Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to supply azimuth thrusters to Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine, to power six new stern-drive tugs for the Tunisian port authority OMMP. The new tugs, of Robert Allan RAstar 2800 series design, will offer powerful and reliable performance for a range of towing...
The Safety in Maintenance Operations Conference was hosted by the Spanish Maintenance Association last month in Madrid. It brough together industry leaders, including APM Terminals’ Technical Competency Specialist, Ivan Garcia Jorquera. During the session he was able to gain valuable feedback on...
Svitzer, a leading global towage provider, has today announced the successful delivery of Svitzer Babitonga, the final tug in a series of six sister vessels from the 2300 Rampart Series. The delivery strengthens its fleet serving Brazil’s dynamic maritime industry. The completion of this milestone...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/svitzer-completes-tug-series-delivery-in-brazil/
One of MSC’s ships has become the first vessel to call at Baltimore Port’s Seagirt Container Terminal since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on 26 March.
Alphaliner’s report stated that the 2,797 TEU MSC Passion III, which is deployed to the Swiss operator’s Philadelphia Express service connecting Philadelphia to Bahamas’ Freeport, Moin, Colon and Cristobal, made an ad hoc call to Seagirt to collect containers stranded by the bridge collapse.
Vessel-tracking data shows that MSC Passion III...
https://container-news.com/msc-ship-enters-baltimore-to-evacuate-containers/
The European project RENEWPORT (Harnessing RENEWable energy potential for clean energy transition of MED PORTs) is already underway in the Valencian docks. The participation of the Port Authority of València (PAV) consists of the installation of innovative renewable energy generation systems for...
The Port of New York and New Jersey handled 701,648 TEUs in March bringing the first quarter total volumes to 2,001,449 TEUs, translating to a 12% percent growth from the same period in 2023.
This increase in volume is due to manufacturing restarting overseas following the Lunar New Year holiday, according to the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
Imports rose by 23.5% in March totaling 353,300 TEUs, while from January through March, the Port of New York and New Jersey imported 1,028,331...
AD Ports Group will invest around US$1 billion in the under-construction Bay Terminal in the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
A four-member team of the Dubai-based port group is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on 13 May to discuss the investment project with the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA). The two sides are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on the investment plan on 16 May.
A total of four terminals will be built under the Bay Terminal project which will have a water draft of...
Porto Itapoá set a new monthly record in April, moving 107,475 TEUs, and surpassing the previous record of 106,565 TEUs set in October 2023.
Felipe Fioravanti Kaufmann, Director of Business Development and Customer Experience at the Brazilian port, believes these numbers confirm the growing importance of the Terminal as a logistics option for the market. “We were the private terminal that grew the most in the country for two consecutive years and today we account for a market share of about...
https://container-news.com/porto-itapoa-sets-new-monthly-container-record/
The Port of Bilbao has returned from the prestigious Coastlink conference, held this year in Amsterdam, with an official invitation to host next year’s edition. Coastlink is the meeting place for the main players in short sea shipping (SSS) in Europe. This year’s conference brought together a large...
Before 1 July 2024, the leading container shipping lines and ship agents in Rotterdam will ensure that all customers with container cargo from North America are integrated into the Secure Chain.
After this date, they will cease issuing PIN codes to this customer group. Import containers will exclusively be released through the Secure Chain, ensuring both security and reliability. This protocol has already been effectively executed for cargo originating from Latin America since 31 March.
In the...
https://container-news.com/rotterdam-to-improve-logistics-security/