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Port of Albany receives grant to support electrification infrastructure and maritime commerce

Mar 06, 2025

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Albany Port District Commission (APDC) was awarded an $18.79 million grant from Empire State Development’s Focused Attraction of Shovel-ready Tracts New York (FAST NY) program for utility infrastructure work at Beacon Island…

PORT RISKS: Manage Mobile Equipment Fire Risk

Mar 06, 2025

TT Club is warning cargo handling and terminals operators that fire remains a major cause of damage and losses to port and terminal equipment.The insurance specialist’s analysis of a 10-year claims history shows that of the near 1600 fire-related claims it has received over that period…

INLAND Insights: Time to Remedy Inefficiency in Executive Order 12322

Mar 06, 2025

The members of Waterways Council, Inc., (WCI) the national organization that advocates for a modern, efficient, well-maintained system of ports and inland waterways, recently met in Washington, DC with Members of the 119th Congress to discuss WCI key and related priorities for 2025…

Canada Crude Tanker Exports Up 59%

Mar 05, 2025

“Year-to-date, Canadian crude tanker exports have reached 618 thousand barrels per day (kbpd) up from 388 kbpd during the same period last year, an increase of 59%,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO.When the Trans Mountain…

Ports of Bremen are ‘Methanol-Ready’

Mar 05, 2025

The ports of Bremen are expanding their alternative fuel options, now offering methanol as a bunkering fuel for ships. While liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been available since 2015, officials see methanol gaining ground as a cleaner maritime fuel…

Ocean Shipping Faces Uncertainty as Trade Threats Loom

Mar 03, 2025

The global ocean shipping industry that handles 80% of world trade is navigating a sea of unknowns as U.S. President Donald Trump stokes trade and geopolitical tensions with historical foes as well as neighbors and allies.That is the backdrop…

Global Seaborne Iron Ore Trade will be Rocked by Guinea's Simandou Mine

Feb 25, 2025

The term gamechanger is often over used enough to be rendered meaningless, but the huge Simandou mine in the West African country of Guinea is going to be just that as its start up is set to rock the seaborne iron ore market.The first cargoes…

deugro Delivers Four Liebherr Cranes to Oceania

Feb 25, 2025

deugro Germany delivered three mobile harbor cranes and one portal crane from Rostock, Germany, to Brisbane and Port Kembla in Australia, as well as Timaru and Port Nelson in New Zealand.The cranes, with volumes of up to 70.15 x 28.05 x 45.30 meters and weights of more than 600 metric tons…

LNG Cruise Ship Bunkering Completed at Singapore Cruise Center

Feb 25, 2025

Asia Pacific’s first LNG bunkering for cruise passenger ships was completed at Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC). TotalEnergies Marine Fuels delivered the LNG via the bunker Brassavola to Silversea’s Silver Nova as part of this pioneering operation…

US Aid Freeze Disrupts Mexican Port Anti-Narcotics Ops

Feb 24, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping foreign aid freeze has stalled a United Nations program in Mexico aimed at stopping imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country's drug cartels, according to eight people familiar with the situation…

AD Ports Group Opens Al Faya Dry Port in Abu Dhabi

Feb 24, 2025

Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports Group has inaugurated a new, custom-bound inland dry port facility, enhancing the connectivity of Khalifa Port.Al Faya Dry Port, strategically located between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, will act as an Inland Container Depot (ICD) linked overland to Khalifa Port…

DP World Invests £60M in New Cranes at UK Port

Feb 19, 2025

DP World is making a £60m investment in the UK’s trading capacity with an order of four new quay cranes for its Southampton container terminal.The new cranes will be the largest quay cranes in Europe and can perform quad lifts, moving two 40-ft…

KEZAD Group: Infrastructure Development, Economic Growth in Abu Dhabi

Feb 17, 2025

Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi-KEZAD Group, the region's largest operator of integrated economic zones, continues to lead the UAE’s infrastructure development with transformative projects, reshaping Abu Dhabi into a global hub for industrial and economic activities…

MEGA MACHINES: Manson Prepares to Add “The Bionic Man” of Dredge Vessels

Feb 17, 2025

Manson Construction has long been a pillar of the U.S. maritime industry, rooted in a tradition of U.S.-built, U.S.-owned, and U.S.-operated vessels. The company was founded in 1905 by Peter Manson, when he dug up a jar of gold coins [because he didn’t trust the banks] and purchased a winch…

'Sustainable Dredging' at the Port of Oakland

Feb 13, 2025

The Port of Oakland deepens its commitment to sustainability by sending more dredged sediment from the Oakland Seaport to a Solano County wetland restoration site. Montezuma Wetlands will receive an approximately $2.1 million grant over the…

Logistics News

Russian Oil Freight Rates to India Ease Further With Increased Tanker Availability

Russian Oil Freight Rates to India Ease Further With Increased Tanker Availability

Russia Grain Exports Plummet 63%

Russia Grain Exports Plummet 63%

Singapore Ship Bunker Sales hit 16-month High

Singapore Ship Bunker Sales hit 16-month High

Unresolved Issues Plague Vietnam-US Trade Talks

Unresolved Issues Plague Vietnam-US Trade Talks

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