The employers of more than 22,000 dock workers at U.S. West Coast seaports on Friday said the union representing those laborers “is staging concerted and disruptive work actions” that have shut down some terminal operations at major gateways. The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which represents terminal operators, said union workers have “effectively shut down” or “severely impacted” some terminals at ports including Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland in California and Tacoma and Seattle in Washington state. The latest work actions come as labor talks between the PMA and the ...

The importance of harmonized implementation of “Fit for 55” proposals and more particularly AFIR, as a means to guarantee a real playing field between EU ports has been extensively debated during FEPORT General Assembly meeting held on June 2nd, 2023, at Saintes Maries de la Mer. FEPORT members are satisfied that when voting on May 24TH, 2023 on the political agreement on the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation[1] and FuelEU Maritime[2], the European Parliament reaffirmed the responsibility of Member States in collaboration with the (port) managing body or another competent authority ...

AD Ports Group, the leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, has signed a 25 years agreement with Singapore based Crystal Offshore, a recognised one-stop Logistics Solution provider to the Marine & Offshore Industry. Under the agreement’s terms, a 20,000 square meter plot of land and an associated quay wall in Khalifa Port will be allocated for Crystal Offshore to construct a base, featuring office facilities and fabrication workshops to provide advanced repairs and refits to jack-up rigs as well as marine and offshore vessels. Saif Al Mazrouei, Chief ...

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd., a global provider of comprehensive maritime logistics solutions, announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of marine port terminal operations in Port Everglades/Ft. Lauderdale and Port of Palm Beach, Florida, and Port of Baltimore, Maryland from Host Terminals LLC (“Host”), a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Parker Host, in an all-cash transaction. With this acquisition, Pangaea expands its North American terminal network to include the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States. The acquisition provides Pangaea with additional dry bulk distribution capabilities within growing commerce centers, while ...

As the strong winds had hit Gujarat coast on Monday 29th May 2023, we have seen a major impact on Port operations and delays in the Vessel schedules as the strong winds uprooted the power transmission towers of Gujarat Electricity Transmission Company Limited (GETCO) which resulted in the disruption of the grid power supply. While the situation is being monitored closely by us, we would like to share the detailed update on the port disruptions and the Vessel Schedule as on June 2nd 2023. Port Operations Port operations are impacted ...

A statement from Mario Cordero, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach: All container terminals at the Port of Long Beach remain open. As we monitor terminal activity, we urge the PMA and ILWU to continue negotiating in good faith toward a fair agreement. The national economy relies on an outcome that keeps goods moving through the San Pedro Bay ports, the most important gateway for trans-Pacific trade. We are optimistic our waterfront workforce and their employers will resolve their differences quickly. Source: Port of Long Beach

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. is pleased to announce the sale of one Ship-To-Shore (STS) container crane to PSA Penn Terminals in Philadelphia, USA. This crane is a repeat of a previous order for two STS cranes commissioned in 2018, The crane has an outreach of 48 m, a span of 18.288 m, a backreach of 15 m, and a safe working load (SWL) of 66 tonnes. The lift height over rail is 35 m. It is a high-performance crane ideally suited for the demands of modern container terminals. Killarney (Ireland), ...

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of Valencia, recorded a fall of 14.22% in May compared to the previous month, standing at 1,885.54 points and accumulating a growth of 88.55% since the start of the historical series in January 2018. The Index reflects a decrease in the level of freight rates in almost all areas, among which the performance of the USA and Canada (-17.92%), Atlantic Europe (-15.29%) and Atlantic Latin America (-9.77%) ...

A major project to support the safety and security of port facilities on vital trade routes in the in Eastern and Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean region is set to continue its work. Future plans include national workshops in each beneficiary country to assess law enforcement capacity in each of the three domains covered by the project. The members of the Steering Committee and Technical Committee of the Port Security and Safety of Navigation in Eastern and Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean project were updated on progress to ...

Qatar’s maritime sector saw higher vessel docking in May 2023 on an annualised basis with its three major ports recording robust jump in building materials and livestock traffic through them, according to official statistics. The ports – Hamad, Doha and Al Ruwais – showed a strong double-digit expansion in terms of livestock on monthly basis in the review period, according to the figures released by Mwani Qatar. The number of ships calling on Qatar’s three ports stood at 227 this May, which was 6.07% higher than those witnessed the previous ...

Kenya plans to lease the operations and management of five major ports through a 1.4 trillion Kenyan shillings ($10 billion) public private partnership (PPP) programme. Kenya Development Corporation (KDC), a development finance institution, has disclosed the Kenya Kwanza administration is scouting for private players to operate and maintain sections of Kilindini Harbour, Dongo Kundu Port, Lamu Port, Kisumu Port and Shimoni Fisheries Port, Business Daily newspaper reported. “The ports will be leased/concessioned to private operators with a landlord-type port management system,” KDC said in its proposition to potential investors. The ...

The Arctic Aurora tanker is currently loading up at the Arctic Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant despite production being shut down, operator Equinor EQNR.OL said on Friday. “We can load even if production is halted, as long as we have LNG in the tank,” a company spokesperson told Reuters. Equinor stopped production at Hammerfest LNG located on the Melkoeya island on May 31 due to a leak in the cooling circuit, and currently plans a start-up to take place on June 8. In addition to the Arctic Aurora, tanker ...

ESPO congratulates Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque (France), Volos Port Authority (Greece), Port of Den Helder (the Netherlands), Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón (Spain), Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla (Spain), Santander Port Authority (Spain), Peterhead Port Authority (United Kingdom), Shoreham Port Authority (United Kingdom) and Asyaport Liman (Turkey) for being certified through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). Isabelle Ryckbost, ESPO Secretary General, Zeno D’Agostino, ESPO Chair, and Valter Selén, EcoPorts Coordinator, announced the PERS-certified ports during the annual ESPO Conference in Bremen. Isabelle Ryckbost, ESPO Secretary General, commented: “It is great ...

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has revealed the inclusion of Jeddah Islamic Port, King Abdulaziz Port, and Jubail Commercial Port to the Al Maha shipping service launched by container liner Maersk. With a start date set for June, the new route will link the Kingdom’s three hubs to six ports across the Middle East including Tangier, Port Said, Salalah, Duqm, Jebel Ali, and Doha aboard seven vessels offering a weekly capacity of 8,500 TEUs. Adding new cargo connections is key to the Kingdom’s ambition of enhancing its global maritime connectivity ...

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd’s auditor stated that insufficient disclosures about certain transactions mean it can only issue a qualified opinion on the company’s accounts, bringing the spotlight back to allegations made by short seller Hindenburg Research about Gautam Adani’s empire, stated bloomberg in its media report. According to bloomberg, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP expressed concerns on Tuesday about the port unit’s transactions with three unrelated firms. However, the auditor stated that it was unable to certify that the parties were unrelated, and that the firm has ...