Ports & terminals

Port of Newcastle CEO Craig Carmody has issued a statement on the revocation of the declaration of service at the port.

Scorpio Bulkers Inc. has announced that the Company has entered into agreements with an unaffiliated third party to sell the SBI Puma and SBI Cougar, 2014 and 2015 built Ultramax vessels.

CIS has announced that it has completed a major pile-driving operation in conjunction with construction of a new US$240 million phosphates terminal in Jordan.

Shoreham Port attended the Curriculum Development Conference for primary education in East Sussex this week to showcase its new, free educational programme, Why Shipping Matters.

EuroChem will supply mixed shipments of fertilizers to American Plant Food for handling, marketing, sales and distribution.

Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to promote international trade between Europe and the West Coast of South America.

The new SAMSON Eco Hopper arrived at the Port of Rosyth earlier this month, and will now be installed and commissioned to receive dry bulk materials such as grain and aggregates.

The industry-wide initiative to modernise global agricultural commodity trade operations has announced that another major partner, Glencore Agriculture Ltd, has joined the effort.

DryShips Inc. an owner and operator of ocean going cargo vessels, and through the acquisition of Heidmar Inc., a global tanker pool operator, has announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the quarter ended 30 June 2019.

Golden Ocean Group Ltd has announced that it has agreed to make a further investment in Singapore Marine Pte Ltd in connection with the acquisition of the majority of assets and operations of Swiss Marine by Singapore Marine.

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., an owner-operator within the Supramax/Ultramax segment, has announced that is has taken delivery of the second of six Ultramax drybulk vessels, it has recently agreed to acquire.

This week, members of the Shoreham Port team attended London International Shipping Week (LISW).

This innovative initiative is set to create stronger links between ports and government, to maximise long-term trade and economic growth.

The UK’s ports, although not significant producers of plastic waste themselves, recognise they have a role to play in combatting plastic waste entering rivers and seas, and are taking action.

In June 2019, Brownsville Navigation District of Cameron County ordered two Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour cranes to increase its dockside handling capacity in the Port of Brownsville, Texas, USA.