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NYK and Knutsen Group Establish New Company for Liquefied CO2 Transportation and Storage Business
NYK and the Knutsen Group of Norway have established a joint venture company for the commercial development of a liquefied CO2 marine transportation and storage business worldwide using the Knutsen developed technology PCO2® which allows transport of liquified CO2 at ambient temperatures. NYK and the Knutsen Group, will each hold…
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CMA CGM and TotalEnergies introduce LNG bunkering operation in Marseille
France’s TotalEnergies, in partnership with CMA CGM, has introduced the inaugural ship-to-containership liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in the Port of Marseille Fos, Southern France. The CMA CGM BALI, a 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) LNG-powered containership deployed on the MEX 1 service linking Asia and South Europe, will…
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Nor-Shipping 2022 Thought Leader – Håkan Agnevall, CEO, Wärtsilä
Håkan Agnevall, CEO at Wärtsilä, wants to position the marine and energy giant as the natural partner for industry, and society, looking to translate climate ambition to reality. His vision is clear and, he argues ahead of Nor-Shipping 2022, real change is already tantalizingly close at hand. It’s rare for…
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Maersk opens its logistics center for South Western Europe at port of Barcelona (Zal Port)
A.P. Moller-Maersk starts up a newly built 8,168 m2 facility that will provide logistics services to the Iberian Peninsula and the South of France while meeting the highest energy efficiency and sustainability criteria. Barcelona: Built in the Port of Barcelona, Maersk’s new logistics center is a state-of-the-art facility with an…
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Record figures in Polish ports
The past year in Poland was marked by disruptions in supply chains. The Polish ports will most likely finish the year with a throughput growth – even in comparison to 2019, despite facing a lot of hindrances this year. The container throughput grew by 3.5 percent in the period from…
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Port of Oakland import volume hit a new record in 2021
Oakland, Calif. Containerized, loaded import cargo volume hit a new record at the Port of Oakland in 2021. The Port today reported that it handled the equivalent of 1.05 million 20-foot import containers in 2021. That was the most in Oakland’s 94-year history and 6 percent above 2020 totals. Record…
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ITF warns Patrick Terminals’ approach will cause Australian consumers supply chain pain
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is warning that Patrick Terminals’ bid terminates its long-standing workplace agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) will be devastating for workers and disruptive for Australia’s supply chains. Canceling the collective agreement would push 1,000 dockworkers in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Fremantle onto…
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Maersk Drilling secures 21-month contract with TotalEnergies
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract with TotalEnergies E&P Danmark which will employ the high-efficiency jack-up rig Maersk Reacher for well intervention services in the Danish North Sea. The contract is expected to commence in July 2022, with a duration of 21 months. The contract includes options to extend…
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Port of Koper ( Luka ) : Maritime throughput in 2021
In 2021, there was a gradual recovery of the global economy and a strengthening of economic activity in the international context, which affected the business results of the Luka Koper. The maritime throughput reached 20,8 million tons; a 7 percent increase compared to the previous year. Higher throughput of both…
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Port of Koper : Increasing the container yard capacity on Pier No. 1
The first phase of the container terminal extension was completed in June 2021, with the construction of 100 meters quayside extension. We continued with the construction of the new adjacent yard areas which should be finished by mid-2022. In the meantime, we already started to use about half of the…
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