Ports & Terminals

Ports America’s Napoleon Container Terminal puts customers first with Navis N4 implementation

Terminal Upgraded TOS to Handle Growing Container Volumes & Managing Evolving Customer Demands

Oakland, CA, October 3, 2018 –Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation and provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for the world’s leading organizations across the shipping supply chain, today announced that Ports America has implemented N4 at its 47 acre Napoleon Container Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ports America selected Navis as part of...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/03/ports-americas-napoleon-container-terminal-puts-customers-first-with-navis-n4-implementation/

Warsash Superyacht Academy announces new partnership with Porto Montenegro

l to r: Tony Browne, Marine Director for Porto Montenegro and Adrian Crawford, Warsash Superyacht Academy’s Commercial Director (right) celebrating the training partnership agreement at the 2018 Monaco Yacht Show.

Solent University’s Warsash Superyacht Academy (WSA) is opening a brand new training facility with Porto Montenegro, in one of the world’s most spectacular cruising grounds.

Porto Montenegro is home to the world’s largest superyacht berth at 250 metres, and the marina’s 450 additional...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/28/warsash-superyacht-academy-announces-new-partnership-with-porto-montenegro/

Total Marine Solutions and TGM Fleet & Consulting Services Sign MOU

Alexandra Anagnostis-Irons, President of Total Marine Solutions TGM C0-founder Alejandro Trillo Menchelli

Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 28, 2018 – Total Marine Solutions (TMS) and TGM Fleet & Consulting Services (TGM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to strengthen and promote the development of port specific information incorporated into TMS’ Ocean Guardian product.

Developed by TMS, in collaboration with Brenock, Ocean Guardian is a digital tool that provides shipboard...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/28/total-marine-solutions-and-tgm-fleet-consulting-services-sign-mou/

TOC Americas 2018: Latin America’s next wave of maritime, port and inland freight logistics…

TOC Americas 2018: Latin America’s next wave of maritime, port and inland freight logistics – demand and supply under the spotlight

Major carriers, BCOs, port operators, investors and analysts gather at annual TOC Americas forum in Panama this November to discuss modernisation and expansion of LAC supply chain infrastructure and services against the backdrop of trade tensions and a shifting container shipping landscape

London, 26 September 2018 – Latin America and the Caribbean need an...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/27/toc-americas-2018-latin-americas-next-wave-of-maritime-port-and-inland-freight-logistics/

Transport reassurances needed in the event of a ‘No deal’ Brexit

Ed Thomas

The British public are concerned that UK transport networks could be placed under strain in the event of a ‘No Deal’ outcome from Brexit negotiations, according to a survey by KPMG UK.

The poll, of 3,044 members of the British public, found that if the UK does not strike a deal with the European Union, then 62.9 percent believe that they will face severe travel delays across the transport network, particularly at ports. Half of the respondents (50.3 percent) believe that flight delays...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/25/transport-reassurances-needed-in-the-event-of-a-no-deal-brexit/

European Maritime Single Window: ESPO wants more ambition on the harmonisation of data, while maintaining flexibility in reporting systems

Isabelle Ryckbost

24 September 2018 – ESPO welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment (COM2018 278 final). For European ports though, reducing the administrative burden in maritime transport and facilitating trade is a top priority. ESPO wants more ambition on the harmonisation of data definitions and data sets, while maintaining the existing reporting systems. This would further reduce the administrative burden and would...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/24/european-maritime-single-window-espo-wants-more-ambition-on-the-harmonisation-of-data-while-maintaining-flexibility-in-reporting-systems/

TMS Publishes UAE Yearbook 2018/2019

The third annual TMS UAE Yearbook 2018/19 has been published and officially launched at SMM in Hamburg this September. The unveiling of the Yearbook, which provides in- depth coverage of development in the UAE’s ports, shipping, shipyard, marine services and other sectors, took place at the Dubai Chamber and DMCA stand at the biannual shipping event.

Trevor Pereira, Managing Director of The Maritime Standard, presented the first copy of the UAE Yearbook 2018/19, to H. E. Ali Abdulla Al Ahmed,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/23/tms-publishes-uae-yearbook-20182019/

Hot Port News from GAC

22-Sep-2018

WORLD HOLIDAYS: 23 SEPTEMBER-6 OCTOBER 2018
Worldwide

World Holidays: 23 September-6 October 2018
Saturday, September 22, 2018, Worldwide

Public holidays around the world in the coming two weeks include the following:
22 Sep (Sat)-24 Sep (Mon) – Mid-Autumn Festival
23 Sep (Sun) – September equinox
24 Sep (Mon) – Heritage Day (South Africa)
24 Sep (Mon) – Trinidad & Tobago Republic Day
1 Oct (Mon)-7 Oct (Sun) – China National Day celebrations
1 Oct (Mon) – Hong Kong National Day
1 Oct...

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