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Morgan Stanley Gets Behind Crowley's Offshore Wind Push

Aug 24, 2023

Morgan Stanley's infrastructure investment arm is teaming up with U.S. maritime, energy and logistics solutions company Crowley to advance offshore wind energy solutions for the United States.Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP)…

Ukraine's Odesa Region Introduces New Grain Export Control Mechanism

Aug 24, 2023

The southern Ukrainian region of Odesa, which has ports on the Black Sea and Danube River, is introducing a new export control mechanism for grain, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Thursday.'From now on, vessels (barges) will be loaded only…

Top Glory Marine Appoints New Managing Director

Aug 24, 2023

Waste specialist company Top Glory Marine Service (TGM) has appointed Cathrin Prikker as Joint Managing Director with immediate effect.Prikker will take up this position alongside the founder and long-serving Managing Director, Silke Fehr.Prikker…

Inchcape Shipping Services Appoints Regional CEO for the Americas

Aug 24, 2023

Port agency and marine services company Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) announced it has appointed Harun Duzgoren as the regional chief executive officer for the Americas, effective September 1, 2023.Duzgoren brings to the role 23 years of…

Xeneta: Ocean Freight Rates May Have Started Bottoming Out

Aug 24, 2023

Xeneta believes long-term ocean freight rates may have started bottoming out after around a year of persistent, often dramatic monthly falls. The Oslo-based benchmarking and market analytics company says the latest general rates increases (GRIs) from carriers appear to have held “relatively firm…

China Completes Its Largest Port Oil Storage Facility

Aug 24, 2023

The third phase of China's largest single coastal oil storage facility has been completed and went into operation on Wednesday in Qingdao port, in the eastern province of Shandong, the state media outlet China News reported.The third phase of…

GAC Expands Operations in East Malaysia

Aug 23, 2023

Shipping and logistics company GAC Malaysia has opened a new office in Kota Kinabalu expanding its presence in the region to provide solutions to the evolving needs of the shipping and energy sectors.The new office, GAC Malaysia’s 14th, will…

Port of Los Angeles Cargo Volumes Slip in July

Aug 23, 2023

The Port of Los Angeles moved 684,291 TEUs in July as cargo shipments declined compared to last year’s record month.“Global trade has eased as warehouse inventories of retailers and manufacturers remain elevated,” said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka…

Dutra Wins $9.6 Million Contract for Dredging in Brooklyn

Aug 23, 2023

The Dutra Group, based in San Rafael, Calif., has been awarded a contract to perform maintenance dredging in Brooklyn, N.Y.The $9,639,000 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District. Dutra was one of four bidders for the project…

Great Lakes Wins Dredging Contract for Port Arthur LNG Project

Aug 23, 2023

Houston-based dredging contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced it has been awarded a dredging and disposal contract in support of the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project.Great Lakes has been contracted by Bechtel Energy, the engineering…

Russia Hits Grain Facilities at Ukrainian Danube River Port

Aug 23, 2023

Russian drones struck Ukrainian grain facilities at the Danube River port of Izmail overnight in what a senior official said on Wednesday was a systematic attempt by Moscow to prevent Kyiv exporting grain to the world.Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr…

Shell Taps Goldman Sachs to Explore Singapore Refinery Sale

Aug 23, 2023

Shell is considering a sale of its Singapore refining and petrochemical plants as part of a broader strategic review and has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to explore a potential deal, said several sources close to the matter.The global energy major's new CEO…

Rotterdam's Gate LNG Terminal Throughput Capacity to be Expanded by 4 BCM

Aug 23, 2023

Throughput capacity at the Gate terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the port of Rotterdam will be expanded by 4 billion cubic metres (bcm) by 2026, its shareholders Gasunie and Vopak said on Wednesday.The expansion, which requires an investment of around 350 million euros ($380 million)…

Insurers Raise Premiums for Black Sea Tankers as Tensions Mount

Aug 23, 2023

Insurance companies have notified charterers of ships operating in Russia's Black Sea ports of an increase in additional payments known as 'war risk premiums', four traders said.A war risk premium was added to the common insurance costs for…

Gazprom's First LNG Cargo via Arctic Destined for China's Jingtang

Aug 23, 2023

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from Russia's Gazprom being sent via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) for the first time is destined for the Chinese port of Jingtang, Refinitiv ship tracking data shows.The Velikiy Novgorod tanker was loaded at the Portovaya LNG plant on the Baltic Sea on Aug…

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Panama Auditor Files Suit to Scrap CK Hutchison-Controlled Port Contract

Panama Auditor Files Suit to Scrap CK Hutchison-Controlled Port Contract

British Port Association Responds to the Government's Annual Port Trade Statistics

British Port Association Responds to the Government's Annual Port Trade Statistics

Portugal to Invest $4.6b in Port Upgrades by 2035

Portugal to Invest $4.6b in Port Upgrades by 2035

London P&I Club Warns of Incorrect Loading of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers

London P&I Club Warns of Incorrect Loading of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers

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