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deugro Delivers Well Fluid Slug Catcher

deugro Oman has delivered a 254-tonne well fluid slug catcher from Nizwa, Oman via the Port of Duqm, Oman, to Mina Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi, UAE.deugro was awarded the contract for this project based on the technical concept, including a sophisticated transport engineering solution and timely ocean freight options despite extremely tight timelines. To ensure the safe and on-time movement of the oversized and heavy-lift slug catcher, deugro arranged for ... [+]

Chipolbrok Boym on Maiden Voyage

Chipolbrok said the Boym, the sixth vessel in a series of 62,000-DWT multipurpose ships ordered by the Polish-Chinese shipping line in 2021, set sail on its maiden voyage Aug. 9.The Boym, which joins as a third-party vessel within Chipolbrok’s collection, was recently christened at Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.In its ... [+]

AOTOS to Honor Nolan, Tellez, Thorogood

The United Seamen’s Service’s 55th annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea, or AOTOS, Awards will be presented to Tim Nolan, president and CEO of the TOTE Group; Augustin “Augie” Tellez, executive vice president of the Seafarers International Union; and Daniel J. Thorogood, CEO of Fairwater.The awards, the traditional silver statuette ... [+]

AAL Shipping Achieves 2023 ESG Targets

Project heavy-lift carrier AAL Shipping said it successfully met all its 2023 annual targets related to environment, energy conservation, social and governance, or ESG, as detailed in its second publicly available Sustainability Report.“Despite the challenges facing the shipping sector in 2023, our commitment to sustainability was and is unwavering,” said ... [+]

Long Beach Port Budget Tops $760 Million

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a US$760 million fiscal year 2025 budget for the Port of Long Beach, which establishing a plan to fund new capital improvements in rail, zero-emissions and other infrastructure.The budget, subject to approval by the Long Beach City Council, includes a record US$25.8 ... [+]

Drewry: Optimized Port Calls Would Cut GHG

SMART port technologies that facilitate ‘just in time’ ship arrivals could significantly reduce greenhouse and pollutant gas emissions at global container ports, Drewry said in its latest quarterly Ports and Terminals Insight report.             Investing in such technologies at ports with a disproportionate amount of waiting time will generate the highest ... [+]

Baltimore Shipping Channel Restored

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving has restored the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial maritime transit through the Port of Baltimore, 11 weeks after a containership collided with ... [+]

AAL Hamburg Embarks on Maiden Voyage

Project heavy-lift carrier AAL Shipping has taken delivery of the second of eight vessels in its Super B-Class newbuilding series, AAL Hamburg, following the formal naming ceremony at the CSSC Huangpu-Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, China.             Officially named after the historic German port city and strategic hub for AAL’s European operations. ... [+]

Rail Vision Installs AI-driven Product

Rail Vision Ltd., an Israeli technology company, reported the successful installation of its AI-driven ShuntingYard product for an undisclosed Class I, U.S.-based rail freight company.             The railroad will use the system on its locomotive for evaluation in different scenarios related to safety and efficiency.             This installation follows the purchase order ... [+]

Global Forwarding Market to Expand 1.7%

Challenges arising from a global economic downturn, shifts in consumer behavior, and an oversupply shipping capacity have led the global freight forwarding market to contract by 1.3 percent in 2023, according to a report from Ti Insight.             The Global Freight Forwarding 2024 Report, Ti Insight, the market research firm for ... [+]

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