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Oakland Port Expects Rise in Cargo Volume
MarineLink News 25 Jun 2018 | 04:27 amPort of Oakland import volume should grow at a steady pace in the coming peak season. There’s a wild card, however: global trade tension. That was the cautionary outlook delivered yesterday at a meeting of the Port’s Efficiency Task Force.[…]
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Expansion Set for Prince Rupert Fairview Terminal
MarineLink News 25 Jun 2018 | 04:27 amThe Port of Prince Rupert and DP World have agreed on terms of a project development plan that outlines the next phase of expansion for the DP World Prince Rupert Fairview Container Terminal. The Phase 2B expansion will increase annual[…]
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Major Oil Spill in Rotterdam
MarineLink News 25 Jun 2018 | 04:26 amThe Odfjell tanker Bow Jubail struck a jetty at the Port of Rotterdam, rupturing her hull and releasing an estimated 220 tons of bunker fuel into the water. No injuries were reported, and she berthed without further incident. According to[…]
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China Merchant Port Holdings Pays USD 584 mln to Hambantota Port
MarineLink News 25 Jun 2018 | 04:26 amChina Merchants Port Holdings (CM Port) has invested the final tranche of USD 584.2 million in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port after acquiring an 85 percent stake in the port last year. The cheque to the effect was handed over to[…]
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Kenya Plans More Cargo Train to De-congest Mombasa Port
MarineLink News 25 Jun 2018 | 04:25 amThe standard gauge rail (SGR) freight service will increase the number of daily trains on the Mombasa-Nairobi route in the next five months to facilitate faster movement of cargo between the port and the inland container depot (ICD) in Embakasi,[…]
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SeaBird ExplorationAppoints Hans Petter Klohs as CEO
MarineLink News 25 Jun 2018 | 04:24 amSeaBird Exploration, a global provider of high end 2D, source and shallow water 2D/3D seismic services and associated products to the oil and gas industry, appointed Hans Petter Klohs as new CEO of the Company. The Board of Directors of[…]
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Closest-Ever Volvo Ocean Race Starts Final Leg
MarineLink News 25 Jun 2018 | 04:23 amAfter nine months of gruelling competition, the Volvo Ocean Race boats have started the final leg of the closest-ever contest in the round-the-world event’s 45-year history. As the seven competing Volvo 65s passed the Inmarsat-branded start line in Gothenburg…
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India Trying to Make Chabahar Port in Iran Operational by 2019
MarineLink News 25 Jun 2018 | 04:22 amNitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Shipping, India said in Dushanbe, that India is trying to make Chabahar Port in Iran operational by 2019. Gadkari was addressing the Indian Community at the inauguration of the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre at[…]
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Event on Oil Spill Preparedness in Caspian Sea
MarineLink News 23 Jun 2018 | 03:51 amHow to implement the Aktau Protocol on regional preparedness, response and cooperation in combating oil pollution incidents was the subject of a workshop in Baku, Azerbaijan this week (18-20 June). The event brought together the five littoral states (Azerbaijan…
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DFDS Sells Two Ships to Ukrferry
MarineLink News 23 Jun 2018 | 03:51 amDanish shipping and logistics company DFDS is to sell two of its older vessels to Ukraine-based ferry operator Ukrferry. "DFDS has entered into an agreement with Ukrferry to sell two combined freight and passenger ferries, Kaunas Seaways and Vilnius Seaways[…]
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