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Israel-Lebanon maritime deal juggles region’s security
Israel and Lebanon are expected to sign on to a Washington-mediated maritime border deal at a ceremony in Israel as early as Thursday, after the country’s highest court turned down a petition by right-leaning groups to block the pact. The agreement, brokered with help from U.S. State Department energy advisor…
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ABS and Rotoboost Collaborate on Groundbreaking Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture System
(COPENHAGEN) ABS has issued New Technology Qualification (NTQ) for a first-of-its-kind, pre-combustion carbon capture system based on the thermocatalytic decomposition process (TCD) from Rotoboost, a global hydrogen company based in Norway. Rotoboost’s TCD allows for continuous hydrogen production and carbon capture onboard marine vessels. The system converts natural gas into…
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Suez Canal : Crossing of 86 ships with a total net tonnage of 5.1 million tons.( Video )
Admiral Osama Rabie, Chairman of Suez Canal Authority ( SCA ) announced that the navigation movement in the canal recorded, today, Tuesday, numbers in terms of daily transit statistics, as 86 ships cross from both directions without waiting, with a total net tonnage of 5.1 million tons. The number of…
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Port of Long Beach clean air project receives $30.1 mln
The Port of Long Beach announced it will receive a $30.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to deploy the U.S. largest fleet of manually operated, zero-emissions cargo handling equipment at a single marine terminal. Funding for the new clean air project comes from the 2022 Port Infrastructure…
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Elpida (Elpi) J. Petraki elected WISTA International’s New President
Elpida (Elpi) J. Petraki, President of WISTA Hellas,made it to the top as she was elected WISTA International’s next President at the Association’s AGM in Geneva earlier on today. She takes over from Despoina Panayiotou-Theodossiou. Also, Daphne Angelides and Raimah Chowdhurry, WISTA-Argentina and WISTA Bangladesh presidents respectively join ExCo members…
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Port of LA’ Board Hearing Room Reopens to the Public Nov. 3
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners will convene an in-person board meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Port of Los Angeles Administration Building, 425 S. Palos Verdes Street in San Pedro, for the first time since March 2020. While meetings will continue to be webcast live…
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Fire erupted in bulk carrier ABUSAMAH at Cilegon port
Fire erupted in engine room of bulk carrier ABUSAMAH berthed at Cilegon port, western Java, Sunda Strait, at around 0500 LT (UTC +7), and soon engulfed all engine room. The ship was loading fertilizer, ammonium phosphate, some 1,500 tons were already loaded. Attempts to extinguish fire failed, fire continued spreading,…
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Double closure of disputes on the Adriatic docks
Two disputes which for some time had committed as many Adriatic Port System Authorities were concluded today at the same time. The thorniest case, which reached the second degree of judgment, was the one that opposed Micoperi to the Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea regarding the procedure,…
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Conftrasporto: Freight Traffic down in Italy in 2023 up to 3%
The basic scenario developed by the association, on the other hand, assumes a decrease of 0.6% Pandemic, war, energy crisis and more will slow down the freight transport sector in Italy in 2023, which will therefore experience a decline in volumes. This is confirmed by the analyzes presented yesterday in…
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Rabie meets with the Senior Vice President of ABS to discuss ways of joint cooperation
ABS grants Chairman of the SCA a document to elect him as a member of the office in appreciation of his efforts in supporting the maritime transport industry Suez Canal intends to provide incentives for environmentally friendly ships Admiral Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, met today, Sunday,…
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