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Port Manatee brings Tillotson aboard as chief commercial officer

AJOT | June 03, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

As new chief commercial officer of Port Manatee, Charles D. Tillotson looks to bolster diverse cargo growth at the global gateway of Southwest and Central Florida.

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Concordia Damen signs historic contract with Lenten Scheepvaart for first ever inland hydrogen vessel

AJOT | June 02, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Concordia Damen has signed a historic contract with Lenten Scheepvaart. The contract, signed on 18th March by Harm Lenten and Concordia Damen CEO Chris Kornet, is for the construction of the first ever inland waterway vessel to run on hydrogen.

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Sweden’s first inland shipping barge shuttle service has started from Stockholm Norvik Port

AJOT | June 02, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway

Sweden’s first container barge shuttle service on inland waterways started operation on June 1st between Stockholm Norvik Port and the Port of Västerås. The container barge shuttle service carries the equivalent of around 200 road haulage vehicles, alleviating road network congestion and significantly decreasing carbon dioxide emissions in the region. Services will be operated by German shipping company Deymann.

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IMC Companies makes leadership team announcements

AJOT | June 02, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

IMC Companies, the nation's largest marine drayage company, recently made several announcements regarding its leadership team members at the company's annual Strategic Planning Meeting, held in Chicago.

MSC update on Yantian port congestion

AJOT | June 02, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

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Damen delivers two electrical booster stations to Johann Bunte Bauunternehmung

AJOT | June 01, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Damen has delivered two electrically powered booster stations to the German dredging contractor Johann Bunte Bauunternehmung GmbH & Co. KG. The zero emission high efficiency drive of the boosters marks an important step in the energy transition, going from diesel to green power. Both boosters will start on their first project in Niedersachsen, Germany in August.

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Erdogan vows to begin construction on Canal Istanbul in June

Bloomberg | June 01, 2021 | Maritime | Ports & Terminals

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the construction of a multi-billion dollar canal, an alternative to Istanbul’s Bosporus strait, will begin at the end of June as the pandemic continues to take its toll on the country’s ailing economy.

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SC Ports welcomes record-breaking CMA CGM MARCO POLO

AJOT | June 01, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Big-ship capabilities, cargo capacity to handle large vessels

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Egypt sounds optimistic tone about Ever Given compensation talks

Bloomberg | June 01, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

Discussions between Egypt and the owners of the giant container ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal are moving in a “positive direction,” a canal official said Sunday, as the two sides work to avoid a continued stand-off in court.

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Governor McKee notes continued progress in visit to Quonset Business Park

AJOT | June 01, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Governor Daniel J. McKee visited the Port of Davisville recently to cut the ribbon on the Port’s recently completed new berth. The Governor toured the construction at the Pier 2 modernization project, which will position Davisville to be a staging ground for future offshore wind projects. Governor McKee also toured North Atlantic Distribution (NORAD), which processes hundreds of thousands of automobiles annually before they are sent to car dealerships across the Northeast.

SeaGate Terminals, LLC announces Pursell as new industrial tenant at Savannah, GA location

AJOT | June 01, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

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[FBX Weekly] Shippers brace for GRIs as new congestion builds in Yantian

AJOT | June 01, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

Today, Nippon Cargo Airlines launched on WebCargo, bringing nearly a quarter of global airline capacity online - more than double what is was at the same time last year - with eBookings up by 20X.

One of world’s top ports expects delays on China covid outbreak

Ports & Terminals

Bloomberg | Top Story | May 31, 2021

One of world’s top ports expects delays on China covid outbreak

One of the world’s busiest ports could see shipments delayed as a Covid-19 outbreak that earlier closed part of the facility spurs stricter virus-control measures.

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Illinois Route 3 corridor attracting new interest and development

A 60-mile section of Route 3 that runs parallel to the Mississippi River in Illinois on the eastern side of the bi-state St. Louis region anchors an industrial corridor that is one of the premier manufacturing logistics hubs in the Midwest.

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Stockholm Norvik celebrates its first birthday

AJOT | May 28, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

One year after the first vessel call, Stockholm Norvik Port has become an important east coast logistics hub. Sweden’s first inland shipping barge shuttle service will also soon begin services from Stockholm Norvik.

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ICTSI Rio, Tora Group launch multimodal service

AJOT | May 27, 2021 | Intermodal | Ports & Terminals

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s Brazilian subsidiary ICTSI Rio Brasil and the Tora Group, one of the largest logistics solutions providers in the country, have launched a new service for consolidated import cargos bound for Betim in Minas Gerais.

Positive first-quarter throughput trend in Port of Hamburg

AJOT | May 27, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

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Valenciaport installs a pioneering system of solar panels that can be walked on

AJOT | May 27, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

• The solar paving is located on the north dock of the Port of València and can be used both in pedestrian areas and in areas of occasional traffic • Innovation and sustainability, two priority axes in the Valenciaport 2030 strategy, zero emissions, come together in this project which places the Port Authority of Valencia as a benchmark in decarbonisation and SmartPorts • The project, implemented by the start-up Solum, is part of the SuperLabPorts initiative and is co-financed by the Valenciaport Foundation with the support of the PAV within the framework of the EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator