Ports & terminals

Star Bulk Carriers has announced the publication of its first annual sustainability report for the year 2018.

A ship with a deadweight of 82 000 t recently left the Port of Taman loaded with Sibanthracite Group coal that is to be unloaded for buyers in European ports, while another ship has already left for Vietnam.

The Maritime Office in Gdynia (Poland) has awarded the joint venture BESIX – NDI GROUP the contract to build a shipping channel through the Vistula Spit.

Port of Newcastle has announced the launch of a new brand, visual identity and website for the port.

Associated British Ports has announced a new partnership with electrical engineering specialists Ampcontrol, which will see it invest in a new facility at the Port of Ayr.

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd has announced that it has expanded its order for high ice class post-panamax dry bulk 95 000 dwt. vessels at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) from two to four vessels.

Ocean Yield ASA has announced the delivery of the handysize dry bulk vessel ‘Interlink Eternity’ from the yard.

Port of Newcastle is investing in a US$35 million ship unloader with the latest safety and environmental compliance features – a level of infrastructure investment unseen at Port of Newcastle since privatisation.

The world’s only vessels that operate around the clock, 365 days a year, need to ensure safety and maintenance are built into the design specifications of each ship, according to Corrado Cuccurullo, CEO of Shi.I.E.L.D.

“The announcement demonstrates how ports all around the coast are stepping up to prepare for Brexit and providing UK businesses with a range of choices for trading with the EU,” says UKMPG.

Industry in Rotterdam is working on a series of projects with which a total of 20 to 25% of the Dutch carbon dioxide reduction target for 2030 can be achieved.

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.