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Container ships with the capacity to carry double the volume of boxes currently calling will be able to dock at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) near Mumbai from February after the state-owned port wraps up a INR 1,966 crore channel deepening work by the end of the month to increase the depth to 15 metres… Read More
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – The price to upgrade, replace and fix the aging Port of Alaska has now grown to almost $2 billion. The Port is vital to the state. It handles more than 3.5 million tons of food, building supplies and all things that make life enjoyable and workable for Alaskans. It is also designated… Read More
New energy-saving, low-emission technology at the Port of Hamburg: two straddle carriers with environmentally friendly hybrid engines are now transporting containers between the ship, the yard, the rail terminal and the truck gate at the HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT). The two prototypes are expected to use at least 15 percent less diesel than their… Read More
The Port of Rotterdam has announced it has joined an initiative with other major port authorities around the world to ensure ports remain dynamic, competitive and at the forefront of social and technological innovation. Rotterdam joined the port authorities of New York, New Jersey, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Busan, Singapore, Barcelona, Riga, Le Havre, Trieste and… Read More
Following Gov. Henry McMaster’s pledge to revitalize the Port of Georgetown, state Rep. Carl Anderson is leading a renewed push to secure funding for dredging the port. At a press conference Sunday, Anderson and state Sen. Ronnie Sabb said they’re forming an ad-hoc committee tasked with promoting the Georgetown port. The legislators were flanked by… Read More
Often overlooked in the shadow of booming Port of Savannah container facilities some 80 miles to the north, the Georgia Ports Authority’s expanding Port of Brunswick is further realizing its potential as a key cog in the GPA’s vertically integrated approach to serving its diverse customer base. “We haven’t begun to see the capacity and… Read More
Disney Cruise Line’s plan to base a third ship at Port Canaveral in 2021 will require extensive upgrades to two cruise terminals, estimated to cost more than $46 million. Canaveral Port Authority commissioners began that process on Wednesday, designating two Florida companies to design the project — one for land-side upgrades and the other for… Read More
GEORGETOWN, SC (WCBD) – In his annual state of the state speech this week, Governor Henry McMaster specifically mentioned revitalization of the ports of Georgetown and Jasper in the coming years. People who live in the area and county leaders say this is welcome news. But they’re cautiously optimistic as far as a timeframe for… Read More
File photo: March 2016: Beach renourishment project near the Carolina Beach Fishing Pier at Freeman Park. CAROLINA BEACH – Hurricane Florence eroded the beach front in Carolina Beach and Kure Beach. A project was already scheduled in the spring of 2019 to pump sand onto the beach front. The Army Corp of Engineers consider that… Read More
Mission accomplished: Union Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurating the restored Puducherry beach on Thursday. L-G Kiran Bedi, left, and Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy are with him. | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar Says it is proof of excellence in science Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Thursday showered praise on the National Institute of… Read More
Stakeholders were on Thursday optimistic that the concession of Terminal `B’, Warri Old Port, would not only reinvigorate the maritime sector but would also boost cargo operations in the Southeast. The Federal Government on Tuesday, concessioned the Terminal `B’ of Warri Old Port to SIFAX Group-led Consortium, Ocean and Cargo Terminal Services Ltd. Ocean and… Read More
Eromosele Abiodun writes that the Baro River Port project in Niger State will enhance intermodal transportation connectivity in the country Inland waterways are made up of navigable rivers, lakes, coastal creeks, lagoons and canals. The movement of goods and services along inland waterways is one of the oldest means of transporting goods and services from… Read More
SINGAPORE (Jan 24): Hong Kong’s continued slide down the rankings of the world’s great ports has pushed billionaire Li Ka-shing’s freight-terminal operator to take action. HongKong International Terminals Ltd, the city’s biggest container-terminal operator and part of Li’s CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd, is freezing salaries for all its staff this year due to rising competition… Read More
Whether Halterm in the city’s south end has room for needed expansion has partly fuelled debate about moving the port to the Dartmouth side of the harbour. – FILE By MURRAY METHERALL In the week before Christmas, an inbound container train approached CN Rockingham on the Bedford highway led by two locomotives with one in… Read More
Muscat: Boskalis Westminster (Oman), the executing company for the construction of the liquid bulk berth project at Port of Duqm, celebrated the successful completion of the new stage of the flow of seawater to the pier for the export of petroleum products. The liquid bulk berth project is now witnessing the most important marine engineering… Read More