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One Year Ago Today: U.S. Maritime Industry Delivers in Wake of FSK Bridge Collapse

Mar 26, 2025

We are at the one-year since the Francis Scott Key (FSK) Bridge collapsed over the Patapsco River’s Fort McHenry Channel in Baltimore, Maryland.  Nearly 100 percent of the wreckage and debris removal was conducted by the Jones Act private sector U.S. maritime industry.  The FSK collapsed at about 1:28 a.m. local time on March 26, 2025 after the container ship MV DALI lost power and collided with one of bridge’s support piers…

China, U.S. Trade Frictions Heat Up in Advance of Trump Inauguration

Dec 03, 2024

China has banned exports to the U.S. of items related to the minerals gallium, germanium and antimony that have potential military applications, its commerce ministry said on Tuesday, a day after Washington's latest crackdown on China's chip sector…

CareGO Gets Electrification Job for Rotterdam Container Terminal Expansion

Nov 12, 2024

APM Terminals has awarded civil works and electrification contract for Maasvlakte II container terminal expansion in Rotterdam to CareGo, a consortium of ABB, Dura Vermeer and GMB.The expansion will cover a 51-hectare container yard, which will double the capacity of the terminal…

Tech File: P&O Adopts Hull Stress Monitoring for new Hybrid 'Super Ferries'

Jul 15, 2022

Light Structures tapped to deliver custom fiber optic solution for stress and fatigue measurement with real-time decision supportLight Structures AS won the contract to provide a Hull Stress Monitoring System for two new hybrid-power, double…

DIGITALIZATION: Keeping Your (hull) Stress and Fatigue Under Control

Nov 16, 2021

Digitalization is expediting and maximizing the safety and economics of structural stress and fatigue measurement technologies. Terje Sannerud, Chief Commercial Officer at Norwegian fiber optic condition monitoring system developer Light Structures explains…

Sumitomo Selects Light Structures Hull Monitoring for Aframax Tanker Pair

Oct 25, 2021

Light Structures AS and Japanese shipbuilder Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering (SHI-ME) entered into an agreement for delivery of comprehensive hull stress and fatigue monitoring systems on two newbuild 115,000 DWT Aframax crude oil tankers due for delivery in Q2 2023 and Q3 2023…

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…

Interview: Martin Kits van Heyningen, CEO, KVH

Oct 10, 2019

Connectivity is the backbone of modern maritime operations as ships and boats at sea increasingly become connected. We recently met with Martin Kits van Heyningen, CEO, KVH, to discuss the evolution of communication in the maritime sector and so much more…

Long Beach Port Gets Federal Grant

Aug 30, 2019

The  U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has given the Port of Long Beach $4.8 million to improve cyber-security.According to a press release from the second-busiest container port in the United States…

Abadan Ports Exports Up 56% in 2018

Apr 18, 2019

Abadan, Arvandankar and Choabdeh ports experienced an increase of 56% in 2018, says Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO).Abadan ports and maritime management announced that the export of goods from the three ports of Abadan in the past year has shown a  growing trend…

Lankhorst Appoints Commercial Director

Mar 07, 2019

Maritime and heavy lift ropes company, Lankhorst Ropes, has appointed Mark Pieter Frölich as commercial director for Lankhorst Ropes USA. Based in Philadelphia, Frölich will head the development of Lankhorst Ropes’ sales in the maritime and offshore markets in the United States and Canada…

Konecranes Introduces ARTG System Version 2.0

Nov 06, 2018

Konecranes has introduced the next evolution of its Automated Rubber Tired Gantry (ARTG) System, version 2.0.It can be retrofit to most brownfield container terminals. It fits most container stack envelopes. And truck handling is automated, with remote supervision…

ST Engineering Appoints New Director

Jun 07, 2018

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced MG Ong Su Kiat Melvyn has been appointed as a non-independent non-executive director of the company with effect from June 8, 2018.MG Ong is currently Chief of Defense Force. He…

Kalmar to Help Borg Havn IKS Improve Productivity

May 22, 2018

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a contract for the automation retrofit of two Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) by Borg Havn IKS, Norway. The order, which also includes a one-year maintenance and support agreement for the automation software…

Kalmar Contracted for Automation Retrofit of Two Kalmar RTGs

May 21, 2018

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, said it has been awarded a contract for the automation retrofit of two Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) by Borg Havn IKS, Norway.The order, which also includes a one-year maintenance and support agreement for the automation software…

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Vietnamese Imports From China and Export to US Reach Record High

Vietnamese Imports From China and Export to US Reach Record High

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BIMCO: Brazilian Grain Shipments Up 9% as China Seeks US Alternative

HD Hyundai and Maersk Cooperate on Decarbonization and Logistics

HD Hyundai and Maersk Cooperate on Decarbonization and Logistics

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Ambrey: RSF Launched Drone Attack on Port Sudan's Container Terminal

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