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Master Boat building new tug for Bay Houston Towing
Master Boat Builders Inc. will build a fourth new tugboat in its Coden, Ala., yard for Bay Houston Towing Co., Houston. Master Boat currently has three tugs under construction of a different design for Bay Houston Towing. “Bay Houston has an incredible reputation as one of the top tugboat operators…
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Port of Tanjung Pelepas to use AI to improve efficiency
The Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), a joint venture between APM Terminals (30%) and the MMC Group, has entered into an agreement to deploy Innovez One’s AI-powered Port Management Information System (PMIS) to improve efficiency and optimize its scheduling. Port information management systems provider Innovez One said it will…
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Port of Oakland marine terminals resume operations
Cargo moving and protesters adhering to designated free speech zones The Port of Oakland’s marine terminals are open and operating normally. They have resumed operations since Saturday, after several days of disruption by truck drivers protesting the gig worker law AB5. “The Port of Oakland has resumed full operations,” said…
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Eastern Shipbuilding Group Announces Keel Authentication For Third United States Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) hosted the keel authentication ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s future Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), USCGC INGHAM (WMSM-917), the third vessel in the new Heritage Class built at the Nelson Street facility. The presiding officer for the U.S. Coast Guard was Rear Admiral Chad L.…
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Reuters : DSME workers reach deal to end strike
The company has promised workers a 4.5% wage increase. The strike has delayed the delivery of eight vessels -Daewoo Second major industrial dispute under S. Korean President Yoon South Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has entered a deal with contract workers that will end a 51-day strike after…
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Panama starts flag inspections program for ships arriving in US ports from August
The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) will start a flag inspections program on August 1st, regarding Panama ships calling at US ports, which are candidates for a Port State Inspection (PSC) by part of the USCG. PANAMA is trying to eliminate substandard ships and has focused on improving efforts to ingress…
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Yaounde Architecture reinforces fight against piracy
The fight against piracy and response to current maritime security challenges in the Gulf of Guinea have been reinforced with the utilization of the Yaounde Architecture Regional Information System (YARIS). The YARIS platform, an information-sharing tool or system for Maritime Law Enforcement Agencies in the Gulf of Guinea region, was…
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ٍStrike Odesa port hours after grain deal and accusation Russia is ‘exporting hunger’
Sergei Lavrov on Africa tour to counter accusation Russia is ‘exporting hunger’ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Republic of Congo, the second stop on his Africa tour where he is aiming to seek support amid global anger over food shortages following Moscow’s blockade of vital Ukrainian…
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Shipping Italy : Terminal operators are leading the recovery of the Genoese maritime-port economy
All in all, the picture painted by Confindustria Genoa about the economic trend in the first half of 2022 for the local maritime-port economy is a positive With reference to the transport and logistics of goods, compared to the first part of 2021, the turnover of port terminal operators increased…
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Maersk creates a fast and reliable India-Bangladesh cross-border logistics solution
The first movement on Maersk’s end-to-end integrated logistics solution on the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route involved the transportation of containerized cargo from Kolkata, India, to a river port near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Maersk successfully completed the first India-Bangladesh cross-border logistics of containerized cargo using the inland waterways of the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route…
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