Ports & Terminals

Fast delivery of Damen’s first customised Cutter Suction Dredger to Brazil

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

The standard dredger was adapted to meet Brazilian Naval requirements and received additional options as per customer request.

Port of Davisville breaks annual auto import record in October

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

For the 11th time in the past 12 years, the Port of Davisville has broken its annual auto import record, this time on October 18, the earliest date ever.

ILTA board elects Clifford R. “Kip” Middendorf as Chairman

The board of directors of the International Liquid Terminals Association today elected Clifford R. “Kip” Middendorf for a one-year term as the chairman of the board, effective through October 2020. Middendorf is vice president and managing director of Wolf Lakes Terminals.

AAPA urges more funding for port infrastructure development program

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The American Association of Port Authorities is very concerned with the U.S. Senate’s approval today of a fiscal 2020 appropriations bill that cuts funding by more than two-thirds to a U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) program that provides critical grants for port infrastructure projects nationwide.

Virginia begins first phase of 55-foot dredging project ahead of schedule

AJOT Newsroom | October 31, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

The Port of Virginia® is beginning work on its ship-channel deepening-and-widening project as the staging of heavy equipment needed for the project got underway today following one last approval from the federal government.

SAFIR demonstrates economic viability of drone traffic in Port of Antwerp

AJOT Newsroom | October 31, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

Latin America ports expand target to include shippers and forwarders

AJOT Newsroom | October 31, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

Steel piles from SSAB help Port of Gdańsk to jump up on the podium

AJOT Newsroom | October 31, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

A new combi wall at the Port of Gdańsk, Poland, begun in February 2019, will result in a new wharf by 2020 that will be 1,220 meters (4,000 feet) long. The most important part of the wharf, the steel piles, came from SSAB.

AIRBUS and HAROPA - Port of Le Havre sign two partnership agreements

AJOT Newsroom | October 30, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

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AJOT Newsroom | October 30, 2019

PhilaPort and partners Glovis America, Inc. celebrate opening of the Southport Auto Terminal and VPC

PhilaPort officially opened its first Terminal in over 45 years. The $110 million 155-acre Southport Auto Terminal and Vehicle Processing Center (VPC) was opened with a ceremonial Ribbon Cutting this morning. Governor Tom Wolf along with the facilities operator Glovis America’s CEO and Head of Americas of Hyundai Glovis Mr. JinWoo Jeong cut the ribbon marking completion of construction and the opening of the state-of-the-art VPC.

AAPA congratulates Chairman DeFazio’s passage of HMT full use legislation

AJOT Newsroom | October 29, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), the unified and collective voice of America’s seaports, supports H.R. 2440, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, advanced on Oct. 28 in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ag Coast of America now has all the ingredients in place to feed the world

AJOT Newsroom | October 29, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

Octopi by Navis unveils expanded general cargo functionality

AJOT Newsroom | October 29, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

Ports & Terminals

Stas Margaronis | October 28, 2019

U.S. port execs tell Propeller Club, trade dispute with China hurts imports and exports

At the annual Propeller Club convention that took place at New Orleans between October 15-17, representatives of the Ports of New Orleans, Virginia, Seattle and Tacoma, reported declines in business due to the U.S. trade dispute with China

Aspectum releases a new interactive map of Marseille Fos Port with key units of infrastructure

Aspectum | October 28, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Aspectum, a cloud-based solution for location data visualization and analysis, has released a new interactive map that allows to analyze opportunities for port infrastructure development as well as to track the terminal capacity and loaded volume of the vessels in the port harbor, plus monitor the virtual gates for inland transportation to avoid delivery delays.

The Canal of Death is now an economic gateway for Eastern Europe

Bloomberg | October 27, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway

Shippers in Seoul and Shanghai showing increased interest in the Southern Gateway Alternative as Contship Italia embarks upon its 5th Roadshow in Asia

Port throughput indices for August

AJOT Newsroom | October 24, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports worldwide, representing over 75% of global volumes. The base point for the indices is January 2012 = 100.

ICTSI builds Umm Qasr deep-water capacity

AJOT Newsroom | October 24, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) formally inaugurates two new berths which for the first time offer the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq’s main dry cargo port, the ability to handle container vessels of up to 14,000TEU.