Seaport Archives — Page 21 of 48

February 19, 2019 No Responses

Maritime Firm Records $75m Loss In 2018

Norwegian maritime industry group Wilhelmsen ended 2018 — the first full year with present corporate structure — in loss. In the preliminary result for the year, the group reported a loss for the period of USD 75 million in 2018, compared to a loss...

February 6, 2019 No Responses

Seaport To Serve Six 14,000 TEU Ships Simultaneously

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has unveiled a new program that will allow the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024. The Big Berth/Big Ship program was presented by GPA’s executive director Griff Lynch at the Georgia...

February 2, 2019 No Responses

Container Tracking Note Takes Off In Liberia

The National Port Authority (NPA) of Liberia has announced that Container Tracking Note (CTN) System commenced with effect from February 1st, 2019. Indeed, Container Tracking Note is now mandatory for all shipments bound to Liberia or in transit through L...

January 30, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (middle) at an event where she was presented with an Award for Excellence. The Award is from Foreign Investment Network (FIN) for her contributions to the Maritime Industry during the...

January 26, 2019 No Responses

NPA Begins Onne Port Water Channel Clean-Up Operations

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commenced the Onne Port Channel Oil spill clean-up operations at the Federal Oceans Terminal (FOT) Onne. According to NPA, the project of water channel clean-up is the first of such project being executed by...

January 17, 2019 No Responses

Report: Despite Automation, Qualified Transport Workers Still Needed

The introduction of automation in global transport will be evolutionary, rather than revolutionary and despite high levels of automation, qualified human resources with the right skill sets will still be needed in the foreseeable future, a new report produced ...

January 13, 2019 No Responses

Commission Probes Terminal Operators

The Hong Kong Competition Commission has opened an investigation to assess whether the recently created alliance between several container terminal operators may restrict competition in Hong Kong. Recently, COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited (CHT), ...

December 18, 2018 No Responses

Congestion: NPA Explains 21 Free Days Rent-Free Period For Cargoes At Apapa,Tincan Seaports

In order to reduce the attendant financial burden that the congestion at the Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports has brought on importers, the Nigerian Ports Authority has announced the following measures which will take immediate effect: 1.With effect from...

December 17, 2018 No Responses

Firm Takes Delivery Of First LNG-Powered Container

Finland-based company Containerships, recently acquired by French CMA CGM, has welcomed into the fleet its first LNG-powered container vessel, M/S Containerships Nord, at Wenchong Shipyard, China. This is the first of a total of four LNG-fu...

December 16, 2018 No Responses

Agency Explains New Seaports Development Agenda

The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority has taken the next step in its development plans for the ports of Mariupol and Berdiansk in the Azov Sea. Namely, the authority, which was created for the integrated development of the port infrastructure of Ukraine,...

December 15, 2018 No Responses

NPA MD Task Stakeholders On Congestion At Seaports

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman, has called on terminal operators, shipping companies, port managers and allied stakeholders to do all they could to eradicate or at best mitigate the effects of the present congestion at...

December 11, 2018 No Responses

COSCO, Abu Dhabi Ports Open New Terminal

COSCO Shipping Ports and Abu Dhabi Ports on Monday inaugurated CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal at Khalifa Port, adding Abu Dhabi as the regional hub for COSCO’s global network of 36 ports as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. This...

December 10, 2018 No Responses

US Imports Hit Two Million Containers In One Month

Imports at the major retail container ports in the US have set another record reaching 2 million containers in a single month as retailers continued to bring merchandise into the country ahead of a now-postponed increase in tariffs on goods from...

December 6, 2018 No Responses

Grimaldi Gets New Car, Truck Carrier

Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of its newest Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) Grande Torino from the Chinese shipyard of Yangfan, Zhoushan. According to the company, the unit is the first one from a series of seven sister...