Ports News
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Ports : DP World announces resilient financial results
DP World Limited today announced resilient financial results for the six months to 30 June 2020 with like-for-like adjusted EBITDA growing 1% year-on-year. : Results Highlights Revenue of $4,076 million (Revenue growth of 17.7% on a reported basis). Revenue growth of 17.7% supported by acquisitions. Like-for-like revenue decreased by 11.6%…
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Ports : FREEPORT CONTAINER PORT
Hutchison Ports FCP was opened in 1997 by Hutchison Ports. Serving as a major hub for worldwide transshipment of containerised cargo, FCP has 16 metres of depth alongside, 750 reefer points, and 3 berths. It contains 57 hectares of stacking area and capacity to handle 1.5 million TEUs per year. The terminal operates…
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Marek Grzybowski write to ” eBlue Economy ” Autonomous ships in ports
Marek Grzybowski The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped work on innovations in maritime transport. An agreement has recently been signed to prepare the ports to handle unmanned ships. Eight leading maritime countries have created a new network that will support the preparation of ports for handling autonomous ships. The new…
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Ports : Brazil building mega port to boost trade with Asia
A large port complex is being built by Brazil to facilitate trade with Asia, which is its major market. It will be South America’s most modern port when it opens in late 2023. The 1,800-hectare facility, called Porto Central, is located in the coastal town of Presidente Kennedy in the…
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Arabian Ports : Port of Sohar welcomes biggest container vessel
To commemorate the visit by the largest container vessel to ever call at the Port of Sohar, Hutchison Ports Sohar’s management team organised a special celebration including the presentation of a memento to the ship’s master Hutchison Ports Sohar, the operator of the container terminal at the Port of Sohar,…
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Ports : First trial using mobile degassing installation successful in Port of Rotterdam
A initial trial using a new mobile degassing installation on the public quay of the Seinehaven in Rotterdam has been successful. On 7 August, inland tanker Visioen was degassed of petrol without any measurable vapours being released into the atmosphere. This concerns a degassing that took place outside an establishment…
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Ports : Port of Savannah handled 4.44 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Fiscal Year 2020
The Port of Savannah handled 4.44 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Fiscal Year 2020, down less than 1 percent compared to the previous year. Despite COVID-19 disruptions, total tons crossing all GPA docks reached a record 37.77 million, up 0.6 percent, or 223,000 tons, compared to FY2019. Container tons…
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Ports : DOVER BECOMES THE UK HUB FOR BOTH SEATRADE ZODIAC AND RAYO SERVICES
Port of Dover Cargo is now officially the UK Port of call for Seatrade’s fast, direct, and dedicated Zodiac and Rayo Reefer services, meaning the leading reefer operator will now visit the Port twice a week. Dover becomes Seatrade’s UK hub to ensure the quickest possible transit of fruit from…
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Ports : The extension of the Pier I has started In Luka Koper
Luka Koper has started in these days the main construction works for the extension of the southern part of Pier I. The first phase of the project consists of the quayside extension of 98,5 meters and 34,4 meters of width. The quayside is expected to be completed in March 2021…
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