

The Great Lakes Towing Company has named two new tugs, the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, at the Cleveland, Ohio, facility of its sister company Great Lakes Shipyard. The new tugs are the fourth and fifth vessels in a series of ten Damen Stan Tug 1907 ICE harbour tugs that Great Lakes Shipyard is building for The Great Lakes Towing...
David Ryan, Chairman of the New Orleans based Mississippi Valley Trade and Transport Council (MVTTC), has called upon members and delegates to do what is necessary to ensure survival and business success in the coming year.MVTTC member companies are involved in the production, consumption, handling, sales and distribution of millions...
The Port of Gdansk has announced that key projects within the largest investment programme in its history, covering €1.3 billion of infrastructure investments, will be completed in 2021.Port of Gdansk President ?ukasz Greinke said the improvements, which number almost 40 projects, are a giant leap forward as it seeks to establish...
Abu Dhabi Ports have announced a freeze on rent escalation during 2021 for all businesses in its Industrial Cities and Free Zone cluster, in a move aimed at providing further relief to its customers in KIZAD and ZonesCorp and boosting the Abu Dhabi economy in these challenging times.The effective freeze on rent increase for the...
Flying the flag of the Netherlands, the M/V Erasmusgracht arriving from Lake Charles, Louisiana, was the first ship of 2021 at the Port of Sept-Îles. The ship was in ballast and will be left for Barranquilla, Colombia with a cargo of 10,500 tonnes of aluminum sows from Alouette. Ownedby Spliethoff, the ship has a crew of 13...
The announced acquisition by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) of 50.01 percent of the multi-function terminal Piattaforma Logistica Trieste (PLT) in the Italian seaport of Trieste was completed on 7 January 2021. The handling facility will operate as HHLA PLT Italy and is expected to start extended operations in February.Following...