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Annual Report outlines developments in the port and the Port of Rotterdam Authority
Port recovers from 2020 coronavirus dip Investing in the future: energy transition and digitization In 2021, the port of Rotterdam handled as much freight as it did in 2019 before the pandemic. Total throughput increased by 7.3% compared to 2020. A highlight is the number of containers handled, which rose…
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Port of Rotterdam : Test with extra shore-based power from battery for inland shipping
Free shore-based power for trial participants in Rotterdam Free shore-based power is available at Maaskade in Rotterdam for large inland vessels (CEMT class V and higher) that participate in a trial with shore-based power from a battery system. Skoon Energy has installed a battery system there on behalf of the…
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IMO Council decisions on Black Sea and Sea of Azov situation
IMO Extraordinary Council Session held to discuss the impacts on shipping and seafarers of the situation in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov The International Maritime Organization (IMO) held an extraordinary session of its Council (C/ES.35) on 10 and 11 March to address the impacts on shipping and seafarers…
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A.P. Moller – Maersk engages in strategic partnerships across the globe to scale green methanol production by 2025
Copenhagen, Denmark – To boost the global production capacity of green methanol, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) enters strategic partnerships with six leading companies with the intent of sourcing at least 730,000 tonnes/year by end of 2025 (see breakdown table below). The six companies are CIMC ENRIC, European Energy, Green…
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Hapag-Lloyd to acquire container liner business of Africa specialist Deutsche Afrika-Linien
Hapag-Lloyd and German carrier Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) today signed a framework agreement under which Hapag-Lloyd will acquire the container liner business of DAL, according to the company’s release. With a history dating back to the year 1890, DAL is an established liner shipping company for the transportation of containerized…
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رئيس هيئة قناة السويس يثمن جهود الوزارة المبذولة للإرتقاء بالقطاع الصحي
التقى الدكتور خالد عبدالغفار وزير التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي والقائم بأعمال وزير الصحة والسكان، الفريق أسامة ربيع، رئيس هيئة قناة السويس، لبحث سبل التعاون المشترك بين مستشفيات محافظة الإسماعيلية ومن ضمنها المُدرجة ضمن منظومة التأمين الصحي الشامل، والمستشفيات والمراكز الصحية التابعة لـ هيئة قناة السويس، وذلك بمقر مبنى الإرشاد بمحافظة…
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Import and export pending Italian duties and Russian counter-sanctions
The decrees with which Putin will define the goods subject to sanctions are expected, while the Mise evaluates the introduction of duties and export restrictions on goods “that are used by our industry” Waiting to know if there will be victims, among the various sectors of Made in Italy, of…
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Baltic Sea and Space Cluster – Maritime Safety Leader Award 2022
Poland: Special to eblueeconomy The Baltic Sea and Space Cluster received the Maritime Safety Leader Award. The award was handed over by Maciej Kazienko, vice president of the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone. The award was collected by Marek Grzybowski, president of the board of the Baltic Sea and Space Cluster,…
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Capesize bulk carrier disabled, 4 tugs responded, Canada
Capesize bulk carrier COMANCHE reported engine failure on Mar 11 in Placentia Bay, southwest Newfoundland, and started to drift. The ship in full load is en route from Pointe Noire Canada to Suez, ETA Mar 30. Understood COMANCHE was cruising in Placentia Bay prior to breakdown, most probably waiting out,…
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Tanker disabled in Bosphorus
Product tanker ATOLL suffered steering failure while transiting Bosphorus in southern direction near 15 July Martyrs Bridge, early in the morning Mar 12. Tanker dropped anchor, Istanbul Traffic Control Center tugs responded, a tanker was taken under control, completed transit and moved to Ahırkapı anchorage, Istanbul, Marmara sea. She’s in…
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