San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) has marked a major milestone in its operation having welcomed and handled two extra-long vessels simultaneously for the first time in its history. “This maneuver is unprecedented in Chile and on the west coast of South America,” according to STI. The containe
South Carolina Ports will welcome the first vessel at its Hugh Leatherman Terminal on Friday, April 9, the port authority said. The vessel, yet to be named, will inaugurate the port’s long-awaited new container terminal. The Leatherman Terminal sits along the Cooper River in North Charleston, S.C. T
Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards has signed a contract for the construction of six vessels with the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in Pakistan. The $33.46 million deal includes four high-performance tugboats and two pilot boats. The ships will form part of the Kocacay range of escort and harbour tug
Spanish ferry operator Baleària has selected its LNG-fueled ferry Hypatia De Alejandria to operate the route between the Spanish town of Motril and the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla in North Africa.
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier, a terminal in Morocco, is celebrating its next major development milestone by kicking off phase-2 of the development, which will add an extra 1 million TEU capacity to its footprint.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly report, liquefied natural gas exports from the U.S. increased another week, boosting Henry Hub prices.
Verizon Business has been selected by Associated British Ports (ABP) to deploy private 5G at the Port of Southampton.
Italian port terminal operator SERMI has ordered an eco-efficient mobile harbor crane from Konecranes in an effort to improve its overall capacity in container, general cargo and bulk handling.
As the maritime industry embarks upon the fourth propulsion revolution, ammonia has been identified as one of the key alternatives to fossil fuels in the shipping’s pathway toward becoming carbon neutral. There has been a notable increase in the uptake of large ammonia vessels over the past year, ac
The U.S. has set a national target of 30 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030 as a centerpiece of a newly introduced plan by the Biden Administration to jumpstart offshore wind energy and create tens of thousands of jobs in the sector over the next decade. The ambitious offshore wind targe
After the unblocking of the Suez Canal on Monday, a number of LNG and other vessels are waiting for the canal to become fully operational.
In an effort to step up the shipping industry’s decarbonisation, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has called for more onshore power supply (OPS) where possible.
The Tokyo Port is waiving port entry fees for LNG-powered and hydrogen-powered vessels as a way of encouraging greater uptake of these fuels in the maritime sector. The waiver is set to enter into force on April 1 running for the remaining five years, until March 31, 2026. According to the Tokyo met
Spanish Port of Melilla and Duch Groningen Seaport have been certified through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS).
