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U.S. Great Lakes Ports Concerned About Commercialization

By The Maritime Executive

February 15, 2018

The American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA) has issued a statement regarding a proposal to commercialize the seaway. On February 12, the U.S. Department of Transportation released its propo...

China?s First African Silk Road

By Harry Valentine

February 15, 2018

China recently assisted Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia to build new heavy weight standard gauge railway lines. However, in 1976 China actually completed construction of a railway line that extended inla...

Cruise Industry Flourishing at Florida?s Regional Ports

By Allan E. Jordan

February 15, 2018

Florida’s regional ports are benefiting from the growth in the cruise industry. While the majority of the passenger traffic continues to pass through PortMiami, Port Everglades and Port Canaveral, the...

NW Seaport Alliance Rolls Out Truck Emissions Limits

By The Maritime Executive

February 15, 2018

The Northwest Seaport Alliance, which represents the Port of Seattle and the Port of Tacoma, is working with short-haul truckers to implement a ban on older diesels. The two ports, which share the...

Louisiana Offshore Oil Port Test Loads VLCC

By The Maritime Executive

February 14, 2018

Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), owner of the only U.S. crude oil deepwater port, has started test loading a very large crude carrier (VLCC) in anticipation of building its crude oil export potenti...

MSC Appoints New CEO of Container Terminal Business

By The Maritime Executive

February 14, 2018

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has appointed Ammar Kanaan to the position of CEO of its cargo container terminals arm, Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), effective from April 9, 2018. As the...

PortXL Selects Start-Ups to Accelerate

By The Maritime Executive

February 14, 2018

The yearly scouting phase of PortXL – the Rotterdam-based world port accelerator – has concluded with the organization choosing 14 promising start-ups. The start-ups were chosen from around 1,000 p...

The Indian Ocean Base Race

By The Lowy Interpreter

February 14, 2018

[By David Brewster] It seems that we are in the middle of a base race across the Indian Ocean. The latest move, reported on Tuesday, involves an agreement to give India access to naval facilities i...

Video: Royal Navy Divers Blow Up WWII Bomb

By The Maritime Executive

February 14, 2018

On Wednesday, an EOD team with the Royal Navy's Southern Diving Unit 2 detonated an 1,100-pound Second World War bomb in the River Thames. The vintage unexploded ordnance was found on Sunday during...

U.S. Navy Puts Industrial Base First, Fleet Size Second

By The Maritime Executive

February 14, 2018

This week, the U.S. Navy released its 30-year shipbuilding plan for Congress, including long-term options for achieving its fleet size target of 355. In a statement, the Office of the Chief of Naval O...

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