Incident in Ship Channel 17 Jan 2025, Houston, United States Around 8pm yesterday evening (16 January), a tow maneuvering 2 barges off Texas International Terminals struck at least one power pole near the Pelican Island Bridge. READ MORE Smit Towage industrial action 17 Jan 2025, Gladstone, Australia Members of the Australian Maritime Officers Union employed by Smit Lamnalco Towage in Gladstone shall engage in protected industrial action from 22 January to 5 February. READ MORE Ports prepare for possible Tropical Cyclone 17 Jan 2025, West Australia, Australia A possible Tropical ...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Port of Rotterdam are calling on the European Commission to make large-scale investments in the competitiveness of industry in Europe. This comes ahead of the publication of the Competitiveness Compass and the Clean Industrial Deal. ‘Europe’s strategic autonomy, energy transition and prosperity is at stake’. As energy, logistics and industrial clusters, the two largest ports in Europe can play an important role in implementing the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal, aimed at strengthening the investment climate in Europe. As such, they want the European Commission to take ...

Efforts to promote the Middle Corridor route by APM Terminals Poti, Georgia are paying off. The team say “significant improvements” have been made in identifying bottlenecks on the strategically important route to create solutions for customers. The progress made over the past 18 months includes rocketing efficiency measures at APM Terminals Poti which created increased container rail transit and reduced transit times. The progress is confirmed by @Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) organisation figures showing cargo traffic increased by 63%, reaching 4.1 million tons along the route during 11 months ...

The Longkou port in China’s Shandong province has discharged Russian crude barrels from a sanctioned ship, which was with an exemption, on Jan. 15 for the first time since the Shandong Port Group announced to blacklist carriers under US sanctions for more than a week, three Shandong-based sources told S&P Global Commodity Insights on Jan. 16. Four newly sanctioned Aframaxes, carrying 2.73 million barrels of Russian crudes, were floating in Shandong waters to wait for docking permission with their exemptions. In contrast, three sanctioned VLCCs have rerouted amid the port ...

Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) business unit at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia, has been added to the port rotation of the recently launched Bora Med service by CMA CGM Short Sea Lines. The new service, which commenced last 23 December in Antalya, establishes a sustainable maritime link between Türkiye, the Adriatic region and the Eastern Mediterranean. It replaces the intra-Mediterranean SSLMED Türkiye Med Express 3 (TMX3) service, offering the Adriatic market with an upgraded service that introduces larger ships up to 2,500 ...

New P&I cover certificate requirement 16 Jan 2025, Turkey Turkey’s General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has announced new conditions of P&I cover certificate requirement for vessels in Turkish Straits and ports. READ MORE Submarine outfall maintenance works off Black Point Power Station 16 Jan 2025, Hong Kong For approximately one month, submarine outfall maintenance works will be carried out. READ MORE New terminal operator appointed for vehicle & RoRo terminal 16 Jan 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden The Port of Gothenburg has appointed a new operator for the port’s vehicle and RoRo ...

Oil products inventories at the UAE’s Port of Fujairah rose 4.9% in the week ended Jan. 13, led by increases in middle distillates such as jet fuel, gasoil and diesel, according to Fujairah Oil Industry Zone data published Jan. 15. The total increased to 18.469 million barrels, a three-week high, and the second consecutive weekly increase, according to FOIZ data compiled by S&P Global Commodity Insights since 2017. Middle distillates jumped 34% to 2.882 million barrels, a two-month high. Light distillates such as gasoline and naphtha gained 8.1% to 7.065 ...

Singapore’s annual vessel arrival tonnage, total tonnage of ships under the Singapore flag, container throughput, total bunker sales, and sales of alternative bunker fuels, reached new highs in 2024. Cargo throughput handled at the port of Singapore also increased in 2024. These were among some of the announcements by Mr Murali Pillai, Minister of State for Law and Transport, at the annual Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) New Year Conversations event today. Mr Murali said that despite strained global supply chains, Maritime Singapore has maintained strong growth momentum in 2024 and ...

Kalmar has signed an agreement with Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) to supply five Kalmar T2i terminal tractors, four Kalmar heavy forklift trucks and one Kalmar medium forklift truck. The order, which also includes MyKalmar INSIGHT coverage for all units, was booked in Kalmar’s Q4 2024 order intake, with delivery of all machines scheduled to be completed during Q3 2025. MPDC is a private company formed as a partnership between the Mozambican Railway Company and Portus Indico. MPDC holds the concession for Maputo Port until 2058 and also acts as ...

Marine fuel sales reached fresh highs at the world’s largest bunker hub of Singapore in 2024, official data showed on Wednesday, driven by record container throughput and higher deliveries of alternative marine fuels. Sales totalled 54.92 million metric tons in 2023, data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) showed. Total sales surpassed a previous record of 51.82 million tons in 2023. Container throughput climbed to 41.12 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2024, also logging new highs. Meanwhile, annual vessel arrival tonnage grew to a fresh record ...

Pilbara Ports delivered a total monthly throughput of 66.2 million tonnes (Mt) for December 2024. The Port of Port Hedland achieved a monthly throughput of 48.3Mt, of which 47.6Mt was iron ore exports. This was a four per cent decrease to total throughput compared to December 2023. Imports through the Port of Port Hedland totalled 197,000 tonnes, a decrease of 10 per cent compared to December 2023. The Port of Dampier delivered a total throughput of 16Mt, a six per cent increase from December 2023. Imports through the Port of ...

Germany’s Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) has announced short-term auctions for regasification capacity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbuettel LNG terminals on Feb. 4, 5 and 6, a note on its website said. Pipeline gas supply from Russia to central Europe ended on Jan. 1 so some affected countries are relying on alternative supply routes and more LNG deliveries in the region arriving on ships. Traders and utility companies pay close attention to the announcements to be able to secure volumes for their customers in winter, when ...

The Port of Grenaa and the Ports of Halland have long been sister ports, linked through the Stena Line ferry route between Grenaa, previously Varberg, and now Halmstad. The ports are now taking the partnership to the next level by formalizing their collaboration through the ‘Kattegat Port Alliance’ – a strategic partnership aimed at fostering growth and developing sustainable logistics solutions for customers in the key segments of Cargo Mobility, Energy, and Offshore Wind. The foundation of this collaboration lies in the ports’ shared vision to leverage opportunities by exchanging ...

Commissioning of oil pier 15 Jan 2025, Karachi, Pakistan KPT Oil Pier No.OP-2 is commissioned for operation/berthing from today (15 January). READ MORE Berth upgrade work 15 Jan 2025, Jawaharlal Nehru, India Work has begun at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Shallow Water Berth (NSDT) to upgrade permissible displacement. READ MORE Anchorage closed due to adverse weather 15 Jan 2025, Port Kembla, Australia Port Kembla anchorage is closed to shipping from 1400 hours local time today (15 January) due to severe weather. READ MORE Grant to support sustainable infrastructure 15 Jan ...

The Silk Road Maritime Association (SRMA), based in East China’s Fujian Province, handled nearly 5 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo in 2024, China Media Group reported on Sunday, citing data released by local transport authorities. As of the end of 2024, the association had 128 container vessel routes, having completed 4,173 sea voyages and handled 4.96 million TEUs, according to the report. As China’s first maritime shipment-centered international logistics services platform under the Belt and Road Initiative, the SRMA, which was set up in December 2018, has completed ...