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Busy Season for Seaway

Jun 10, 2015

Grain shipments through the St. Lawrence Seaway are up 7 per cent this season, continuing the pace set last year when ships carried the largest volume of grain through the navigation system in 14 years.According to The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation…

LNG export terminal by 2018: AltaGas

Jun 10, 2015

AltaGas says it is on track to build a liquefied natural gas plant in British Columbia by 2018. The Canadian Press is reporting this morning comments made by AltaGas CEO refuting a recent International Energy Agency report saying LNG will be a slow industry to take off…

Shipping Containers Blown into Wellington Wharf

Jun 10, 2015

Two shipping containers have been found washed up in Wellington's CentrePort as a result of strong winds gusting up to 120km/h last night.  'Strong northwesterly winds blew at least two shipping containers into Wellington harbour late on Tuesday night…

Panama Canal’s Third Set of Locks Set for Water Trial

Jun 10, 2015

Water will start rushing into the newly expanded Panama Canal on Thursday (local time) in one area that was widened, ahead of the waterway's April 2016 re-inauguration. The area around the new Agua Fria locks in Gatun, on the Atlantic coast…

Martek Launches Gas Warehouse in Brazil

Jun 09, 2015

Martek Marine and its brand Fastcalgas have announced the opening of a new distribution warehouse in Brazil. The hub based in Sao Paolo, Brazil is the eighth warehouse opened by Martek to better service their growing customer base with delivery…

Port of San Diego Chooses First Female CEO

Jun 08, 2015

Randa Coniglio has been named president and CEO of the San Diego Unified Port District. After a nationwide search for a new president and CEO, the Port decided Monday to stay in-house and name Coniglio to the post. Coniglio, who would be the port's first female CEO in its 52-year history…

King Abdullah Port Bullish on Prospects

Jun 08, 2015

King Abdullah Port (KAP) in Rabigh aims at being part of the overall development of the Saudi economy, which is the largest economy in the region and among the top 20 in the world, said Abdullah Hameedaddin, managing director of Ports Development Company (PDC)…

Terminal Operator HHLA Prepares for Big Vessels

Jun 08, 2015

Port of Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logisitik AG (HHLA) is making further preparations for the latest generation of mega-ships.  It has ordered two new container gantry cranes for its Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT)…

Maersk Mulls African Expansion

Jun 08, 2015

AP. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest shipping container line Maersk Line is to drive to secure contracts to build and upgrade ports in Nigeria and Kenya, according to Bloomberg. Maersk is awaiting a final sign-off on a contract…

Hamburg to Roll out Third Cruise Ship Terminal

Jun 08, 2015

To meet the cruise industry’s growing demand, Hamburg will open its third cruise terminal in Steinwerder, a former island separated by the Elbe River from downtown Hamburg, according to the port authority. Hamburg is Germany’s leading port for luxury cruise ships…

Congressional Leaders Visit Port of Houston

Jun 08, 2015

The Port of Houston Authority hosted Congressional leaders on port matters for a facilitated visit and tour of the Port of Houston, Friday, June 5.  Congresswoman Janice Hahn, Congressman Ted Poe and Congressman Brian Babin visited the Port…

Kra Canal to Remain Pipe Dream

Jun 08, 2015

The revival of the idea of building the Kra Canal through Thailand to enable shipping to bypass the narrow Straits of Malacca has been in the news recently. The plan would be to build a 750 mile (1,200Km) canal at an estimated cost of $28 billion…

India Plans it Big for Shipping Boom

Jun 08, 2015

India's Ministry of Shipping has chalked out a plan to raise a trillion India Rupees to develop ports, build ships and improve inland waterways, says a report in the Business Standard. The money will help the shipping ministry, which floated the proposal…

Dockworkers Union At Peru's Top Port Reach Deal

Jun 07, 2015

The dockworkers union at Peru's biggest port, Callao, has reached a contract agreement to end a three-week strike, with provisions that include improved benefits and modifications to a system for scheduling shifts, union officials said on Friday…

Kandla Port: Scam and Corporatisation

Jun 06, 2015

Anti-Corruption Bureau in the state of Gujarat has ordered by a Kutch court to probe the alleged multi-million rupee scam in Kandla Port Turst (KPT), has filed a revision petition saying the case be handed over to a national agency like CBI instead…

Logistics News

Net Feasa Unveils Agentic Control Tower Shipping Container Booking Platform

Net Feasa Unveils Agentic Control Tower Shipping Container Booking Platform

Panama Canal Vessel Transits Increase to 34 Per Day in April

Panama Canal Vessel Transits Increase to 34 Per Day in April

Egypt's Suez Canal Chief Shares Possible Discounts on Transit Fees

Egypt's Suez Canal Chief Shares Possible Discounts on Transit Fees

Cavotec Signs $8.99 Million Shore Power Order

Cavotec Signs $8.99 Million Shore Power Order

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