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Thursday, February 16, 2023
Tiny Puerto Rican Port Gets New Life as ‘Smart’ Test Lab for Trade Fluidity
Ports

Tiny Puerto Rican Port Gets New Life as ‘Smart’ Test Lab for Trade Fluidity

By Jim Wyss (Bloomberg) — Scale AI, a California-based artificial-intelligence company, has found an oddity in Puerto Rico’s Port of Ponce — two

February 16, 2023
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
port of savannah
Ports

Port of Savannah Sees Cargo Volumes Dip in January

The Port of Savannah saw total cargo volumes dip 11.5 percent last month compared to January 2022 amid reduced orders in retail and manufacturing, the Georgia

February 15, 2023
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Monday, February 13, 2023
First Segment of Houston Ship Channel Expansion Project Completed
Ports

First Segment of Houston Ship Channel Expansion Project Completed

Port officials in Houston are announcing the completion of the first segment of the $1 billion Houston Ship Channel expansion project. The project, officially

February 13, 2023
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ship pilot ladder
Ports

Singapore Harbor Pilot Killed in Fall Accident

A Singaporean harbor pilot has died after falling overboard while disembarking a vessel off of Singapore’s Southern Islands, the Maritime and Port

February 13, 2023
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A containership at the Port of Long Beach
Ports

Port of Long Beach ‘Optimistic’ About Regaining Market Share

There’s no doubt about it… The Port of Long Beach is seeing reduced cargo. Softened consumer spending, increased prices driven by inflation and a shift

February 13, 2023
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Saturday, February 11, 2023
Loadings Of Turkish BTC Pipeline Oil Could Begin Within Days
Ports

Loadings Of Turkish BTC Pipeline Oil Could Begin Within Days

ISTANBUL, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Turkey’s Ceyhan port could resume loading oil from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in one or two days

February 11, 2023
Total Views: 2621

Cargo containers pile up at a marine terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
Ports

Patience Wanes Over West Coast Port-Labor Talks As Cargo Drops

By Laura Curtis and Augusta Saraiva Feb 10, 2023 (Bloomberg) –Talks for a new labor pact between West Coast dockworkers and their employers are

February 11, 2023
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Friday, February 10, 2023
Turkey Port Fire
Ports

Iskenderun Port Resumes Operations After Massive Fire

by Can Sezer (Reuters) – A fire at Turkey’s Iskenderun port has been extinguished and maritime operations have resumed in the region,

February 10, 2023
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A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen next to tons of coal mined from the nearby Khanye Colliery mine, at the Bronkhorstspruit station, in Bronkhorstspruit, around 90 kilometres north-east of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Ports

Heavy Rain Halts Train Shipments To South African Ports

by Nelson Banya (Reuters) – South Africa’s logistics utility Transnet on Friday suspended freight rail services on its North East Corridor, which

February 10, 2023
Total Views: 1721

Bosphorus Strait
Ports

Repair Of Turkish Oil Export Control Room Could Take A Week

By Zulfugar Agayev (Bloomberg) Exports of Azerbaijan’s oil from Turkey are unlikely to resume this week because a control room at the port of Ceyhan

February 10, 2023
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
MARAD Announces Over $660 Million for Port Infrastructure Projects
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MARAD Announces Over $660 Million for Port Infrastructure Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the availability of more than $662 million in 2023 funding for

February 8, 2023
Total Views: 2151

offshore wind farm with vessel in foreground
Offshore

Crowley Moves to Secure Port Fourchon Site for Offshore Wind Terminal

Florida-based Crowley is taken a key step toward potentially developing an offshore wind terminal at Louisiana’s Port Fourchon, a key hub for the Gulf of

February 8, 2023
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Fire Extinguished at Turkey’s Iskenderun Port, Defense Ministry Says
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Fire Extinguished at Turkey’s Iskenderun Port, Defense Ministry Says

By Antony Paone ISKENDERUN, Turkey, Feb 7 (Reuters) – A fire that engulfed hundreds of shipping containers at Turkey’s

February 7, 2023
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Sunday, February 5, 2023
Italian Union Files Legal Complaint Against LNG Terminal
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Italian Union Files Legal Complaint Against LNG Terminal

(Reuters) – The Italian trade union USB filed a legal complaint against a plan by gas grid operator Snam SRG.MI to set up a new

February 5, 2023
Total Views: 2563

Saturday, February 4, 2023
Pakistan Inflation At 48-Year-High As Supplies Jam In Ports
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Pakistan Inflation At 48-Year-High As Supplies Jam In Ports

By Faseeh Mangi and Kamran Haider (Bloomberg) –Pakistan’s inflation quickened to the fastest in almost 48 years in January as thousands of

February 4, 2023
Total Views: 1428

Thursday, February 2, 2023
People sit at a beach cafe with the Britain's biggest container port Felixstowe seen behind
Ports

Could UK Freeports Become A Home For International Crime?

by Paul Michael Gilmour (University of Portsmouth) A significant element of the UK government’s levelling up plan to create thousands of jobs, regenerate

February 2, 2023
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Adani Ports Investors Panic – Bond Yields Drop to Junk Status
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Adani Ports Investors Panic – Bond Yields Drop to Junk Status

by Giulia Morpurgo (Bloomberg) Investors anxious over billionaire Gautam Adani’s business empire have sent some of his companies’ bond yields above 10%, a

February 2, 2023
Total Views: 2438

Tuesday, January 31, 2023
shipping containers
Ports

Adani Group Pledges More Shares of Ports Unit on Stock Rout

By P R Sanjai (Bloomberg) — The Adani Group pledged more shares of its ports arm to lenders, reflecting the growing spotlight on the conglomerate’s

January 31, 2023
Total Views: 1588

Port of Savannah Increasing Reefer Container Capacity
Ports

Port of Savannah Increasing Reefer Container Capacity

The Georgia Ports Authority is increasing chilled cargo capacity at the Port of Savannah to stay ahead of anticipated growth in demand for reefer container

January 31, 2023
Total Views: 1009

Thursday, January 26, 2023
Man Falls to Death on Maersk Ship at Port of Los Angeles
Accidents

Man Falls to Death on Maersk Ship at Port of Los Angeles

A man has died after falling some 50 feet onto the deck of a Maersk ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Fire

January 26, 2023
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