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Port Canaveral Upgrades North Cargo Piers 1 and 2

Jun 05, 2018

An eight-month modernization project to renovate Port Canaveral’s North Cargo Piers 1 and 2 has been completed ahead of schedule.The project, which involved a total investment of just over $4 million including a Florida Seaport Transportation…

Special Delivery: Aerial Drones Deliver Shore-to-ship

Jun 05, 2018

Wilhelmsen Ships Service lifts off with Airbus, bringing drone delivery to one of the world’s busiest portsPairing Wilhelmsen’s ships agency expertise and safety standards with Airbus’ expertise in aeronautical vertical lift solutions, the Agency…

Phoenix Petroleum, CNOOC Partner for LNG Terminal

Jun 05, 2018

Philippine fuel retailer Phoenix Petroleum said it had agreed to partner with a subsidiary of state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) to explore building a receiving terminal for liquefied natural gas in the country.The Philippines…

China Busts Gangs Smuggling Scrap Steel

Jun 05, 2018

Customs in China's southeastern Fujian province broke up five gangs smuggling scrap steel in a late-night operation on Monday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.A total of 28 criminal suspects were held in Xiamen, Quanzhou and other cities in the coordinated operation…

Vietnam to Resume Importing Wheat from Ukraine

Jun 05, 2018

Vietnam's government has approved a decision to resume imports of Ukrainian wheat after about a two-year pause, Ukrainian grain traders union UZA said on Tuesday.Vietnam suspended purchases of Ukrainian wheat in 2015 after it found weevils in…

Kalmar Upgrades Bristol Port's STS Crane

Jun 05, 2018

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract with The Bristol Port Company to undertake a comprehensive upgrade of one of the terminal's ship-to-shore (STS) cranes.The order was booked in Cargotec's 2018 second quarter order intake and the…

Portugal PM Wants Sines Port to Expand, Handle More U.S. LNG

Jun 04, 2018

Portugal is seeking to expand its deep-water port of Sines to handle greater liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments from the United States and elsewhere to offset Europe's shrinking domestic output, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Monday…

Singapore Awards Grant to Build LNG Bunker Vessels

Jun 04, 2018

Singapore's port authority will provide S$6 million ($4.5 million) to help build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessels, in a bid to promote ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in the city-state.FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel and Shell Eastern Petroleum…

U.N. Aid Chief Confirms "Incident" with Boat Off Yemeni Port

Jun 04, 2018

The United Nations aid chief told Reuters on Monday that there had been an 'incident' with a U.N. ship being boarded by unknown forces off the Yemeni port of Hodeidah at the weekend, but it was over and the vessel had departed.Mark Lowcock, U…

New LNG Import Terminal Planned at Port Kembla

Jun 04, 2018

A consortium including Japan's JERA Co and Marubeni Corp aiming to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Australia's east coast has chosen a site south of Sydney at Port Kembla for an import terminal, it said on Monday.The project will allow access…

East China LNG Terminal Records 93% Sales Increase

Jun 04, 2018

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in east China operated by China National Offshore Oil Company, or CNOOC, recorded an increase of 93 percent in gas sales in the first five months of this year, the state oil company said on Monday…

Copenhagen Malmo Port Begins LNG Bunkering

Jun 03, 2018

Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) now offers bunkering of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). First off was the vessel Ireland, which unloaded cement in Malmö.  In connection with this she was provided with LNG via tanker lorries. It's about bunkering where safety requirements are extra tough…

First Magenta-Color ONE Ship Makes a Call in China

Jun 03, 2018

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced that the ONE Commitment, the company’s first magenta-color  containership with a carrying capacity of 8,560 TEU, successfully arrived at the Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) on 24 May 2018…

Port of Hamburg Delegation in China

Jun 01, 2018

A delegation from Hamburg was in China from 14 to 18 May, visiting companies in Zhengzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou. Organized by Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) in cooperation with the Hamburg Representative Office in Shanghai, the delegation’s tour was led by Axel Mattern…

Ports of Rotterdam, Le Havre, Piraeus Renew Environmental Standard

Jun 01, 2018

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) congratulates Port of Rotterdam (Netherlands), Port of Le Havre (France) and Port of Piraeus (Greece) for renewing EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS).  Isabelle Ryckbost, ESPO’s Secretary General…

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Israel Attacks Yemeni Ports, Says Houthi-Run TV Outlet

Israel Attacks Yemeni Ports, Says Houthi-Run TV Outlet

DFDS Reaches 10,000 Sailings in Türkiye

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