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A new record on the seventh anniversary of the opening of the new Suez Canal
Admiral Osama Rabie: ” The transit of 89 ships as the highest daily transit rate for transiting ships, with a total net tonnage of 5.2 million tons.” Admiral Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, stated that the navigation movement in the canal recorded, today, Saturday, the highest daily…
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A. P. Moller – Maersk to acquire Danish company Martin Bencher Group to strengthen handling of project logistics
Copenhagen, Denmark: Today, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has reached an agreement to acquire Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based project logistics company with premium capabilities within non-containerized project logistics. Martin Bencher was founded in 1997 and is an asset-light logistics provider that specializes in project logistics. Martin Bencher’s core capability…
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MSC UK Announces New Rail Service Connecting Scotland with Global Trade Routes
MSC UK is delighted to announce a new rail service connecting Mossend in Scotland via Hams Hall, to Felixstowe and London Gateway. The new Mossend rail service builds upon MSC UK’s commitment to the Scottish market, customers, and ports, by complementing two existing weekly calls into the ports of Grangemouth…
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AD Ports Group And Adani Ports And SEZ Ltd Sign MoU For Joint Infrastructure Investments In Tanzania
Strategic Partnership in End-to-End Logistics Infrastructure and Solutions to Accelerate Trade for the East African Nation AD Ports Group, the leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd, India’s largest integrated ports and logistics company, for strategic…
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Adani Ports has started the construction of a new container terminal at Mundra.
Adani Ports has started the construction of a new, its fifth, container terminal at Mundra. The 1.2 million TEU Terminal 5 is understood to be located at South Port, where along the west side of the basin there is space for two berths and a quay line of 900 metres.…
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Container lines between the Far East and the Mediterranean are increasing
With the entry of the Italian Rif Line into the agone, the overall capacity also increases (however far from the peaks of 2017), while the average capacity of the individual ships is reduced. Cma and Msc strengthen the Europe-Australia route At the end of July 2022, there are twelve weekly…
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IMO : Maritime security support for Mauritius
A port facility security assessment is underway in Port Louis, Mauritius (1-5 August) led by a team of IMO experts. The assessment is being carried out under IMO’s EU-funded Port Security Project with a view to preparing port facility security plans. During the five-day mission, staff of the Port Authority…
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Cruise company Carnival begins global fleet upgrade programme
The comprehensive technology upgrades are intended to help improve energy savings and reduce fuel consumption. US-based cruise company Carnival has announced an upgrade to its global fleet in an effort to enhance its fuel efficiency and meet its sustainability goals. Named Service Power Packages, the comprehensive technology upgrades will be…
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CRAIN Technologies suction wing gets green light from Bureau Veritas
French R&D office which specializes in nautical applications CRAIN Technologies (Centre de Recherche pour l’Architecture et l’Industrie Nautiques) has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from compatriot classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for its suction wing SW270, an auxiliary wind propulsion device for cargo ships. Jointly developed by CRAIN and its…
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Viking Line sells MV Amorella
Viking Line Abp reached an agreement yesterday 4th of August 2022 with Corsica Ferries SAS, regarding a sale of M/V Amorella. According to plan, the deal will be completed, and the ship delivered in October 2022 A sale of M/V Amorella after Viking Glory was delivered is a long-decided step…
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