The Port of Rotterdam Authority recently launched a new campaign: ‘Building a Sustainable Port’. “Sustainability involves more than just the environment. We have committed to a large number of initiatives and we will gladly present them,” says Port Authority CEO Allard Castelein…
The port terminal operator division of China COSCO Shipping Corp. posted net profits of US$384.7 million, an increase of 123.7% for FY 2017, compared with the corresponding period last year. Total throughput of the Group’s container terminals increased by 11…
TRAC Intermodal said it is expanding availability of its TRAC Select offering to meet growing demand among customers serving the country’s busiest ports including the Los Angeles/Long Beach and New York/New Jersey ports. Launched in February…
To help promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering in Asia, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Ports and Harbors Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism of Japan (MLIT) will helm a working…
U.S. oil terminal operator Buckeye Partners LP said on Monday it was working to fully restart operations at its oil processing facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, by early Tuesday afternoon. Based on the latest assessment of equipment, the…
Germany's Thyssenkrupp said it has won an order from Brunei to build a fertilizer plant in the southeast Asian state, in a much-needed boost to its struggling industrial solutions division. It did not disclose the value of the contract, awarded by state-run Brunei Fertilizer Industries…
Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of commercial and community ports within the emirate of Abu Dhabi, Fujairah Terminals at the Port of Fujairah, and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), celebrates Emirati Women’s Day…
The Port of Texas City said on Saturday it expects to reopen within 24 to 48 hours after completing an assessment for damages after Tropical Storm Harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane. The port was closed on Friday for maritime operations…
The Port of Corpus Christi has begun its recovery efforts after initial assessments show light to moderate damage and debris from the impact of Harvey, which hit the major port as a Category 4 hurricane, the port director said on Sunday. 'We…
The U.S. Coast Guard said it has issued a $5,000 fine to the owners of a foreign freight vessel for unauthorized ballast water discharge into the Willamette River in Portland, August 16. During a routine port state control ballast water examination on the 590-foot bulk freighter ANSAC Moon Bear…
The Panama Canal welcomed the largest capacity vessel to ever transit the Expanded Locks, the CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt. CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt became the largest container ship ever to cross the new canal. Leaving the Port of Yangshan on July 28th…
APM Terminals Pier 400 Los Angeles hosted U.S. Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta today, as he toured the world’s largest proprietary container terminal, and met with leadership officials of the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union…
The CMA CGM group, a world leader in container shipping, announces the reshuffling of two services in addition to the MERCOSUL buyout project and pursues its development strategy in South America, with SAFRAN and SIRIUS. These two services…
Ahead of the IHO’s compliance deadline of August 31, 2017, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has urged owners and operators to ensure their ECDIS systems are using S-52 Presentation Library Edition 4.0. Vital to navigational safety…
APL said it will add a weekly Asia Latin America Express 3 (AE3-AW3) service connecting China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other key Asian markets to Mexico and the West Coast South America. “The Asia Latin America Express 3 service further enhances our Asia-Latin America service coverage…
