Coronavirus outbreak on Patricia Oldendorff off Port Hedland sparks fears over cargo ship rules Stricter rules around international ship crews entering Australian waters are needed following the serious outbreak on board the Patricia Oldendorff manganese carrier off the Pilbara coast, the WA...
China’s largest tanker Yuanhuayan has completed the registration procedure and is now assigned to the Yangpu port, according to www.hinews.cn. On September 23, the Dalian shipyard officially handed over the 319,000 dwt ship to the logistics company Cosco. The Yuanhuayan tanker became the fourth...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-biggest-tanker-assigned-to-yangpu-port/
The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has announced a global questionnaire to ascertain how far world ports have digitized processes to track the movements of ships, cargo and passengers. In June 2020, the IAPH issued an urgent call to action to accelerate digitalization and set...
Petronet’s maiden LNG spot deal based on an Indian LNG spot price has taken the country a step closer to signing its first term deal based on spot markers, reflecting growing interest to move away from oil-linked deals and adopt market-based pricing, industry and company sources said. With global...
Port operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has entered the Adriatic market, buying a majority stake (50.01%) of the multi-function terminal “Piattaforma Logistica Trieste” (PLT) in the Italian port of Trieste.
The two parties signed the agreement on 28 September, while the transaction is subject to various conditions precedent and is expected to close in January 2021. Additionally, the investment will be allocated contractually and organisationally to HHLA International GmbH.
This is...
https://container-news.com/hhla-accesses-the-adriatic-market-through-trieste-terminal-acquisition/
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) (“Orion” or “the Company”) a leading specialty construction company, today announced a contract award of approximately $16 million. The Company’s Marine segment has been awarded a competitively bid contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to provide...
A global ports questionnaire on electronic data exchange has been launched to gauge how far processes have been digitalised to track movements of ships, cargo and passengers. Coinciding with the 44th IMO FAL Committee meeting, the International Association of Ports and Harbors’ (IAPH) confidential...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/questionnaire-assesses-port-digitalisation-2/
African governments are grappling with corruption, internal conflicts, failure in health and education sectors while at the same time trying to catch up with the urgent need for infrastructure development. This is 50 years after gaining political independence. This has caused a huge delay in...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-scramble-for-africas-seaports/
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) held a joint oil spill exercise at Raffles Anchorage this morning to test inter-agency coordination and response to oil spill incidents in the Port of Singapore. During this year’s exercise, participating agencies including the Police Coast Guard...
A vital maritime trade hub for landlocked Belarus, the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda now faces economic fallout from the Baltic state’s hard line against President Alexander Lukashenko. The embattled Belarusian leader has threatened to re-route import and export cargo through Russian ports after...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/lithuanian-port-caught-in-belarus-crossfire/