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The Trump administration has proposed fees on the use of China’s commercial ships to combat the Asian giant’s maritime dominance, Bloomberg reported Feb. 21The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative outlined a plan for fees on Chinese-built ships that transport traded goods, as well as cabotage mandates requiring a portion of U.S. products to be moved on U.S. vessels.The proposal, announced Feb. 21, is based on a trade investigation into ...
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HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, or HD-KSAOE, has revealed the design for a 15,000-twenty-foot-equivalent unit nuclear-powered containership that employs modular reactor technology.
The design, which was revealed Feb. 12 at the New Nuclear for Maritime Houston Summit at the Asia Society Texas Center, has ...
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Rank-and-file members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, overwhelmingly agreed to ratify provisions of a new six-year master contract with U.S. Maritime Alliance, or USMX.The ILA represents some 47,000 longshore workers at U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts ports, and nearly 99 percent of its ...
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Maryland officials on Feb. 4 unveiled the new design concept for the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild, which will replace one of Baltimore’s most iconic transportation landmarks.The design is a significant milestone in the multiyear project to restore the connection following the allision of the ...
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ABB, the Swedish-Swiss electric engineering corporation, and Sage Geosystems, a leading geothermal baseload and energy storage company, have agreed to collaborate on developing energy storage and geothermal power generation facilities that utilize natural heat from the earth’s core to produce clean electricity.The collaboration will allow ...
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Singaporean project heavy-lift carrier AAL Shipping, or AAL, has chosen the ABB Ability OCTOPUS marine advisory system to optimize operations of its high-performance fleet of Super B heavy-lift vessels.ABB, the Swedish-Swiss electric engineering corporation, said its technology will help AAL enhance the safety and efficiency ...
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DP World’s ports and terminals handled a record 88.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, in 2024, up 8.3 percent year-on-year despite macroeconomic headwinds and concerns over the outlook for global trade.The Middle East logistics giant, whose global logistics business has capacity to handle more ...
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SC Ports proudly welcomed the OOCL Iris to the Wando Welch Terminal on Feb. 18. At 16,8282 TEUs, vessel is the largest to ever call Port of Charleston.The record was previously held by CMA CGM’s Marco Polo, which first called on Wando Welch in May ...
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Freight forwarder Yusen Logistics Co. Ltd. said it has reached an agreement for sustainable shipping solutions through liner shipper Ocean Network Express’ ONE LEAF+ green shipping service.Under this agreement, ONE will use sustainable biofuels for propulsion, achieving up to 84 percent reduction in well-to-wake CO2 ...
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DP World, the Middle East-based logistics and supply chain solutions giant, has commenced its berth expansion at the Port of Posorja in Guayaquil, Ecuador.The project will significantly increase DP World’s terminal capacity at the deepwater port, consolidating Posorja’s role as a strategic gateway for international ...
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