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September 2020

Port of Rotterdam Authority to deepen Amazonehaven basin

The ECT Delta Terminal receives some of the largest container ships in the world. To ensure that in terms of nautical accessibility, it continues to meet the requirements of the next generation of container ships, a 500-meter stretch of the Amazonehaven port basin at Maasvlakte will be deepened from 16.65 meters to 17.45 meters. This project, commissioned by the Port of Rotterdam Authority in partnership with Hutchison Ports ECT ... [+]

First Foreign Flagged Vessel to Bunker LNG at a US Port

FURE VEN, a dual-fueled vessel owned and operated by Furetank of Donsö, Sweden, a global leader in the development of efficient and environmentally friendly product & chemical tankers, has become the first non-U.S. flagged vessel to bunker LNG in the United States. Eagle LNG Partners, a pioneer in small-scale LNG ... [+]

Bahri boosts dry-bulk fleet with addition of newbuild Alanood

Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, announces that the company took delivery of its new dry-bulk carrier ‘Alanood’ on August 31, making it the second newbuild vessel to join the company’s market-leading fleet this year. The Kamsarmax-class carrier lifts the number of Bahri’s dry-bulk fleet to seven, cementing ... [+]

DB Schenker delivers world’s largest rail mounted machine

DB Schenker has successfully delivered almost 200 components for the world’s largest rail mounted vehicles with a total weight of 90,000 freight tons to BHP’s $3.6 billion South Flank project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Once assembled by the engineers of thyssenkrupp Mining Technologies, the fully autonomous stackers ... [+]

Looking back on WW11

Savannah, Brunswick played an important role in WWII Liberty ship Construction. During World War II, 173 Liberty ships were launched at Savannah and Brunswick. The ships delivered supplies to America’s allies. During World War II, 173 Liberty ships were launched at Savannah and Brunswick. They hauled trucks, tanks, ammunition, crated aircraft, ... [+]

4 latest-generation gantries brought to Le Havre

Port du Havre, France's premier container port for foreign trade, has welcomed four of the world's largest latest-generation gantries to the GMP - PortSynergy-operated Terminal de France. Over the space of a week, August 17-23, teams mobilized on site worked to unload the gantries: an exceptional operation organized by GMP. ... [+]

CSafe Global Opens Hub Operations in Taipei

CSafe Global, the innovation leader in temperature-controlled container solutions for the transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals, has once again expanded their global reach and local presence with the opening of a new hub operation in Taipei, Taiwan. This new addition to CSafe’s worldwide container operations facilities ensures Taiwan’s thriving biotech and pharmaceutical ... [+]

GT USA Welcomes Binderholz GmbH

GT USA, the US arm of Gulftainer, a privately owned independent port operator headquartered in the UAE, recently received its first shipment from Binderholz GmbH (Binderholz), a family-owned, leading European timber company with operations in Austria, Germany and Finland, which utilizes cutting edge technology and production methods. Binderholz produces ... [+]

Lufthansa welcomes eighth Boeing 777F aircraft in Frankfurt

Boeing 777F landed at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) on August 31. The cargo aircraft with registration D-ALFH was in flight for 9 hours and 24 minutes after its take-off from Everett Airport (PAE) in Washington State, USA. It is the eighth aircraft of this type in Lufthansa Cargo's freighter fleet. "The ... [+]

Oregon International Port of Coos Bay

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers coastal dredging contractor was in Coos Bay conducting dredging operations within the Charleston federal navigation channel during the last week of August. Recognizing an opportunity to realize significant cost savings associated with mobilization and demobilization to the south coast, the Port entered into a ... [+]

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