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Svitzer Solidifies Brazilian Market Presence With Entry Into Port of Salvador
Svitzer, a leading global towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has announced that it has expanded its presence in Brazil to provide operations and services at the Port of Salvador, including Aratu Port Complexes. The new port location adds …
Mar 6, 2023 / Vessels
Transocean Ltd. Announces $1.04 Billion in Contract Awards for Two Ultra-Deepwater Drillships
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) today announced awards for its ultra-deepwater drillships, Deepwater Corcovado and Deepwater Orion, for work offshore Brazil with a national oil company. Together the two contracts represent approximately $1.04 billion in …
Dec 9, 2022 / Vessels
New Vado Express Service to shorten transit times between Asia and Northern Italy
The new Vado Express feeder service will connect Port Said East, located on the Suez Canal where it meets the Mediterranean Sea, and Vado Gateway, at the Port of Genoa, one of the most significant and busiest ports in Italy. The new service will …
Jul 6, 2022 / Curious
Ports of Salvador and Rio Grande are the most efficient in the country, according to global container performance index from the World Bank and IHS Markit
Container terminals operated by Wilson Sons celebrate results and look to the futureThis month, the Wilson Sons container terminals are commemorating: 22 years operating in Salvador (BA) and 25 years in Rio Grande (RS). Besides this double …
Mar 16, 2022 / Vessels
Maiden call of EMA service at Vado Ligure connecting Eastern Med with US East coast
The Vado Gateway’s new Container Terminal, located in Vado Ligure, North West Italy, received the maiden call of the new weekly EMA (East Mediterranean America) service last weekend. The MV Seaspan Chiba was the first of the EMA service's four …
Sep 21, 2021 / Curious
Transocean Ltd. Announces Deepwater Corcovado, Deepwater Mykonos Contract Extensions
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) announced on Wednesday (Nov18) that Petrobras has exercised a 680-day preexisting, fixed-price option for the Deepwater Corcovado, and a 815-day preexisting, fixed price option for the Deepwater Mykonos. Together these …
Nov 19, 2020 / Vessels
Shuttle service to COSCO’s European hub from Vado Gateway commences
This month, the 700 TEU, MV Atlantic South feeder vessel made its first call in Vado Ligure, Italy as part of the new Diamond Line Vax service. The VAX service provides a shuttle service to the port of Piraeus which offers main lines to and from the …
Oct 30, 2020 / Curious
Fincantieri: The subsidiary Infrastructure to Rebuild the Carlo Riva Port of Rapallo and the Breakwater of Vado Ligure
Fincantieri Infrastructure S.p.A, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime, has signed the contract for the reconstruction, reinforcement and adaptation of the historic international Marina of Rapallo, the first Italian …
May 20, 2020 / Vessels
Vado Gateway terminal commences operations
The new Vado Gateway terminal, located in Vado Ligure, Italy, received its first commercial service on 11 February 2020. The ship, M/V Maersk Kota, was the first of seven ships from Maersk’s weekly ME2 service, connecting the Mediterranean with the …
Feb 17, 2020 / Curious
Boskalis awarded sizable FSRU contract in El Salvador
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a sizable (1) contract to connect an offshore Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to an onshore power plant in El Salvador. The contract was awarded by Energia del Pacifico …
Dec 29, 2019 / Vessels