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Port’s inspection vessel now electrified 21 Mar 2024, Gothenburg, Sweden Having served round the clock as an inspection vessel in the Port of Gothenburg since 1979, M/S Hamnen has now been converted to electric propulsion. Read More » Submarine Outfall Inspection Works off Mui Wo 21 Mar 2024, Hong Kong For approximately two months, submarine outfall inspection works will be carried out. Read More » Measures for Earth Hour (23 March 2024) 21 Mar 2024, Singapore The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore will support Earth Hour on Saturday 23 ...

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ABB’s shore connection technology drives decarbonization of DEME’s fleet in the Port of Vlissingen

ABB has won the contract to provide a complete shore connection installation for the DEME Base in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. Shore connection enables the diverse fleet of dredgers, offshore construction and support vessels to avoid carbon emissions by shutting off their engines and drawing on shore power while at berth. Headquartered in Belgium, DEME is a leading contractor in the fields of offshore energy, environmental remediation, dredging and marine infrastructure. DEME has set itself a goal of cutting 40 percent from the greenhouse gases generated by its fleet by 2030 ...

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Oil product stocks jump to 8-month high amid Ramadan

Stockpiles of oil products at the UAE’s Port of Fujairah jumped 10% to an eight-month high in the week ended March 18, with regional demand for some products typically slowing during Ramadan observations, according to the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone and historical data. Total inventories increased to 20.049 million barrels as of March 18, the highest since July 10, the FOIZ data published March 20 showed. Stockpiles have increased 16% since the end of 2023. Stocks of heavy distillates used as fuel oil for power generation and shipping gained 11% ...

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Israel’s Eilat Port faces layoffs amid Red Sea shipping crisis, union says

Half the workers at Israel’s Eilat Port are at risk of losing their jobs after the seaport took a major financial hit due to the crisis in Red Sea shipping lanes, Israel’s main labour federation said on Wednesday. Eilat sits on a northern tip of the Red Sea and was one of the first ports to be affected as shipping firms rerouted vessels to avoid attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen. The Histadrut labour federation, the umbrella organisation for hundreds of thousands of public sector workers, said port management has ...

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Ports sign letter of intent to collaborate on green hydrogen transport

Port of Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada and Hamburg Port Authority, Hamburg, Germany, signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) today to collaborate on the export and import of green hydrogen from Canada to Germany. CEO’s Scott Penney, Port of Argentia, and Jens Meier, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), signed the agreement while attending the Canada-Germany Hydrogen and Ammonia Producer-Offtaker Conference in Hamburg. The event is part of the implementation of the Canada-Germany Energy Partnership and Hydrogen Alliance committing the two countries to collaboration in the export of clean Canadian hydrogen to Germany. “This ...

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Oil loadings from Russia’s western ports seen at 2 year high from March 20-31

Oil loadings from Russia’s western ports from March 20-31 are expected to surpass 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) and hit the highest level since April 2022, according to market and trading sources, as well as Reuters calculations. Russia is set to load some 30.2 million barrels (4.12 million tonnes) of Urals, KEBCO and Siberian Light at the ports of Primorsk, Ust-Luga and Novorossiisk from March 20-31 amid top ups to the original loading plan, the data provided by market sources and Reuters calculations showed. Russia will increase oil exports ...

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Pakistan repulses attack on China-invested Gwadar port, kills eight militants, officials say

Pakistani security forces on Wednesday repulsed an attack by militants on a complex outside the strategic port of Gwadar, killing all eight of them, officials said. China has invested heavily in the mineral-rich southwestern province of Balochistan, including developing Gwadar, despite a decades-long separatist insurgency. Armed with guns and bombs, the militants stormed the complex just outside the port that houses offices of government departments, intelligence agencies and paramilitary forces, said Saeed Ahmed Umrani, a government commissioner. The militants detonated a number of bombs before launching a shooting attack and ...

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HOT PORT NEWS from GAC

Establishment of Scientific Buoy “EPD-4” in Southeast Lamma Waters 20 Mar 2024, Hong Kong From 22 March, a scientific buoy will be established in Southeast Lamma Waters for collecting data. Read More » Marine site investigation at Green Island & Kennedy Town 20 Mar 2024, Hong Kong For approximately nine months, marine site investigation works involving drilling of boreholes and cone penetration tests will be carried out. Read More » Source: GAC

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APM Terminals and HHIT enter a strategic collaboration on port automation and green logistics in Vietnam

As part of the Dutch Trade mission to Vietnam, APM Terminals and Hateco Haiphong International Container Terminal (HHIT), a fully owned subsidiary of Hateco Group, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further develop their cooperation on terminal development in Haiphong in North Vietnam. 400px-olaf-gelhausen-keith-svendsen-jon-goldner-rene-piil-pedersen“Vietnam is a rapidly growing and high-potential market in South-East Asia and the strategic collaboration underpins our ambition to grow where it benefits our customers. Therefore, I am happy that we are now strengthening our cooperation by assisting HHIT to reach its goal to have ...

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Northport Sets New Record For Highest Cargo Handling From A Single Vessel

Northport (Malaysia) Bhd (“Northport”), a member of MMC Group, set a new record for the highest break bulk cargo handling from a single vessel. The milestone was achieved through the successful handling of 48,853 Freight Weight Tonnes (“FWTs”) of steel cargo from a conventional cargo vessel, MV Jin Chao, surpassing the previous record of 47,246 FWTs handled from MV Wu Yi Hai in May 2022. MV Jin Chao, which carried steel cargo comprising hot rolled coils, wire rods and project cargo equipment, underwent operations from 10 to 13 March 2024 ...

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Drewry: Port Throughput Index Down 2% in January

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of calendar adjusted volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 340 ports worldwide, representing over 80% of global volumes. The base point for the indices is January 2019 = 100. Drewry has developed a nowcasting model that uses vessel capacity and terminal duration data (derived from our proprietary AIS model) to make short-term predictions of port throughput. Drewry’s latest assessment – March 2024 • Drewry’s Global Container Port Throughput index fell 2.0% MoM in January ...

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Ukraine ships 1.33 mln metric tons of grain through Constanta port in Jan-Feb

Ukraine shipped 1.33 million metric tons of grains through the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta in the first two months of the year, the port authority saidon Tuesday. Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest grain exporters, and Constanta has become Kyiv’s largest alternative export route since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Constanta Port data, which does not include volumes handled through thesmaller Romanian Danube ports and rail and road transit to southern European states, showed that 894,000 tons of Ukrainian grain left port in February. Grains arrive ...

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The Port of Gothenburg in hydrogen collaboration with Hitachi Energy and Skanska

In recent weeks, emission-free excavation work has been carried out in one of the Port of Gothenburg’s largest infrastructure projects ever, using a hydrogen generator with completely new technology piloted in the project. The generator is a scalable and portable plug-and-play solution that can be easily moved and used on the go. It includes fuel cell modules, power electronics, cooling, auxiliary systems, and an intelligent control system. Hitachi Energy’s technology partner, PowerCell Group, provides the power modules and expertise in fuel cell integration. Pilot tests at the new terminal area, ...

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Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports Steady in February 2024

Pilbara Ports delivered a total monthly throughput of 52.7 million tonnes (Mt) for February 2024. This throughput was a four per cent decrease compared to February 2023. The Port of Port Hedland achieved a monthly throughput of 39.5Mt, of which 38.8Mt was iron ore exports. There was minimal variance to total throughput compared to February 2023. Imports through the Port of Port Hedland totalled 157,000 tonnes, an decrease of three per cent compared to February 2023. The Port of Dampier delivered a total throughput of 12.3Mt, a 16 per cent ...

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Kombiverkehr KG launches new Rotterdam RSC – Köln-Eifeltor v.v. service

In Rotterdam it will terminate at the Rail Service Center (RSC) in Waalhaven. The first train will depart Rotterdam on 12 March and reach Köln-Eifeltor in just twelve hours. Forwarders and logistics companies can now book the new service, which leaves on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in both directions. Transfers to nearby parts of the port are available from the continental RSC terminal and can be booked as an optional extra. Intermodal transport is possible with P400 loading units. All dangerous goods with the exception of class 7 can be ...

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