Cuba
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Ports and Logistics
Cuba’s Mariel Container Terminal completes expansion to allow access for neopanamax vessels
The Mariel Container Terminal (TCM) – the main container terminal in Cuba, with a yearly container throughput of approximately 300,000…
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Ports and Logistics
Venezuela to assist Cuba with reconstruction of Matanzas port damaged by five-day fire
Cuba’s largest port for crude oil and fuel imports was heavily damaged in a fire that started on August 5 after…
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Ports and Logistics
Massive fire at Cuba’s largest port for crude oil and fuel imports threatens electricity generation
Lightning struck a crude oil storage tank at Cuba’s main oil terminal in Matanzas on Friday, sparking a massive fire.…
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Containers
MSC most recent carrier sued under US law on Cuban trade
Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has been sued in a US court for violating the Helms-Burton Act. The Act is intended…
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Americas
PDVSA has resumed shipping crude oil to Cuba
Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA resumed shipping exports of light crude oil to Cuba in March, according to Reuters citing…
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Americas
Two Mississippi ports sign deals with Cuba
Two ports in Mississippi have signed deals to pave the way for possible improved business relations with Cuba, according to…
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Americas
Alabama’s port authority signs MOU with Cuba
The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) has signed a deal to co-operate with the National Port Administration of Cuba, opening…
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Americas
US and Cuba reach deal defining offshore boundaries on Gulf of Mexico continental shelf
In one of the final acts of President Barack Obama’s administration, the US signed a bilateral treaty with Cuba on…
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Americas
US, Mexico and Cuba on verge of deal to define offshore territorial limits that overlap in Gulf of Mexico
The US, Mexico and Cuba are on the verge of signing a deal to define the territorial water boundaries between…
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Americas
BGP starts geological survey offshore Cuba
China-based BGP, one of the world’s leading geophysical services companies, announced it has begun work offshore Cuba compiling 25,000km-worth of…
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Americas
Mexico, the US and Cuba discussing overlapping offshore rights in Gulf of Mexico’s Western Polygon
Representatives from Mexico, the US and Cuba met in Mexico City in a continuing effort to delineate each country’s rights…
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Americas
US loosens anti-terrorism restrictions on Cuban shipping
Shipping between the US and Cuba took another step toward possible normality on Thursday with the announcement by the US…
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Americas
Virginia first US port to tie-up in Cuba
The Port Authority of Virginia on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Port of Mariel in Cuba,…
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Americas
Grimaldi Group bound for Cuba
Central America, and specifically the island of Cuba, will probably become the next important step for the Grimaldi Group’s business…
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Americas
Cuba planning deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Cuba’s state oil company has announced plans to drill deepwater wells in its Gulf of Mexico waters in co-operation with…
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Americas
US announces further relaxing of embargo on Cuba
The White House announced on Friday further loosening of its trade embargo with Cuba, according to Reuters and US National…
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Americas
Conference on offshore drilling safety another step in thaw between US and Cuba
With the thaw in US-Cuba relations, oil industry leaders and experts from both countries are planning a symposium on offshore…
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Americas
US and Cuba shipping bill clears first committee hurdle
Washington: Restrictions on shipping, trade and citizens’ travel between the US and Cuba came closer to being loosened on Thursday…
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Americas
Cuban shipping firms taken off US sanctions list earlier than expected
San Francisco: A number of Cuban shipping firms will be earlier-than-expected beneficiaries of the thaw in relations with the US…
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