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Port Freeport took delivery of two super-post-Panamax, ship-to-shore gantry cranes on Sept. 22 at the port's Velasco Container Terminal.
Transported fully erected about the heavy-lift vessel Zhen Hua 29, the cranes were carefully offloaded and secured to the docks. Following installation and testing this fall, the new equipment will be placed in service, dramatically expanding the port's capacity for handling containers.
Rob Giesecke, chairman of the Port Freeport Commission, said the cranes ...
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The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday was awarded US$20 million by the California Energy Commission to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines.
As the largest recipient of the agency's Offshore Wind Energy ...
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Retail sales slowed on a monthly basis in September after a busy summer, but year-over-year increases remain strong as retailers prepare for the holiday season, said the National Retail Federation.
According to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, powered by Affinity Solutions, total retail sales, excluding automobiles and ...
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BIMCO said it has adopted a Methanol Annex to its Bunker Terms 2018, the latest addition to the Danish international shipping association’s portfolio of contracts and clauses that support the maritime industry’s transition towards alternative fuels and decarbonization.
The annex, adopted by BIMCO’s documentary committee, provides ...
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Damen Marine Components (DMC) has contracted to supply rudders, steering gear and nozzles to two major newbuilding projects covering 14 multipurpose vessels at Udupi Cochin Shipyard and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders in India.
In its first-ever collaboration with Udupi Cochin Shipyard, project involves eight 6,300 DWT MPVs ...
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DHL Group on Oct. 1 opened its new Europe Innovation Center in Troisdorf, Germany, a major step in its commitment to shaping the future of logistics through customer-centric innovation.
The expanded and upgraded center near the group’s Bonn headquarters supports development and real-world application of technologies ...
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Hapag-Lloyd and Shell Western LNG B.V. (Shell) have signed a multi-year agreement for the supply of liquefied biomethane starting with immediate effect. The agreement builds on a strategic collaboration established in 2023 to accelerate the decarbonization of alternative marine fuels.
Biomethane, also known as Bio-LNG, plays ...
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The Port of New Orleans, or Port NOLA said its Louisiana International Terminal project became the first new project in the U.S. and Louisiana to register with the Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Framework project.
Port NOLA said it registered LIT with the globally recognized framework to standardize ...
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The International Air Transport Association, or IATA, and carbon market stakeholders are calling on governments worldwide to urgently address the limited supply of carbon credits available for airlines to fulfill their carbon compliance.
Airlines face these obligations under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International ...
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Hapag-Lloyd and DHL Global Forwarding, in joint efforts to decarbonize supply chains, signed a three-year framework agreement for the purchase of Scope 3 greenhouse gas emission reductions from the use of sustainable marine fuels within the ocean carrier’s fleet.
As part of this agreement, the first ...
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