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Georgia Ports Authority handles nearly 6 million TEUs in 2022
The Georgia Ports Authority handled a record 5.9 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Calendar Year 2022, an increase of 5 percent over 2021. “It was a challenging year, but collaborative effort across Georgia’s supply chain ensured …
Jan 20, 2023 / Curious
AD Ports Group Signs Major Maritime and Port Framework Agreements with Angolan Organisations
AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS) has continued its sustained strategy of global expansion, signing key strategic agreements with Angolan organisations to enhance maritime connectivity along Africa’s west coast. In the presence of Sheikh Shakhbout bin …
Jan 20, 2023 / Vessels
KARMOL Secure $71 Million Loan From Japanese Banks for SENEGAL FSRU
Karpower International B.V. (Karpowership) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. have reached a deal with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and MUFG Bank, Ltd. to finance a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Senegal. JBIC and …
Jan 20, 2023 / Vessels
2020 Bulkers Ltd. (2020) – New time charters for Bulk Santos and Bulk Sao Paulo
2020 Bulkers announced earlier today that it has entered into new index-linked time charters for Bulk Santos and Bulk Sao Paulo with a European charterer. The index-linked charters reflect a significant premium to a standard Capesize vessel, …
Jan 20, 2023 / Vessels
SC Ports handles nearly 3 million TEUs in 2022
South Carolina Ports had a record 2022 with the most containers ever handled at the Port of Charleston. SC Ports moved nearly 2.8 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2022, a 1.5% increase over 2021. When accounting for containers of any …
Jan 19, 2023 / Vessels
Hudong chooses TMC for QatarEnergy-bound LNG carriers
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has selected TMC Compressors to deliver the marine compressed air system to seven LNG carriers the shipbuilder is constructing for Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). Upon completion, all seven vessels …
Jan 19, 2023 / Curious
GTT Obtains AiP from Lloyd’s Register For a Maintenance Optimisation Solution For LNG Membrane Tanks
GTT has obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register, a leading provider of classification and compliance services to the marine and offshore industries. The AiP has been granted, in the Framework of Class Survey, for the use of an …
Jan 19, 2023 / Curious
MOL Takes Delivery of Methanol-fueled Methanol Carrier Cypress Sun
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that on January 17, a ceremony for the naming and delivery of the Cypress Sun, a dual-fuel methanol carrier that can run on either methanol or conventional heavy fuel oil, was held at Hyundai Mipo …
Jan 19, 2023 / Vessels
National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) Program Achieves Milestone with Steel Cutting of Fourth Ship
NSMV IV to be delivered to Texas A&M Maritime Academy in 2025 TOTE Services, LLC, (TOTE Services), Philly Shipyard, Inc., (Philly Shipyard) and Texas A&M University at Galveston today celebrated the cutting of steel for the fourth National …
Jan 19, 2023 / Curious
Erik Thun Group orders 8 new vessels
Erik Thun Group has contracted eight new vessels to be built by Shipsveerf Ferus Smit B.V. in the Netherlands. When closing the books on 2022 and the 10-year anniversary of Thun Tankers in November, the Company is looking forward to the 85-year …
Jan 19, 2023 / Vessels