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MCT Completes 1st Year of Operations

Mar 05, 2020

The container port in the Limón province of Costa Rica, Terminal de Contenedores de Moín or Moín Container Terminal (MCT), operated by APM Terminals, completed its first year of operations on February 28.A press release from the international…

Several People Found in Container at UK Dock

Mar 05, 2020

A number of people have been found in a shipping container at a port in Hull, northern England, police said on Tuesday, some of whom needed medical attention.“Officers are currently in attendance at King George Dock in Hull after a number of people have been found in a container at the dock…

Port Canaveral Launches RO/RO Division

Mar 05, 2020

The official grand opening of the Port Canaveral vehicle processing facility was marked with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the arrival of 730 new vehicles aboard the 653-foot-long vessel Wisteria Ace, the first vehicle carrier to call at the Port’s facility…

LISCR Expands Network in Untied States

Mar 05, 2020

The Liberian Registry is expanding its network of Regional Compliance Offices, located in the major ports of the United States. These offices, led by experienced Regional Compliance Managers, are located in Houston, New Orleans, Seattle, Jacksonville…

Russia to Disinfect Ships from Iran, Italy and South Korea

Mar 05, 2020

Russia has ordered the mandatorydisinfection of ships arriving at the Black Sea ports of Novorossiisk and Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka from Iran, Italy and South Korea because of the coronavirus, a  document seen by Reuters showed.A branch of Rospotrebnadzor…

No Felony Charges for Protesters Who Shut Houston Ship Channel

Mar 05, 2020

A Texas grand jury on Wednesday declined to issue felony indictments against a group of Greenpeace USA activists who closed a key oil export waterway for 18 hours last year by tying themselves to a Houston bridge and dangling over the water…

Traxens Joins EU DataPorts Project

Mar 04, 2020

French supply chain data services company Traxens has joined the new European DataPorts project, aimed at creating a data platform for cognitive ports of the future.DataPorts is an EU-funded, three-year project with a budget of $7.3 million (€6…

BV Performs First Survey by Drone

Mar 04, 2020

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) reports it has completed its first ever survey by drone, carried out in the holds of a bulk carrier in an Italian port.The scope was an intermediate survey on a bulk carrier and consisted of close-up inspections…

Shipping Goods into Nigeria Costs More Than for African Peers

Mar 04, 2020

It costs as much as five times more to ship goods into Nigeria than it does to deliver items via other African ports, consultancy SBM Intelligence said in a note on Wednesday.SBM tracked shipments from the European Union into Appapa, a key import hub in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos…

Roll Group to Devlop Yard in Indonesia

Mar 03, 2020

The Netherlands based heavy cargo specialist Roll Group said it has signed a contract to further develop and open its own yard at Indonesia's Bintan Offshore Marine Center (BOMC).BOMC has offered Roll Group the opportunity to become an exclusive partner in the BOMC yard…

US Offering $225 Mln for Ports Infrastructure

Mar 02, 2020

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $225 million in discretionary grant funding through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).“America’s ports are a critical…

Port of Hamburg: The Annual Outlook Part 1

Feb 28, 2020

In 2020 a lot will happen in the port of Hamburg. Jens Meier, Managing Director of the Hamburg Port Authority, gives an outlook and reports on the major port topics of the year in two episodes of PORT IS WHAT WE DO. In this first episode, he…

Busan Builds Logistics Center in Rotterdam

Feb 27, 2020

South Korean port company Busan Port Authority (BPA) said that it signed a contract with Samsung SDS to operate a logistics center in Rotterdam.BPA will begin a construction of the logistics center in September this year and complete and operate it in around June 2021…

Singapore Gives 50% Port Dues Concession

Feb 26, 2020

Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) will be giving a 50% port dues concession to passenger ships, to provide relief to ship owners and operators who have seen a drop in passenger volumes because of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) outbreak…

Nigeria Orders 20 RTG Cranes

Feb 26, 2020

Finnish manufacturer Konecranes said it has won an order for 20 rubber tired gantry (RTG) cranes from APMT’s West Africa Container Terminal in East Nigeria. The order was booked in two parts, the first in December 2019 and the second in January 2020…

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GAIL LNG Terminal Receives First Cargo During Monsoon Season

GAIL LNG Terminal Receives First Cargo During Monsoon Season

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