On July 21, 1956, The Dredge Alameda was launched with a festive party celebrating her release in Rio Vista, California. She was the second of four all-steel, all-welded dredges designed & built by Ed Dutra, who received only a high school education, but clearly had a talent for drafting and design. The clamshell dredge had… Read More
The extensive modernisation measures to automate the Hamburg container terminals together with comprehensive infrastructure measures relating to the rail network have had a greater impact on operations than originally expected. As a result, the throughput and transport volumes have fallen short of the original assumptions. At the same time, the challenging macroeconomic environment and ongoing… Read More
DP World and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have signed a loan agreement of up to €25 million to support the electrification of operations at DP World’s Constanța South Container Terminal. The financing is the terminal’s first dedicated green loan and forms part of a €100 million investment programme that will reduce… Read More
By Ana Alice An underwater project in the Tietê River combines controlled explosions, plasma, and bubble barriers to remove an ancient stone obstacle and expand the capacity of one of the country’s main waterway routes. Brazil has reached the final phase of an underwater engineering operation aimed at removing hundreds of thousands of cubic meters… Read More
Technology group Wärtsilä and Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL), the world’s largest cruise company, have entered into an 8-year Lifecycle Agreement covering four cruise vessels within the Princess Cruises and Carnival Cruise Line fleets, including two newbuild vessels currently under construction. The agreement marks the first service contract between the companies covering Carnival Corporation’s LNG-fuelled cruise ships. Under… Read More
