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| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech
Today, the Port of South Louisiana officially dedicated and named its two Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Portal Harbor Cranes for its public facility, the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal Dock along the Mississippi River. These cranes have increased the Port’s capacity for handling bulk materials and will allow for the handling of containers and project cargo.
| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
MSC is planning to adjust the sailing programme on its Asia to North America network in week 33.
| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
Drewry’s composite World Container Index decreased by 3% to $6,223.82 per 40ft container this week.
| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Technology
| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals
The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday welcomed Pasha Hawaii’s MV George III, the first container ship powered by liquefied natural gas to refuel on the West Coast. The ship’s LNG-powered engines are dramatically cleaner than those of a traditional cargo ship.
| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Technology
The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, in partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution deployed a second acoustic monitoring buoy, aptly named CMA CGM Sea Guardian-Savannah, 39 miles off the coast of Savannah, Ga. The first was launched off the coast of Norfolk, Va., last month. The buoys are designed to increase North Atlantic right whale detection efforts along this heavily trafficked route and will thus help protect the critically endangered species.
| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Bulk | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Bulk
| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
• Average container prices halved from August 2021; leasing rates decline by 17% from June to July this year • China to Canada one-way leasing rates decline at the highest rate by 49 per cent as compared to China to any other country
| August 18, 2022 | Maritime | Bulk | Ports & Terminals
| August 17, 2022 | Maritime | Technology | Energy | Alternative
Oslo, Norway-based MPC Container Ships (MPCCS) has announced that it is partnering with North Sea Container Line (NCL) and materials producer Elkem on an order for two 1,300 TEU ‘carbon neutral’ methanol powered container ships.
| August 17, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
• Recorded Q2 2022 net income of $1.34 billion; continued to deliver very strong operating margins • Reaffirmed 2022 full year guidance: Expect to generate record adjusted EBITDA of $7.8-$8.2 billion and adjusted EBIT of $6.3-$6.7 billion • Increased quarterly dividend payout to 30% of net income; declared Q2 2022 dividend of approximately $571 million, or of $4.75 per share
| August 17, 2022 | Maritime | Bulk | Energy
Giant supertankers that haul crude oil across the globe are making the most money in more than two years, buoyed by swelling shipments from the US and the Middle East.
| August 17, 2022 | Maritime
| August 17, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
| August 17, 2022 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals | Terminals
Over $200 million of direct additional value provided to Delaware taxpayers in first 3 years of operations
| August 17, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Intermodal | Road | Logistics
| August 17, 2022 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project | Maritime | Technology | Energy | Alternative
Steerprop, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance propulsion systems has been awarded a major order to supply the complete propulsion package for a state-of-the-art Wind Installation Vessel (WIV). The order builds upon Steerprop’s extensive support and successful track record in delivering fit-for-purpose solutions to the offshore renewables sector.
| August 16, 2022 | Maritime | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
| August 16, 2022 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Wilhelmsen UAE worked alongside their maritime logistics team and client to ship steel rebars from the United Arab Emirates, which weighed a hefty 45,000mt.
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