Cavotec wins order to supply 18 MoorMaster automated mooring units for a Mediterranean Sea port.MoorMaster is a vacuum-based automated mooring technology that eliminates the need for conventional mooring lines. Remote controlled vacuum pads recessed in…
Panama Canal expansion will bring higher volumes, larger vessels, new trading patterns, trends analysed in a new report.As the completion of the Panama Canal expansion nears, a number of concerns have surfaced regarding the ability of U.S…
GIE Nouméa Port & Vale NC go live with Tideworks’ TOS at two South-west Pacific ports.Tideworks Technology®, Inc., a provider of full-service terminal management and planning software solutions, announce that both Vale New Caledonia, at Prony Port in New Caledonia…
Container ship traffic: Chennai Port in SE India is going all out to regain top position.Work on the Chennai Port Mega Terminal Project is expected to start shortly and the first ship would be berthed in three years at the new terminal, according to Atulya Misra…
Global Marine & Container Terminal Operation Industry market research report available.Extracts the IBISWorld report follow:Over the long term, IBISWorld projects that trends towards globalization, complex international supply chains…
Maersk Line's 'Maersk Illinois' makes her first homeport call in Norfolk, Virginia.The call in Norfolk affirmed the value of the Maersk-Rickmers heavy-lift service and brought together customers and constituents who rely on and support U.S…
As the demand for ship supply services off the island of Sri Lanka grows, so too has GAC Sri Lanka.The company has moved into new, bigger premises at Galle and Trincomaleeand opened a new branch in Hambantota to accommodate increased maritime activities and better meet its customers' needs…
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. plans expansion in Barcelona, contracts with Meroil for onshore fuel oil storage.Aegean Marine Petroleum Network has signed an agreement to secure onshore fuel oil storage capacity in Port of Barcelona and plans to start supply operations by the end of Q1 2013…
The 20-day old nationwide Health Authorities strike continues to cause delays, other civil servants join forces with strikers.On average, based on the current nationwide scenario, a free pratique certificate takes a minimum of 48 hours to be released at any Brazilian Port…
Aberdeen Harbour records significant North Sea energy sector traffic increase in first half 2012.Continued growth in the oil and gas sector was reflected in the increase in support vessels that used the port over the first six months of the year – up nine per cent from 2…
Krishnapatnam Port claims world record for discharging 122,247 MT's of coal from ship in 24 hrs using conventional cranes.The cargo was discharged from the MV Cohiba which had 161,980 MT of US Coal on account of JSW Steels Limited. The remaining 39…
River Mersey'a new terminal, 'Liverpool 2', gets European Investment Bank (EIB) port development loan.Liverpool 2, is due to open in 2015, and the European Investment Bank has agreed to provide almost half the finance for the £305m development…
APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas S.A. de C.V. to build & operate a new terminal on Mexico's Pacific coast.After winning a tender on December 15, 2011, APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas S.A. de C.V. has now signed a 32-year concession contract with…
Ireland-based Liebherr to supply a ship-to-shore container crane to handle 'Post-Panamax' ships at DP World Melbourne.The crane has a waterside outreach of 50m a span of 25.3m and a landside backreach of 20m. The S.W.L. of the crane is 65…
Vietnam expects to welcome 80,000 visitors to its ports as they arrive by Star Cruise ships from November on.The Star Cruises’ ship Super Star Aquarius will make 80 trips with tourists from China’s Sanya to Ha Long Bay and Da Nang. Chinese…
