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HDR to Lead $870M Rail Project at PoLB

Aug 07, 2019

The Port of Long Beach, one of the greenest ports in the world, has selected HDR to perform the final design as it moves ahead with its $870 million effort to streamline rail operations and reduce bottlenecks at the second-busiest container port in the U…

NWSA Terminal 46 Request for Proposals

Aug 07, 2019

The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a marine cargo operating partnership of the ports of Tacoma and Seattle, is now accepting proposals for Terminal 46, a 50-acre deep-water marine terminal.The port authority based in the Puget Sound region…

Seacor to Acquire JV Partner's Sea-Vista Stake

Aug 05, 2019

Seacor Holdings Announces Acquisition of Joint Venture Partner’s Interest in Sea-Vista.SEACOR Holdings Inc. announced that it has become the sole owner of its consolidated SEA-Vista joint venture, acquiring through a subsidiary the 49% interest…

Hamburg Inland Waterway Volumes Grow

Aug 05, 2019

Port of Hamburg, Germany’s biggest universal port, said that in the first three months of 2019, at 2.57 million tons, the total quantity of cargo carried by inland waterway craft between the Port of Hamburg and its hinterland achieved double-digit growth of 12…

India to Promote Sea and Coastal Tourism

Aug 02, 2019

To explore the opportunities in Coastal Tourism, the Shipping and Tourism Ministry may soon set up a committee that will think of strategies to promote cruises and sea sports, the government of India said.The Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh…

Tentative Deal to End Alaska Ferry Strike

Aug 02, 2019

Contract negotiators between striking Alaska ferry boat workers and state officials have reached a tentative deal to end a 9-day-old walkout that has shut down the state Maritime Highway System, a federal mediator said on Friday.About 420 members…

Panama Canal starts Speed Limits to Protect Whales

Aug 02, 2019

Starting August 1 and until November 30, 2019, the Panama Canal will promote the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) annual recommendations on speed and maritime transit aimed at protecting cetaceans, which include whales…

Coast Guard sets Port Condition WHISKEY

Jul 31, 2019

The Coast Guard Captain of the Port set port condition Whiskey for Hawaii County, Tuesday afternoon.Commercial ports in Hawaii County are Hilo Harbor and Kawaihae Harbor of the Big Island.During Port heavy weather condition WHISKEY, gale force winds 39 mph are predicted to arrive within 72 hours…

India Plans to Start Low Cost Ferry Services

Jul 30, 2019

Indian shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said that the government is keen to start the navigation in inland waterways and passenger transportation in the rivers in the North Eastern states of the country.The public sector company Water…

U.S. DOT Names Nine Marine Highway Projects

Jul 30, 2019

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the designation of nine Marine Highway Projects and a Marine Highway Route that will benefit Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Texas, Virginia…

U.S.: Ships Should Keep AIS On

Jul 29, 2019

The United States wants all ships to keep their tracking transponders on to cut down on illicit activity and smuggling, and to increase transparency with movements of ships around the world, a senior State Department official told Reuters.Automatic…

Elbe Fairway Dredging Begins

Jul 23, 2019

The deepening and fairway widening program on the Elbe River officially launched yesterday (July 23).'The adjustment of the Elbe fairway will offer much better connections between the Port of Hamburg and the global flow of goods,' said Dr. Maximilian Rothkopf…

Stakeholders Ignore U.S. Middle East Coalition Proposals

Jul 19, 2019

The United States is struggling to win its allies' support for an initiative to heighten surveillance of vital Middle East oil shipping lanes because of fears it will increase tension with Iran, six sources familiar with the matter said.Washington…

AIWA's 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting

Jul 17, 2019

AIWA's Executive Director Brad Pickel, reaches out to stakeholders in advance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association's annual meeting:Dear Supporters and Friends of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association,Greetings and I hope this email finds everyone well…

Unarmed Guards Deployed to Navigate Gulf

Jul 17, 2019

Shipping companies are hiring unarmed security guards for voyages through the Middle East Gulf as an extra safeguard after a wave of attacks in the region, security companies involved said.Relations between Iran and the West are increasingly…

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Shipping Traffic Near Antwerp Slowed Due to Oil Spill

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India Allows Four Iranian Oil Tankers to Berth

Oil Spill Forces Partial Shipping Halt at Port of Antwerp

Oil Spill Forces Partial Shipping Halt at Port of Antwerp

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