Ports and Logistics
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Port of LA releases oil terminal environmental study
The Port of Los Angeles on Thursday released an initial study on the environmental implications of a proposed Marine Oil…
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MSC under fire over state aid allegations
A few weeks after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation questioning whether the Italian government propped up Italian shipyard…
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Hong Kong container terminals renew plea for more land
The Hong Kong Container Terminal Operators Association (HKCTOA) has renewed its plea for more land and barge berths at the…
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Beijing relaxes FTZ restrictions
China’s State Council has released a document with revised regulations on the country’s four free trade zones (FTZs) in Shanghai,…
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Magellan to build Pasedena product terminal
Magellan Midstream Partners will construct a new high-capacity marine terminal along the Houston Ship Channel in Pasadena, Texas to handle…
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Cosco Pacific changes name
Hong Kong-listed Cosco Pacific, the port investment vehicle of China Cosco Shipping Group, has announced that the board has approved…
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Vessel impounded for smuggling arms sinks in the Philippines
A vessel confiscated in 2009 by the Philippines’ Bureau of Customs for arms smuggling has sunk in Manila Bay due to…
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ICTSI signs Australian loan facility for new Melbourne terminal
Describing it as “an early victory for one of ICTSI’s most anticipated container terminal projects,” the Philippine terminal operator today…
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Ports America reportedly up for sale
Bloomberg is reporting that Ports America is looking at selling up for as much as $1bn. The firm is owned…
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Shipping disrupted at Santos port by warehouse fire at sugar terminal
Shipping operations at a sugar and grain terminal in Brazil’s Santos port were disrupted for a while on Thursday after…
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Thoresen Thai pockets $800,000 from agency sale
Thoresen Thai Agencies (TTA) has sold its 49% stake in agency business Thoresen Shipping and Logistics (TSL) to its joint…
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Funding given for Port Saint John modernization project
Federal and provincial authorities have committed to funding the lion’s share of modernization costs for Port Saint John, eastern Canada’s…
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Corruption scandal threatens APM Terminals’ concession in Guatemala
APM Terminals risks losing a prime 25-year concession at a port in Guatemala as a major bribery scandal unwinds in…
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Rail strikes force Cosco to shift boxes from Piraeus to Slovenia
China Cosco Shipping’s controversial take over of Greece’s largest port has suffered another setback. Greek politicians finally greenlighted the sale…
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China to trial shore power port projects
China’s Ministry of Transport has announced a list of seven projects that has been selected for the trial operation of…
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Facebook video of Maersk-chartered boxship hitting Antwerp berth goes viral
Two days after it rammed a berth in Antwerp the Korean built , a 10,000 teu containership on long term…
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Struggling Hanjin Shipping offloading stake in Vietnamese terminal
Financially troubled Hanjin Shipping is selling its stake in Tan Cang Cai Mep International Terminal (TCIT) in southern Vietnam. The…
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Final investment decision on LNG Canada is postponed
Multinational partners in an LNG Canada project, with its planned terminal in British Columbia, have put off indefinitely a final…
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Libya’s National Oil Corporation hopeful of ports reopening
The chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has described efforts to reopen four oil export ports in the war-torn…
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Ruscon integrates terminal operations in Novorossiysk
RUSCON is integrating its terminal operations close to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in order to increase the efficiency…
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