Ports News
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Georgia Ports Authority container volume down in November
Savannah cuts vessel backlog SAVANNAH, Ga., – The Georgia Ports Authority moved 464,883 twenty-foot equivalent container units in November, a decrease of 6.2 percent or 30,866 TEUs compared to the same month last year. Compared to November 2019, the Port of Savannah’s performance constitutes an increase of 28 percent over…
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Reuters : Sudan to develop Red Sea port in $6-bln initial pact with Emirati group
Sudan on Tuesday signed a preliminary agreement with a group led by the UAE’s AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea with a $6-billion investment. The project, located about 200 km (124 miles) north of Port…
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Rotterdam super crane will accelerate energy transition
We need wind power more than ever. ‘For the energy transition to be successful, it’s vital that we take big steps forward. We have to go much faster and we need a lot more wind farms,’ says Wilco Stavenuiter, Director of Rotterdam-based Tetrahedron. If it is up to Wilco, this…
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New feeder service offering between Turkey and Georgia.
Every 12 to 14 days, the 925 TEU Contship Joy will travel between Turkish ports and Poti Port APM Terminals Poti serves as a hub for trade between Europe and Central Asia as well as a worldwide entry point for trade in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The port is connected…
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NAGOYA : Japanese Large-sized Port
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium is one of Japan’s larger and better aquaria. Moored in the harbor is the Fuji Icebreaker, the ship Japan used to explore the Antarctic Ocean from the 1960s to the 1980s Nagoya Port (名古屋港, Nagoyakō), south of Nagoya‘s city center, is one of Japan’s largest…
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Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Nagoya strengthen relationship via cooperation agreement
As part of the princely economic mission to Japan, the ports of Antwerp-Zeebrugge and Nagoya have signed a renewed cooperation agreement to further expand their trade relations and deepen their collaboration Princely mission to Japan Port of Antwerp-Bruges is participating in the princely economic mission to Japan this week. Japan…
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$175 million to upgrade Oakland Seaport gateway
Investment is one of many projects to promote goods movement fluidity and sustainable cargo growth The California Transportation Commission (CTC) approved $175 million in funding today for the 7th Street Grade Separation East Project (Project). The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) partnered with the CTC and the City and…
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DP World and Puntland Government sign construction agreement to upgrade Port of Bosaso
DP World and Somalia’s Government of Puntland, today signed a construction agreement for expansion and upgrade work at the Port of Bosaso. “The expansion and upgrade of the Port of Bosaso is key to Puntland’s economic growth, which will benefit not just the people of the state, but also Somalia…
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ٌReuters : CMA CGM to buy GCT Bayonne and New York terminals in US
Together the terminals have a capacity of two million twenty-foot equivalent units. (Reuters) – CMA CGM, one of the world’s largest container shipping lines, said that it has agreed to acquire two container terminals at the port of New York and New Jersey from Global Container Terminals (GCT), which will…
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“Mawani” obtains the qualification certificate from “EFQM”.
Saudi Ports “Mawani” announced that it had achieved a qualification certificate from the European Foundation for Quality Management “EFQM” as the first entity to obtain this classification in the transport system, after it was able to comply with the standards of the European Foundation for Quality Management model. This comes…
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