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Tilbury Port to Capitalise on Opportunities to Boost Trade

Oct 21, 2018

Tilbury Port and the people that work there will play a major role in helping the UK to increase international trade after we leave the European Union.International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox visited Tilbury Port  to meet with port workers and management…

POTAC Signs Dock Usage Pact with Port of Corpus Christi

Oct 21, 2018

POTAC (Pin Oak) announced the execution of a ten year exclusive use agreement for Suezmax vessels at Public Oil Dock 14 with the Port of Corpus Christi, including extension options, exercisable by the Company, which could extend the agreement for up to an additional ten years…

EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc Launches Network for Drone Demonstration

Oct 19, 2018

EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc launched the European network for drone demonstration projects. The network will become a forum to share knowledge on how to keep drone operations safe, secure and green.According to press release, it will…

HES Hartel Tank Terminal on Track

Oct 19, 2018

The consortium Boskalis, Van Hattum en Blankevoort and Mobilis is constructing a deep-sea quay, inland navigation quay and jetty for the new HES Hartel Tank Terminal on the Hartelstrook (Maasvlakte 1), on behalf of Port of Rotterdam Authority…

Rotterdam Port CFO Paul Smits Leaves

Oct 19, 2018

Paul Smits, Chief Financial Officer of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, will be leaving the Port of Rotterdam Authority within the course of next year upon the expiry of his term.A press release from the port quoted Paul Smits as saying: 'In…

Lee Joins Port of Oakland Commissioner Board

Oct 19, 2018

Business and civic leader Yui Hay Lee has joined the Port of Oakland’s Board of Port Commissioners.Lee, President and CEO of Oakland-based YHLA Architects, was nominated by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and appointed by the City Council. He was sworn in yesterday to a seat on the seven-member Board…

Piraeus Port Urges Greece to Speed Up Investment Plan Approval

Oct 19, 2018

Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), operator of Greece's largest port, wants the Greek government to speed up the approval of an investment plan that aims to attract more business to one of Europe's largest harbours, executives said on Friday.PPA…

Samskip Launches Netherlands-Italy Rail Service

Oct 19, 2018

European multimodal company Samskip Multimodal has launched Netherlands-Italy rail service that would bring multimodal benefits to Amsterdam.Officially launched on October 17, the connection sees trains depart from Melzo east of Milan three times a week…

SNAME: Plotting the Path Ahead

Oct 18, 2018

As the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) celebrates its 125th Anniversary, the new executive director shares his thoughts on the path forward for a successful future.I’m Gene Sanders, and I have been given the enviable…

The Standard Club Withdraws from Underwriting at Lloyd's

Oct 18, 2018

The world’s fourth largest P&I club announced Thursday that it is withdrawing from underwriting at Lloyd’s from 2019.The Standard Club had established a syndicate in 2015 to underwrite marine and energy risks. It represented one strand of the…

COSCO Makes Liverpool Call

Oct 18, 2018

The Port of Liverpool welcomed a vessel call from COSCO on Wednesday.The MV Jork called at Liverpool after a stop in Rotterdam before returning with U.K. exports. In Liverpool it unloaded mainly high value Asian goods for fast delivery into the supply chain across the U…

Mammoet, PortXL Join to Support Entrepreneurs

Oct 18, 2018

Mammoet signed an agreement to join the world’s first port and maritime industry start-up accelerator, PortXL, said a press release.This partnership enables Mammoet to collaborate with established businesses and start-ups active in the maritime sector – working in energy…

Port of Hamburg, Metrans Group Join for Intermodal

Oct 18, 2018

The Port of Hamburg and Metrans Group are intensifying their links with Lithuanian Railways. Axel Mattern, Joint CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing, and Egidijus Lazauskas, Deputy Director-General and Director Freight Traffic for Lithuanian Railways…

Novatek, Fluxys to Build German LNG Terminal

Oct 17, 2018

Russian gas producer Novatek and Belgium's Fluxys joint venture Rostock LNG GmbH has signed a Land Lease Agreement with the Port of Rostock with a view to building and operating a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage terminal in the port…

AAPA CEO Kurt Nagle to Retire in 2019

Oct 17, 2018

Long-time president & chief executive officer of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) trade association Kurt J. Nagle announced today that he plans to retire next fall, following more than 33 years of service to the port industry…

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