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Insights from the 50th International Congress of Maritime Museums

Oct 26, 2022

For many, the ocean is life. It provides transportation, work, commerce, food, recreation—tales as old as time and shared by people across the globe. These stories are lived day to day, passed down between generations, and shared with the public through various media…

Navtor, Hoppe Marine Link for Big Data Drive

Oct 26, 2022

NAVTOR’s NavFleet performance management and optimiation platform will now be able to access the data collected by HOPPE’s onboard vessel technology, after the two signed a new collaboration partnership that allows customers of the firms to…

Idled St. Croix Refinery Risks Explosion, 'Catastrophic' Releases

Oct 25, 2022

Equipment corrosion at an oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands presents a risk of fire, explosion or other 'catastrophic' releases of hazardous substances, U.S. environmental regulators said on Tuesday, after performing an inspection last month…

ICS Proposes Fund to Reward Use of Low Emission Fuels

Oct 25, 2022

A new plan proposed by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) aims to reward ships and energy producers that invest in low/net zero emission fuels.The organization, which represents 80% of the world’s merchant fleet, on Tuesday said it…

Port of Barcelona Inks Shore Power Deal with PowerCon

Oct 25, 2022

The Port of Barcelona and Denmark's PowerCon A/S have started building the pilot project to provide electrical power to ships at the BEST terminal. The company has been awarded the contract for this project, which is part of Phase Zero of the…

Italy Commissioner Gives OK for New LNG Terminal in Piombino

Oct 25, 2022

A state-appointed commissioner in Italy on Tuesday gave his formal go-ahead to the set up of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the port of Piombino, on the western coast of the country.Preparatory works by gas grid operator Snam for the infrastructure can start on Wednesday…

Germany Hashes Out Compromise to Allow Smaller Stake China Port Deal

Oct 25, 2022

Germany may allow China's Cosco to take a smaller stake than originally planned in a Hamburg port terminal, in what an economy ministry source on Tuesday described as an 'emergency solution' to approve the deal but mitigate the impact.Shipping…

USACE Analyzes Dredge Material Usage on the Lower Columbia River

Oct 25, 2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (USACE) developed an environmental analysis in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. The Final Environmental Assessment (EA) dated 30 September 2022, for…

Crain Named Managing Director at APM Terminals Liberia

Oct 25, 2022

Clay Crain will take over as Managing Director of APM Terminals Liberia effective November 1 and pending necessary approvals, replacing Jonathan Graham, who will take on a new role within Global Operations at APM Terminals and relocate back to the U…

Attracting the 'Next Generation': NYK goes to School

Oct 25, 2022

Before COVID-19, the occupation of seafarer was already experiencing a need to new workers premised on the an aging workforce. With the advent of COVID-19 and the inability to effectively, efficiently transfer crews, with the exception of a very few nations seafarers were treated as a pariah…

Cavotec Unveils Ultra-fast Megawatt Charging System

Oct 25, 2022

Cleantech engineering company Cavotec this week unveiled its ultra-fast Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a turnkey DC charging solution with grid-to-inlet functionality, capable of providing up to 3MW of power from a single connector to support the decarbonization of vessels and industrial vehicles…

Retrofitted Electric Cranes Go to Work at the Port of Long Beach

Oct 25, 2022

Longshore workers are using nine electric cranes to stack containers at one of the Port of Long Beach’s busiest terminals in a large-scale demonstration project as the Port and its partners pursue a goal of a zero-emissions cargo handling fleet by 2030…

New Study to Look at Irish Ports and Offshore Wind

Oct 25, 2022

Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), a specialist engineering consultant, is undertaking an EU-wide study to determine potential funding models to improve Irish port infrastructure to the scale required to achieve the Government target of 7 GW of offshore wind in Irish waters by 2030…

Tuscany Requests Costly Compensations for New Italian LNG Terminal

Oct 24, 2022

The region of Tuscany has asked for hundreds of millions of euros in investments in exchange for allowing a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Tuscan port of Piombino, the Italian region said.In a statement on Monday, the region's administration said it had approved the new terminal…

Svanehøj Inks Deal to Supply Chinese LNG-import Terminal

Oct 24, 2022

In February 2023, Svanehøj Tank Control Systems will deliver the tank gauging system for COOEC’s six new LNG tanks for the Longkou Nanshan LNG Terminal which is under construction.Global investments in LNG are increasing, not least in China…

Logistics News

CMA CGM Interested In Taking Over Some of CK Hutchison's Ports Terminals

CMA CGM Interested In Taking Over Some of CK Hutchison's Ports Terminals

Xeneta Warns Freight Rates May Continue to Plummet Despite New Trade Deals

Xeneta Warns Freight Rates May Continue to Plummet Despite New Trade Deals

Captain Richard Phillips Announced as Guest Speaker at Houston International Maritime Conference

Captain Richard Phillips Announced as Guest Speaker at Houston International Maritime Conference

Argentina will Send First Corn Shipment to China Next Month Since 2023

Argentina will Send First Corn Shipment to China Next Month Since 2023

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