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Autonomous Security Surveillance Boat Launched in the UAE

Jun 22, 2020

DP World, UAE Region’s next-generation security solutions provider World Security has launched the first autonomous security surveillance boat in the Middle East to upgrade security and surveillance at Jebel Ali Port, Mina Rashid, Mina Al Hamriya and other facilities in the UAE…

'Smart Port as a Service'

Jun 22, 2020

A new maritime digitalization solution aims to enable real-time communication and collaboration between sea, port and land logistics operators while providing a capabilities overview that helps users to improve the utilization of their resources…

Port of Mobile to be Deepened to 50 Feet

Jun 22, 2020

The State of Alabama and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entered into the Project Partnership Agreement twio deepen and widen the Port of Mobile to 50 feet in late 2024 or early 2025.Colonel Sebastien P. Joly, Commander of the Mobile District…

Nationally Resilient Infrastructure

Jun 19, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the UK's vulnerabilities to the fore. However, breakdown presents an opportunity for breakthrough to create a more resilient UK through COVID-19 recovery, writes Charles Hammond, chief executive of the Forth Ports Group…

Offshore Wind Will Bring Jobs, Growth to New Jersey, Other Coastal States

Jun 16, 2020

NOIA President Erik Milito issued the following statement after New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced the creation of the nation's first purpose-built marshalling and manufacturing port dedicated to the offshore wind industry:'New Jersey is making a smart move by betting on offshore wind…

Autonomous ANTX: Seismic Survey Tech and Port Security

Jun 15, 2020

Geophysical seismic surveys and port security may appear to have little in-common. However, it turns out that managing complex marine seismic operations, where 10km-long seismic streamers have to be deployed harmoniously alongside other offshore marine assets…

MARAD Awards $9.5 Mln for Marine Highways Projects

Jun 15, 2020

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) awarded $9.5 million in grants to eight marine highways projects across the Nation under the America’s Marine Highway Program. The funding supports the enhancement of navigable…

Brandes to Lead Port of Oakland

Jun 12, 2020

Longtime shipping industry executive Bryan Brandes has been named Maritime Director at the Port of Oakland. The port said today he was selected following a nationwide search. Brandes, a 25-year maritime veteran, replaces John Driscoll who left to manage the Alabama State Port Authority…

Final Containership Leaves Stockholm's Frihamnen Port

Jun 12, 2020

The unloading of the final containership at the Frihamnen port in Stockholm marks the end of an era.The 1,349 TEU Dutch-flagged containership Essence unloaded the final cargo at Frihamnen on June 1, but the CTF container terminal will remain…

Port Chief Martínez says "Large-scale infrastructure is the key to maintaining an international presence"

Jun 12, 2020

The President of the Port Authority of Valencia, Aurelio Martínez, has indicated that 'the large infrastructures are the key to maintaining a presence abroad and to face the forecasts that indicate that the growth of the commercial flows of…

COVID-19 Weighs on Great Lakes-Seaway Shipping

Jun 11, 2020

While St. Lawrence Seaway cargo volumes decreased during the past two months due to economic shifts related to COVID-19, industry leaders said the binational trade and transportation corridor is ready to play its part in the economic recovery efforts in the coming months…

Container Shipping Hit Hard by US Lockdown -BIMCO

Jun 11, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has shutdown much of the U.S. economy for months and even as parts of it reopen, the data is beginning to reveal the extent of the damage that has been done and a slow recovery is taking a tentative shape.The second…

Indigenous Leaders Fear Amazon Soy Port Could be Conduit for COVID-19

Jun 11, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic reaches deep into Brazil’s Amazon, a ceaseless stream of trucks carry soybeans and construction workers to an expanding port complex in the heart of the forest.Indigenous activists have opposed the Itaituba port in Pará state for nearly a decade…

Port of LA Cargo Volume Down 30% in May

Jun 10, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and ongoing U.S.-China trade tensions threaten the peak holiday shipping season for the Port of Los Angeles, which just suffered its slowest May in more than a decade, Executive Director Gene Seroka said on Wednesday…

Doyle Hired to Lead the Port of Baltimore

Jun 10, 2020

William P. Doyle, a former U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner, has been hired to lead the Port of Baltimore as the new executive director of the Maryland Port Administration, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced.Currently CEO and Executive Director of the Dredging Contractors of America…

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