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Ships sail from Ukraine despite Russia suspending grain deal
Yesterday’s caravan of 15 or more grain ships safely reached Bosphorus zone. On Nov 1 at least 3 ships left Ukrainian ports, including 2 ships operated by UAE-based companies, and 1 Turkish ship. it seems highly likely, that all the ships presently docked at Ukrainian ports (at least 13 AIS-visible),…
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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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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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Keel laying of Spirit of Tasmania car and passenger ferry celebrated in Rauma shipyard
Today, Rauma shipyard celebrated the keel laying ceremony of Spirit of Tasmania IV, a vessel being built for the Tasmanian TT-Line Company. A significant player in maritime transport between mainland Australia and Tasmania, TT-Line has commissioned two identical Spirit of Tasmania vessels from RMC. The large-scale project is the biggest…
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Federal Government approves investment by CSPL in operating company HHLA Container Terminal
With the city of Hamburg as its main shareholder, HHLA will continue as an independent and listed company. The German government has approved the acquisition of a minority stake of less than 25 percent in the operating company HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort GmbH (CTT) by the Chinese company COSCO Shipping…
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A.P. Moller – Maersk launches U.S.-Korea air freight service and strengthens its integrated air cargo operation
Copenhagen, Denmark – A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) today announced the inaugural flight of Maersk Air Cargo´s new air freight service with scheduled flights between Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (GSP) and Incheon, Korea (ICN) stretching the wings of its newly introduced cargo airline for the first time. The scheduled transpacific operation…
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Jeddah Islamic Port Receives First Vessel on MSC’s New Shipping Service
Jeddah Islamic Port has today received the first vessel on the Himalaya Express shipping service, which was added by the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a global leader in transportation and logistic The new shipping service connects the Kingdom to 260 global ports that are dotted across Northern Europe, The Americas,…
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Port of Baltimore to receive new container terminal
The new project is expected to help create 1,000 new jobs in the region. Tradepoint Atlantic has entered a partnership with Terminal Investment for the construction of an on-site 165-acre rail-served container terminal at Coke Point in the Port of Baltimore, Maryland, US. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed…
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HARREN GROUP GOES AFRICA
A new era begins: German shipping and logistics expert Harren Group extends its presence in Africa by opening its first office on the continent. Harren Nigeria in Lagos is led by Managing Director Paul Okpurughre. “The new office represents the entire Harren Group and serves as a basis for further…
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Port of Rotterdam : Digitisation of airspace for the use of drones
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has to prepare the airspace for these applications and is therefore setting up a U-Space Airspace prototype – more or less the counterpart of air traffic control for aircraft. To test in practice how we should organise the airspace over the port and keep it…
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