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APM Terminals Barcelona Implements Wireless Communications System

APM Terminals Barcelona will unveil its technological initiative to improve safety at container terminals during the Smart City Expo World Congress, to be held in Barcelona from 19 to 21 November. Sergi Dominguez I Tomas, Head of IT at APM Terminals Barcelona, is responsible for presenting the innovations of the company with a presentation entitled: “5G in a container terminal: V2X applied to Cranes. Improving safety in a dangerous Environment.” As Sergi Domínguez ... [+]

Federal and elected officials, JAXPORT and SSA Marine break ground on $238.7 million container terminal

U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administrator Rear Adm. Mark Buzby joined elected officials and leadership from JAXPORT and SSA Marine on November 22  to break ground on a new state-of-the-art international container terminal at JAXPORT's Blount Island Marine Terminal. The SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal is an expansion of SSA’s current ... [+]

Port Everglades and Port of Barranquilla, Colombia Sign MOU

As Port Everglades’ 5th largest trading partner, Colombia’s largest port along the Caribbean Sea, the Port of Barranquilla, has agreed to enter into an MOU to promote bilateral trade. Port Everglades' trade with Colombia has increased by 29 percent over the last four years. “International trade promotion is a priority ... [+]

US Secretary of Transportation Chao Announces $20M Infrastructure Investment in Jacksonville

US Department of Transportation Maritime Administration Administrator, Admiral Mark Buzby formally presented a check for $20 million to Jacksonville for the International Cargo Terminal Modernization Project. US Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced that the Trump Administration will invest $900 million in American infrastructure ... [+]

Massport Board Votes to Approve Port Director

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) Board of Directors voted to make Michael Meyran the Authority’s Port Director, overseeing all Maritime business areas. Meyran has been with Massport for more than a decade as a Deputy Port Director and has been serving as Acting Port Director ... [+]

Port Everglades Fiscal Year Numbers Reflect Stability, Progress

For the sixth consecutive year, Port Everglades container throughput exceeded one-million TEUs for a total of 1.05 million TEUs, according to a preliminary year-end Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) report (Fiscal Year runs Oct. 1, 2018 – Sept. 1, 2019). The number of cruise passengers grew ... [+]

Three New LNG Projects Moving Forward at the Port of Brownsville

The Port of Brownsville is one step closer to welcoming three new LNG projects with an investment totaling $38.75 billion after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved their proposals today during its monthly commission meeting. “Today’s announcement is another significant milestone ... [+]

GCT Deltaport Welcomes First Shore Powered Vessel at Roberts Bank

GCT Canada was proud to welcome the MSC Meline as the first vessel to use GCT Deltaport’s Shore Power system on Nov. 14, 2019. Completed in early 2019, this transformative technology allows vessels to plug into the clean electrical power grid at GCT Deltaport and ... [+]

Port of Oakland names Danny Wan Executive Director

Danny Wan, who has been serving as the Port of Oakland’s interim Executive Director since last summer, and was Port Attorney for six years before that, has been named permanent Port Executive Director. The Port’s governing Board selected Mr. Wan at a special meeting this ... [+]

Duluth achieves wind energy cargo record

The final inbound wind energy cargo vessel of 2019 off-loaded at Duluth’s Clure Public Marine Terminal recently, and her cargo helped set a record. In total, the Port of Duluth welcomed 306,000 freight tons of wind energy cargo in 2019, a single-season record. This hefty haul ... [+]

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