Ports

Port of Savannah plans 8 million TEU capacity by 2028

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) revealed its 10-year, which will cost $2.5 billion, to expand the capacity of Savannah’s Port container terminal from 5.5 million twenty-foot equivalent unit containers (TEUs) to 8 million.

The plan includes the Mason Mega Rail facility, which will double the Port of Savannah’s rail capacity to 1 million lifts per year by 2020; new equipment, including eight additional ship-to-shore cranes and 64 additional rubber-tired gantry cranes; gate and container storage...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-savannah-plans-8-million-teu-capacity-by-2028/

Port of Bergen to build Europe’s largest onshore power supply

Port of Bergen will build Europe’s largest onshore power supply in Norway’s largest cruise port. The aim is for the facility to be ready at the beginning of the cruise season in 2020.

The shore power facility will be able to supply three cruise vessels with power simultaneously. The aim is for the facility to be ready at the beginning of the cruise season in 2020. In addition, a more limited facility that will serve one cruise vessel at a time will be ready by 2019. Now, vessels that dock at...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-bergen-to-build-europes-largest-onshore-power-supply/

West Coast voters: Help your friends and family register now, vote in November midterms

If you wish to vote in the U.S. midterm election on November 6, now is the time to:

  • Check your voter registration — is it up to date? If you have moved, you may need to re-register.

  • Read about the candidates.
  • Register to vote.
  • Remind your friends and family register to register before your state’s deadline.

– ALASKA –
Register before Oct. 7
https://voterregistration.alaska.gov/

– CALIFORNIA –
Register before Oct. 22
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/

– HAWAII –
Register before...

http://www.longshoreshippingnews.com/2018/09/west-coast-voters-help-your-friends-and-family-register-now-vote-in-november-midterms/

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