Thales – a leading provider of satellite communications – has announced it will enter the maritime communications market with newly available satellite communications solution, VesseLINK, which will provide commercial maritime vessels with a global broadband connectivity solution for the entire maritime ecosystem.
The global automated container terminal market is expected to grow at an impressive CAGR of 25% during 2017 to 2021, according to Technavio’s latest market research.
The New Scientist has released a video about a new material that can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spilled oil and then be squeezed out like a sponge and reused, raising hopes for easier clean-up of oil spill sites
The construction of IJmuiden, the world’s largest sea lock, is well underway at the Port of Amsterdam which has shared this picture (above) showing its progress as construction starts on the two lock heads and chamber.
Eight Russian and Ukrainian seafarers who were kidnapped from the BBC Caribbean cargo ship last month in Nigeria have been released after being held in captivity for nearly a month.
South Korea carrier line Hyundai Merchant Marine has signed a memorandum of understanding with a state-run shipbuilding financing firm to sell part of its fleet to receive fresh funding and improve its financial status, according to Yonhap.
After consistent speculation regarding the sale of the now defunct Hanjin Shipping’s containers, a US Judge has cleared Maher Terminals to sell Hanjin containers from its New York -New Jersey terminal in order to pay off claims owed by Hanjin, according to The Wall Street Journal
Damen Shipyards have received an order to build six rotor tugs for the world’s largest bulk export port
The SMS-D, an integrated, medium-range, radar-based surveillance system for drone detection, has been developed by Kelvin Hughes, a company that designs radar systems for applications in security, surveillance and maritime navigation.
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is continuing its co-operation with GVT Group and Logistics with the delivery of five new Kalmar Gloria reachstackers, with four featuring Kalmar K-Motion technology, to Barge Terminal Tilburg (BTT) in the Netherlands, which serves as an important transportation hub to streamline goods movement between the port of Rotterdam and Tilburg.
ABP’s Port of King’s Lynn on the UK east coast has invested more than US$4 million (£3.3 million) into constructing a new bulk warehouse and delivery of a hydraulic crane
Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has completed the Vorhafen Harbor Basin Deepening project and released a video to mark the occasion: ‘Creating Space for Container Giants – Last Pile Removed’.
