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USACE Awards First Contract for Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $15.4 million dollar contract on September 14 to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation for the first phase of the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project. Construction will commence in the fall of 2020 with expected completion in May 2021. The Project will deepen the Freeport Harbor Channel to depths ranging from 51 to 56 feet Mean Lower Low Water and widen one ... [+]

Biggest Vessel in Port of Virginia’s History Calls

At more than 1,200 feet long and nearly 170 feet wide, the containership CMA CGM Brazil is massive. It is more than 100 feet longer than most U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and is bigger than any containership to call The Port of Virginia® or come ... [+]

COSCO MALAYSIA rescues four from sailboat off Tampa Port

On September 13th, the Captain and crew of the COSCO SHIPPING Lines container ship COSCO MALAYSIA rescued a sailboat crew in distress in the Gulf of Mexico, 130 nautical miles west of Port Tampa Bay, Florida. At 8:22 local time, the COSCO MALAYSIA received a ... [+]

DP World moves further ahead into vertical integration

DP World (DPW) has acquired Transworld Group’s three business units - Transworld Feeders FZCO (Middle East focus feedering business), Avana Logistek Ltd (including its subsidiary Avana Global FZCO - non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) Middle East business) and Transworld Feeders Pvt Ltd (the containerised Indian ... [+]

Port of Halifax receives the largest container vessel to call at a Canadian port

The largest containerized cargo vessel to call at a Canadian port arrived at the Port of Halifax on September 10. The CMA CGM Brazil, 366 meters length, 51 meters beam and 15,072 TEU capacity, berthed at PSA Halifax at approximately 12:00 a.m. ADT. The ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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, ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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