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Gulftainer Signs $600 Million Concession for Port of Wilmington

Gulftainer, a privately-owned independent port operator and logistics company based in the UAE, has finalized a 50-year concession with the State of Delaware

GPA Announces Big Plans to Expand Savannah Terminal

On Thursday, at his annual State of the Port address, Georgia Ports Authority director Griff Lynch described a $2.5 billion plan to expand the capacity of the fast-growing Garden City Terminal

Saudi Arabia May Invest Billions in Pakistani Port of Gwadar

Pakistani officials confirmed Thursday that Saudi Arabia will make heavy investments in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor

UN Program Organizes Crackdown on Containerized Smuggling

According to the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, a recent international operation to crack down on containerized drug shipments netted 5,800 kilos of cocaine in 14 separate seizures around the globe. 

Port of Long Beach awarded $4.2 to improve security

The Port of Long Beach has been awarded $4,197,480 from the Port Security Grant Program administered by US Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency

Maersk Supply Service hooks up Total’s Culzean field FSO

Maersk Supply services has hooked up the Ailsa floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit for Total E&P UK's Culzean field in the North Sea

US, Panama ink maritime transportation agreement

Panama and the US signed a major maritime transport co-operation agreement.

DP World: Dark Clouds are Gathering Over Djibouti

As part of its on-going dispute with the Government of Djibouti, DP World has now released a video arguing its case and saying “dark clouds are gathering over Djibouti.”

Lloyd’s Register Releases Insight Report

The Lloyd’s Register Foundation identified passenger ferry safety as a challenge in its insight report on global safety challenges in 2017.

USCG offloads over 6 tons of cocaine

The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma offloaded approximately six tons of cocaine that were seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Greenland supports ban of HFO

In a recent public announcement, Greenland’s government noted that it supports an IMO ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil by Arctic shipping

NTSB investigation video on El Faro

This 15 minute video summarizes the NTSB investigation of one of the greatest marine disasters in US waters, the sinking of El Faro

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