The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) announced they are surveying port authorities and marine terminal operators to identify national port cargo handling needs over the next five to 10 years…
Egypt has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi Ports Group for the company to develop, operate and maintain passenger and ship terminals at the Red Sea ports of Hurghada, Safaga and Sharm El Sheikh, its transport ministry said on Thursday.(Reporting by Moemen Said Atallah; Editing by Jan Harvey)
The Port of Los Angeles has appointed Chris Brown to the position of Chief Harbor Engineer.Brown replaces Dina Aryan-Zahlan, who was recently promoted to Deputy Executive Director of Development.As Chief Harbor Engineer, Brown will lead the planning…
Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld has announced Jonathan Daniels as the new executive director of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Maryland Port Administration. Daniels comes to Maryland after serving as chief executive…
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, India's largest private port operator, will raise up to 50 billion rupees ($600.6 million) by selling non-convertible debentures, it said on Wednesday.Billionaire Gautam Adani was re-designated as executive…
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued as Pilot Advisory Note advising coastal pilots and pilotage providers about the existence of counterfeit pilot ladders and associated certification.In March 2019, one of AMSA’s Port…
German utility RWE on Jan. 1 handed over floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure at Brunsbuettel on the North Sea to state-owned Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) as agreed when first imports arrived 10 months ago, it said.DET is now…
Landlocked Ethiopia signed an initial agreement with Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland on Monday to use its Red Sea port of Berbera, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said.The Horn of Africa country currently relies on neighbouring Djibouti for most of its maritime trade…
Inchcape Shipping Services has taken a major share of Leth Suez Transit Ltd AS (LETH). Under the new ownership structure, Otto Jervell, the CEO of LETH, will continue to helm the company as a part-owner.LETH, with its heritage starting in 1924 as a bunker supplier in Egypt…
The Council Port Authority of València has approved in an Extraordinary Board of Directors meeting the specifications that includes the legal and economic conditions for the tender of the new terminal located in the northern extension of the Port of València…
Oil loadings from Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiisk have resumed after being suspended due to a storm on Dec. 27, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.The port will likely be able to ship all the crude volumes scheduled for December…
Ports in the UK such as Aberdeen serve as vital gateways to the offshore energy supply chain, providing services from surveying and construction to operational support, maintenance and decommissioning for oil and gas platforms and renewable energy installations all around the UK coastline…
The Port of Singapore has registered a record three billion gross tonnage (GT) in annual vessel arrival tonnage.The record was reached with the arrival of the 8,628 TEU, 98,799 GT Singapore-flagged container ship, ONE Olympus, at the Pasir Panjang Terminal on December 25…
Mitsui E&S has developed CREWS (crane engineer workflow service) for port crane inspections.Trials of the system have begun for crane inspection operations at Hakata Port Island City Container Terminal in Japan.CREWS enables digitization of…
Nigeria's oil refinery in Port Harcourt will restart operations 'after the Christmas break' following an overhaul, the petroleum minister said on Thursday, following several delays.Africa's top oil exporter has for years prioritised the production…
