, says a report in Reuters. The growing vessel glut is battering sentiment…

Port Lafito Officially Opens

Jul 06, 2015

GB Group, a diversified group of industrial and trading companies, has announced that Port Lafito, a world-class modern container port in Haiti, is open and operational. Port Lafito in Haiti officially opened on 2 July in a ceremony attended by the country’s president among other dignitaries…

3D Printing in Rotterdam Port

Jul 04, 2015

Is 3D printing just a hype? Or is it really possible to print spare parts for ships that can actually withstand the requirements set for the often 'rough' working practice?This question is to be answered by the project '3D printing of maritime spare parts'…

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