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RWE Joins Forces with Spanish Port to Create Floating Wind Hub

Mar 19, 2024

Germany's top utility RWE has signed a Letter of Support with the Port Authority of A Coruña to facilitate the scaling-up of the port capacity in support of the Spanish government’s floating wind targets.Working together under a Letter of Support…

Port of Skagen and Maersk’s Stillstrom Partner Up to Decarbonize Anchorage Zone

Mar 18, 2024

The Port of Skagen and Maersk’s offshore vessel-charging venture Stillstrom have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly explore the integration of offshore power and charging solutions into the anchorage zone of the Danish port known as Skagen Anchorage…

DP World to Build $50 Million Logistics Center in Busan New Port

Mar 17, 2024

DP World announced it is investing US$50 million (approximately ₩66 billion) to develop a new logistics center in Busan New Port.Construction of the facility in the 75,000-sqm land is set to commence at the end of 2024, with operations expected to start by the second quarter of 2026…

Germany's Stade LNG Terminal to Receive First FSRU on March 15

Mar 14, 2024

Germany's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Elbe River port of Stade expects its first floating regasification vessel (FSRU) to arrive early on Friday, the state-appointed manager of regasification terminals, said on Thursday.Germany…

TC Energy to Sell Prince Rupert Pipeline Project

Mar 14, 2024

TC Energy has agreed to sell its Prince Rupert natural gas pipeline project to two partners in Ksi Lisims LNG, a proposed Canadian export terminal, the North American pipeline operator said on Thursday.The pipeline project, which TC will sell…

HaiSea Unveils New Operations Facility for Its Green Tug Fleet

Mar 14, 2024

HaiSea Marine, majority owned by Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, is celebrating the official naming and blessing of its new floating operations facility – which will be the home base for its fleet of three full-electric and two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled tugboats…

Dutch Terminal Places Largest Single Crane Order to ABB and Kuenz

Mar 14, 2024

ABB and crane builder Kuenz have secured the largest single order of automatic stacking cranes ever made by a European terminal, as part of the ‘phase 2’ expansion of APM Terminals Maasvlakte II facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.The companies…

MARAD Announces $500 Million in Funding for Port Infrastructure

Mar 13, 2024

As a part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $500 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2024 funding through MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP)…

Port of València Building Second Solar Plant

Mar 12, 2024

The Port Authority of València (PAV) reports it is making steady progress in the construction of its second solar photovoltaic plant located on the roof of the vehicle silo of the VTE concession on the East Dock. The installation work began…

TNPA Invests to Upgrade Road Infrastructure at Port of Durban

Mar 12, 2024

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to invest R233 million to upgrade road infrastructure that had deteriorated due to an influx of trucks in the Port of Durban.The Port of Durban handles approximately 60% of South Africa’s total container volumes…

Bollard Capacity Boosted at PSA Antwerp’s ​Noordzee Terminal

Mar 12, 2024

Port of Antwerp-Bruges increased the bollard capacity of four bollards at PSA Antwerp’s Noordzee Terminal from 150 tonnes to seven new 250 tonne bollards to minimize lost space between two vessels. Dynamic mooring analysis also showed that the…

Callan Marine Awarded Houston Dredging Contract

Mar 11, 2024

Galveston-based dredging contractor Callan Marine has been awarded a $136 million contract from Port Houston to dredge segment 1C of the Houston Ship Channel Expansion, under the port's Project 11 program.Callan will use its recently christened 32-inch cutter suction dredge…

Biden's Pier for Gaza Aid Might Not be Ready for 60 Days

Mar 10, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to build a floating U.S. military port to speed up aid to Gaza could take up to 60 days to become a reality and involve more than 1,000 American troops, the Pentagon said on Friday.The Pentagon offered the timeline…

ZPMC Denies Posing Cybersecurity Risk to US Ports

Mar 10, 2024

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) said on Sunday its cranes do not pose a cybersecurity threat, after U.S. congressional committees questioned the Chinese state-owned company's work on cranes bound for the United States.The House of Representatives security panels…

US Invests Another $3 Billion into Clean Ports

Mar 08, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration has unveiled a $3 billion initiative to fund clean ports, aimed at reducing emissions and advancing environmental justice. Announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Clean Ports Program will…

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