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Glosten Designing Floating Nuclear Power Plant for US Ports Barge-Based Infrastructure

Jan 29, 2025

CORE POWER (US) Inc. has engaged with Glosten to help its team design a floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) to power U.S. ports. Created by CORE POWER, the FNPP concept is a nearshore infrastructure system that includes a barge-based nuclear power plant, barge support services, electrical grid integration, and operational teams. Easy to transport and rapidly deploy, the FNPP will provide an estimated 175GWh of clean electricity per year…

CMA CGM to Launch Electric River Barge Service

Feb 10, 2026

CMA CGM is preparing to launch an electric inland barge on France’s Fos-Lyon corridor, with an annual potential of nearly 12,000 TEUs.The initiative aims to promote a regular, reliable, competitive and decarbonized logistics solution between the Port of Marseille-Fos…

800-Ton Goliath Crane Takes Shape in Port of Chioggia

Dec 15, 2025

Italy’s Cimolai Technology  reached a major construction milestone on one of the largest crane projects currently underway in Europe, completing the lifting and erection of the main girder of the first of two massive 800-ton rail-mounted Goliath cranes at the Port of Chioggia…

Hybrid Lubricants Bunkering Vessel Debuts in Fujaira

Nov 19, 2025

TotalEnergies Marketing Middle East, a fully owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies based in Dubai, has time chartered a first-of-its-type 750 cubic meter hybrid lubricants bunkering barge from Tristar Group to supplement its Lubmarine division’s ship-to-ship operations in the port of Fujairah…

Wärtsilä Partners Up with EBDG to Reduce Port Emissions Across North America

Mar 05, 2024

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has entered into a collaboration agreement with U.S.-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) to further develop its Clean Harbor Alternative Mobile Power (CHAMP) Barge design…

HGK Orders "Future-Fuel-Ready" Dry Goods Carrier

Nov 17, 2023

HGK Shipping ordered from De Gerlien van Tiem shipyard in Druten, Netherlands, a new, low-emission dry goods vessel, a vessel to be specially tailored to the requirements of Salzgitter Flachstahl. Equipped with a diesel-electric drive system and solar panels and designed to be “future-fuel-ready”…

USACE Gets 'Strong Funding' for FY22 by House Committee

Jul 19, 2021

Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) applauded approval by the House Appropriations Committee (by a vote of 33 to 24) of strong funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22).  The Committee provided overall funding for the Corps’ Civil Works Mission for FY22 at $8…

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Econavis Launches Fuel Savings Calculator

Econavis Launches Fuel Savings Calculator

Ports of Indiana Opens Ireland Trade Office

Ports of Indiana Opens Ireland Trade Office

HarborLab, Danaos Collaborate on Fully Integrated Port Cost Management Solution

HarborLab, Danaos Collaborate on Fully Integrated Port Cost Management Solution

Saudi Red Sea Oil Exports in March Rise to 3.8 Million bpd

Saudi Red Sea Oil Exports in March Rise to 3.8 Million bpd

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