Ports & Logistics
Damen Tug for new deep-water bulk terminal at Saqr Port
(Posted on 08/06/18)The new ASD Tug 2913 for Saqr Port, part of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Ports, has been launched at the Albwardy Damen shipyard in Sharjah, UAE. Ordered twelve months ago, the tug will join the RAK Ports tug fleet and operate in the new and impressive deep-water bulk terminal currently nearing completion at the port. There its 80-tonnes...
Holistic corridor perspective development vital for border-crossing
(Posted on 08/06/18)Development of transport corridors ensures smart and innovative cross-border transport and logistics services on the core transport network of the Baltic Sea Region. The ways to develop the smart North Sea–Baltic, Baltic–Adriatic and Scandinavian–Mediterranean Core Network Corridors in the new Multiannual Financial...
Peel Ports hires 25 staff in Liverpool
(Posted on 08/06/18)Peel Ports has hired 25 full time staff to work at the Port of Liverpool as part of a local recruitment drive.Peel Ports Group is the UK’s second largest port group, owning and operating seven of the UK’s most important ports (Liverpool, Heysham, Manchester Ship Canal, Medway (Sheerness / Chatham), Clydeport, Ardrossan...
AV Dawson supports former military personnel
(Posted on 08/06/18)A major Middlesbrough, UK logistics company has signed a pledge to support ex-members of the armed forces to find work in their sector.AV Dawson is a multimodal logistics provider offering services including road transport; rail freight; quayside loading and unloading as well as warehousing and storage, for bulk...
Gothenburg invests in LNG terminal
(Posted on 08/06/18)Demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel is on the increase at the Swedish Port of Gothenburg, and it has now been announced that the availability of LNG and the range of bunkering options will be even greater in the future.Swedegas, which is currently constructing a permanent LNG facility at the Port of Gothenburg...
Global exchange of standard nautical information a step closer
(Posted on 31/05/18)The Port of Rotterdam, has hosted an international group discussion on standardised data definitions for the worldwide exchange of nautical information. There was a higher turnout than expected with the industry’s leading international players attending. Standardisation of shipping information is crucial to making more efficient...
