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Porthos CCUS Project Getting Ready

Feb 12, 2019

Port of Rotterdam Authority, Dutch natural gas infrastructure and transportation company  Gasunie and Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) are preparing a CCUS (Carbon Capture Usage and Storage) project, in which CO₂ from industry will be transported…

Nigeria: No More Vessel Waivers

Feb 12, 2019

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Sunday said it had commenced clampdown on vessels that do not comply with the provisions of the Cabotage Compliance Strategy introduced last year to ease the implementation of the Cabotage Act 2003 in Nigeria…

New Maritime Connectivity Platform Launched

Feb 12, 2019

The Maritime Connectivity Platform Consortium has been established and a Platform launched last Friday during the conference e-Navigation Underway 2019.The Maritime Connectivity Platform (MCP) is an open source technology a digital maritime domain…

Piraeus Port Signs MoU with Italian Ports

Feb 12, 2019

The Greek port of Piraeus signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Italy’s port authorities from the cities of Venice and Chioggia.The agreement seeks to develop port services and promote increased trade flow between Europe, the Mediterranean and the Far East…

Kalmar Provides Green RTG to Miami Port

Feb 11, 2019

Kalmar, the provider of eco-efficient cargo handling equipment and automated terminal solutions, , has signed a deal to supply six Kalmar Zero Emission Rubber-tired Gantry cranes (RTGs) to South Florida Container Terminal, LLC.The cranes will…

10mln+ Cruise Passengers Visits Spanish Ports in 2018

Feb 11, 2019

For the first time in Spain's history the ports have welcomed over 10 million cruise ship passengers, reaching a higher level within the global cruise tourism context.According to State-owned Spanish Port System Puertos del Estado, this figure…

BDO / Moore Stephens Merger

Feb 11, 2019

The merger between accountants and advisers BDO LLP and Moore Stephens LLP in London was completed earlier this month.Clients of the merged firm, BDO, will have access to offices in over 160 countries with a presence in every major shipping location in the world…

Burns Harbor Extends Key Partnership

Feb 10, 2019

The Port of Indiana Burns-Harbor has extended its partnership with its longtime stevedore and marine terminal operating company, Federal Marine Terminals.A press note from the Ports of Indiana, a statewide port authority operating three ports on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan…

POLB Sets Feb. 13 Meeting on Deepening Project

Feb 08, 2019

Input sought on proposed work to enhance navigation.The public is invited to a meeting Wednesday evening for the “Port of Long Beach Deep Draft Navigation Feasibility Study and Channel Deepening Project,” a joint effort between the Port of Long Beach and the U…

Conley Box Terminal Breaks TEU Record Again

Feb 08, 2019

The Port of Boston’s Paul W. Conley Container Terminal set a new all-time record in 2018 for volume for the fourth year in a row. The Port of Boston is the main artery of Massachusetts’ consumer economy, with imports and exports serving as vital catalysts for growth…

ICTSI, Navis Announce Global Partnership

Feb 08, 2019

Navis, a part of Cargotec  has announced a new global partnership agreement with International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ITCSI), around a centralized pooled approach and global volume view that supports ICTSI growth strategies around the world…

The Maritime Connectivity Platform Consortium

Feb 08, 2019

On February 8, 2019, the Maritime Connectivity Platform Consortium (MCC) was established with a signature ceremony during the conference ‘e-navigation underway international 2019’.The Maritime Connectivity Platform (MCP) is an open source technology a digital maritime domain…

St Petersburg Port Cargo Handling Up by 12%

Feb 07, 2019

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg (CTSP), a company of UCL Port, stevedoring division of the international transportation group UCL Holding, handled 7.7 million tonnes of cargo showing a 12-pct increase versus the result of 2017.The increase of cargo…

HHLA Revenue, Profit Rise

Feb 07, 2019

German port operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) increased its Group revenue by 3 percent to EUR 1.29 billion in the 2018 financial year (previous year: EUR 1.25 billion). The Group’s operating result (EBIT) of EUR 204 million (previous…

BIMCO: Trade War Cease-Fire for Dry Bulk Sector

Feb 07, 2019

Following an almost total halt in exports of soya beans to China in the last quarter of 2018, the new year has brought new hopes for American farmers and the dry bulk shipping sector. The USDA reported that in the first four weeks of 2019 754…

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