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The Dutch independent tank storage company Royal Vopak and Mitsui O.S.K lines of Japan are partnering up to operate an FSRU in Hong Kong. To this end, they have a long-term contract with the Hong Kong liquid natural gas terminal ...

Over 1800 vehicles from Mercedes Benz arrived at the port of Baltimore aboard the British registered car carrier, Noble Ace. 600 of these cars were delivered to the west coast but rerouted due to the logjam. Mercedes Benz is not ...

NOLA Oil Terminal LLC has announced that the construction work on the oil terminal project in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana has begun. In summer 2021, the Port of Plaquemines approved the $300 million wharf and dock bond funding for this project. ...

The US Customs and Border Protection reports that last month their officers working in conjunction with other forces have seized counterfeit products worth $30 million at the Los Angeles Seaport. The report highlighting the capture was released to warn the ...

Hamburg was added to the Baltic loop service by MSC in late November, indicating its importance as a growing hub for container traffic in the Baltic Sea region and the UK. Hamburg is said to be the most important connection ...

There has been a considerable decline in the number of ships waiting just outside the port of Long Beach in the past few months. This is hailed as a success on the port authorities and the beginning of the resolution ...

Plug Power, the hydrogen solutions provider, has decided to set up its new European headquarters at the Port of Duisburg. The new location will allow the company to capitalize on the significant assets present in the Duisburg region. The industrial ...

The Russian state oil giant Rosneft is building a port in the arctic to ship oil extracted from the Taymyr region in Siberia. This new port named Bukhta Sever will be located in the Kara Sea at the mouth of ...

The Dublin port company has planned the expansion of Ireland's largest container port to recognize the country's growing future needs. This also includes the construction of the largest container terminal in Ireland. With estimated cost of 1.6 billion euros extending ...

The Primorsky Universal transshipment complex has signed an agreement with the Russian federal agency FSUE Rosmorport for the construction of a deepwater universal port at Vyborg in the Leningrad region. This will be the largest investment project of the Russian ...

On Tuesday night, two female protestors named Hannah (21) and Zianna (28) entered the Port of Newcastle, climbed to the top of a machinery, and suspended themselves out of reach using an intricate set of ropes. This led to the ...

The Port of Long Beach has managed to successfully achieve all the 2023 emission reduction goals outlined in the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP). As per the US Port’s annual emission inventory report, there has been ...

To solve the infamous congestion at Western Ports of US, last month President Joe Biden ordered the California Ports to run operations 24/7 but the truckers now seem to be a challenge to the plan. The data shows that truckers ...

With the United Nations Climate Summit coming closer, the Greenpeace activists have increased their protest against the usage of fossil fuels. Now for the third time this month, they have disrupted the natural gas operations in Europe. On 26 October, ...

Addressing the cargo ship congestion, Seattle and Tacoma port authorities have announced extended gate hours at ports to handle the supply chain crisis. John Wolfe, CEO of The Northwest Seaport Alliance said that this is an unprecedented time for the ...

The Italian Shipbuilding giant, Fincantieri has committed to invest in the expansion of Progreso port in Yucatan, Mexico. Mauricio Vila, Governor, Yucatan has confirmed that Fincantieri will be putting in $220 million in the construction of the largest shipyard of ...

The United Kingdom's largest container port is the most recent port in the world to encounter difficulties owing to a boom in container shipping in 2021. As delays and congestion worsened, big carriers like Maersk began diverting ships away from ...

Germany’s efforts to import LNG for diversifying its energy supply has suffered another setback. After the Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal was canceled in April, now the planned LNG terminal in Rostock has been canceled by Novatek and Fluxys, citing the current ...

The Koh Tonsay tourism port is all set to begin construction in the middle of this month and it is expected that in the next 15 months the project will be completed. Located on Koh Tonsay Island, four kilometers off ...

Pakistan's Ministry of Maritime Affairs at the annual joint meeting of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), on September 26th, announced major investment plans by the Chinese government for the development of the Karachi Coastal Comprehensive Development Zone, or KCCDZ. ...