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Jordan's Container Port Sees Pickup in Syria- and Israel-bound Traffic

May 31, 2022

Jordan's only container port on the Red Sea has been capturing traffic to Syria, Israel and the West Bank as higher ocean freight costs give it an edge over closer but heavily congested Mediterranean ports, its CEO said on Tuesday.Crises from…

Tokyo Kisen Co Holds Naming Ceremony for Electric Tug Taiga

May 30, 2022

Tokyo Kisen Co on May 26 held a naming and launching ceremony of the electric tugboat Taiga, built at Kanagawa Dockyard Co., Ltd in Japan.The Taiga is powered by an electric propulsion system that combines  e5Lab-developed large-capacity lithium-ion batteries and a diesel engine…

Italy's Draghi Discusses Unblocking Ports with Ukraine's Zelenskiy

May 27, 2022

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, discussed ways to free up exports to tackle the food crisis that is threatening the world's poorest countries, Draghi's office said on Friday.Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports has prevented shipments of grain…

Tech File: Monitoring Vessel Emissions in Ports

May 27, 2022

ION Geophysical Corporation announced its climate-smart, digital platform, Marlin SmartPort, has successfully fulfilled its role to help monitor greenhouse gas emissions in the Data-Led Emissions Management (D-LEMA) project.The D-LEMA project…

Norway's Hammerfest LNG Plant Resumes Operation After 20-month Outage

May 27, 2022

Norway’s Hammerfest liquefied natural gas plant has resumed operation as planned and is preparing to restart LNG production, a spokesperson for operator Equinor told Reuters on Friday.The plant has been offline for 20 months following a fire in September of 2020…

Black Sea Ports Still the Best Way to Get Ukraine's Grain Moving Fast

May 26, 2022

Ukraine is desperately trying to export its vast stores of grain by road, river and rail to help avert a global food crisis but has no chance of hitting its targets unless Russia's blockade of its Black Sea ports is lifted, a government official said…

Scrubber Barge to Capture Ship Exhaust in LA and Long Beach

May 26, 2022

A new barge is being built to help capture and treat stack exhaust from vessels in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.Produced and operated by Clean Air Engineering - Maritime, Inc. (CAE-M), based in San Pedro, Calif., the self-propelled…

Port Corpus Christi Sets New Tonnage and Revenue Records

May 26, 2022

The Port of Corpus Christi reports it experienced double-digit volume growth in the first four months of 2022, establishing new records for tonnage and revenues. Through the end of April its customers moved 59.2 million tons of cargo through the Port of Corpus Christi…

Continued Investment Strengthens Key US Midwest Ports

May 25, 2022

More than a half a billion dollars in recent, current or expected improvements at three Midwestern ports will strengthen these facilities and reinforce their important roles in the global freight network. The significant investments at Port KC…

Dredging at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal Complete

May 25, 2022

The project to deepen 11 miles of the federal shipping channel from the sea buoy to JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal to a depth of 47 feet from its previous depth of 40 feet has been completed. Federal, state, and local leaders joined…

Port of Virginia Ahead of Schedule on Carbon-neutral Goal

May 25, 2022

The Port of Virginia will be fulfilling all of its operational electricity needs from clean-energy resources by 2024 and in doing so, moves forward with its goal of becoming completely carbon-neutral by 2040.“We are taking this world-class operation…

TES Wilhelmshaven Import Terminal Deemed a 'Priority Project'

May 25, 2022

Tree Energy Solutions’ (TES) import terminal has been included in the list of priority projects supported by the German Government’s LNG Acceleration law. The law was passed by parliament on May 19th, 2022 and was approved by the Federal Council on May 20th…

World’s Biggest Port is Returning to Normal, but Supply Chains Will Get Worse Before They Get Better

May 25, 2022

Shanghai is slowly emerging from a grueling COVID lockdown that has all but immobilized the city since March. Although Shanghai’s port, which handles one-fifth of China’s shipping volumes, has been operating throughout, it has been running at severely reduced capacity…

European Ports and Interferry Set Sustainability Priorities

May 24, 2022

A meeting between the European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) and global trade association Interferry has agreed a common work programme to promote an environmentally sustainable future for the European ferry business through the provision and use of onshore power supply (OPS)…

Hydrotug: World's First Hydrogen-powered Tug Launched

May 23, 2022

Hydrotug, the world's first hydrogen-powered tugboat, has been launched at Armón Shipyards in Navia, Spain, marking a key milestone on the path toward wider adoption of the sustainable, climate neutral fuel in workboat applications.Remaining…

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Trump: US Will Help Free Ships Stranded in Strait of Hormuz

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Mercuria Sues Baltic Exchange Over Freight Losses from Hormuz Closure

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Ukrainian Drones Hit Tuapse Port Again, Environmental Crisis Deepens

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