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Fifth US Sorghum Vessel Heads to Spain

May 15, 2018

The RB Eden vessel carrying 70,000 tonnes of U.S. sorghum is heading to the Spanish port of Cartagena, Thomson Reuters Eikon ship-tracking data showed, in what will be a fifth cargo of U.S. sorghum to be diverted from China to Spain.The ship…

Vietnam Opens Haiphong International Container Terminal

May 14, 2018

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has announced that its joint venture company Haiphong International Container Terminal held an opening ceremony for the new Haiphong International Container Terminal (HICT) at Lach Huyen Port, Vietnam on May 13. HICT…

Oakland Records Its Best Ever Month of Imports

May 14, 2018

April 2018 was the Port of Oakland’s best month ever for imports in its 90-year history. The 75,369 TEUs loaded imports volume bested the previous record of 75,243 set in April 2006.The port’s total cargo volume is up 2.9 percent over the same period a year ago…

Long Beach Cargo Volumes Ahead of Record Pace

May 14, 2018

The 2.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units moved by the Port of Long Beach in the first four months of 2018 is more than 17 percent above last year’s record pace.In April, Long Beach dockworkers handled 618,438 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs)…

Port of East London to Expand its Petroleum Footprint

May 14, 2018

More than 100 attendees representing 97 companies have shown keen interest in the Port of East London’s plans to recommission an existing tank in the port for handling of liquid bulk and to introduce a liquid bulk terminal through a 25-year port concession awarded to a private…

600-ton Crane Now Stationed in Port of Hamburg

May 14, 2018

Since the beginning of the year the Port of Hamburg has offered an optimized service portfolio for handling ultra-heavy loads. With an unit load capacity of 600 tons, ‘Enak’ is the most powerful salvage/floating crane in Germany. This heavyweight was formerly stationed in Bremerhaven…

Israeli Seaports Reopen as Workers End Strike

May 14, 2018

Israeli dockworkers on Sunday ended a three-day strike that had shut down the country's two main seaports after a court ordered them back to work.Officials at the Mediterranean ports of Ashdod and Haifa said operations had resumed and that cargo ships were once again being unloaded…

Total to Set Up LNG Bunkering Hub in Oman

May 14, 2018

French energy group Total said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Oman to develop natural gas resources in the country.'Total and Shell as operator will develop several natural gas discoveries located in the Greater…

Angola LNG Plant Sells Cargo to Petrobras

May 14, 2018

Angola's sole liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has sold a cargo loading over May 12 to 13 to Brazil's Petrobras, two industry sources said on Monday.The exact price details could not immediately be confirmed but the cargo is priced off the…

Singapore Marine Fuel Sales at 3-month High

May 14, 2018

Singapore marine fuel sales climbed to a three-month high of 4.233 million tonnes in April, up 1.6 percent from the previous month but 0.5 percent lower from the same time last year, data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) showed on Monday…

Silk Road Train Arrives at Antwerp Port

May 14, 2018

The first Silk Road train exclusively destined for Antwerp has arrived. The freight train, which had left the Chinese port of Tangshan on 26 April, was officially welcomed today in the port of Antwerp.  This direct railway link between China…

ADNOC to Run Ruwais Container Terminal

May 13, 2018

ADNOC Logistics and Services, the shipping and services arm of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has signed a contract with Borouge, a leading provider of value creating plastics solutions, to handle its Ruwais container terminal operations…

Explosion Damages Bulker en Route to Yemen

May 11, 2018

An explosion has damaged a Turkish vessel carrying wheat to Yemen's Houthi-controlled port of Saleef, with varying accounts attributing the incident on Thursday to an unexplained blast aboard the ship or a possible missile strike.A naval ship…

Top Container Shipping Lines Reviewing Iran Operations

May 11, 2018

The world's top two container shipping groups Maersk Line and MSC are reviewing their Iran operations after the United States withdrawal from the international nuclear agreement with Tehran.The 2015 agreement, worked out by the United States…

US Fines Shipping Company $1 Mln for Pollution Crimes

May 11, 2018

A Japanese shipping company will have to pay $1 million after being convicted and sentenced for obstruction of justice and falsification of an Oil Record Book to cover-up intentional pollution from bulk carrier M/V Atlantic Oasis.The company Nitta Kisen Kaisha Ltd…

Logistics News

Crowley Expands International Shipping By Connecting U.S. Northeast and Central America

Crowley Expands International Shipping By Connecting U.S. Northeast and Central America

First Digital Fuel Certificate Issued for Ammonia Bunkering

First Digital Fuel Certificate Issued for Ammonia Bunkering

Panama Warns of Middle East Security and Sanctions Risks

Panama Warns of Middle East Security and Sanctions Risks

Louis Dreyfus Company Selected to Operate Grain Export at Burns Harbor Port

Louis Dreyfus Company Selected to Operate Grain Export at Burns Harbor Port

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