arrived Chittagong Anchorage 16.04.24
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Tanger-Med
Tangier will today celebrate the opening of the largest container port in capacity terms in the whole of the Mediterranean, something that will bring enormous competition to the likes of Algericas just 25 nautical miles away across the Strait of Gibraltar. The $1.6bn expansion of Tanger Med port, located to the east of the Moroccan city of Tangier, due to be unveiled today will create Africa’s largest port with an annual capacity of 9.5m teu. The port is operated by APM Terminals, Eurogate and a local firm.
Ho Chi Minh
Samsung C&T Corp., a construction unit under Samsung Group, said Tuesday it has won a US$179.5 million project to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Vietnam. Under the deal with Petrovietnam Gas Corp., Samsung C&T and Vietnamese firm PTSC will build the Southeast Asian country’s first LNG terminal, in the coastal area 70 kilometers southeast of Ho Chi Minh City for 40 months. The project also calls for the construction of LNG tanks and other related facilities, according to Samsung C&T. Samsung C&T has a 61 percent stake in the project. Source: Yonhap
DALI
The US Federal Police, (FBI) has launched an investigation focused on the 'Dali' and boarded the ship on April 15, conducting a court-authorized law enforcement activity. The investigation will at least partially investigate whether the crew on board the ship knew that the ship had apparent problems with the electrical systems when it left the port. The authorities are investigating the events leading up to the vessel losing power as it left the port. The investigation is being followed by the Maryland attorney general's office. Divers have found a fourth body of workers missing since the collapse of a road bridge in the US city of Baltimore. The body was recovered from a construction vehicle in the underwater wreckage in the evening of April 15. Two people were still missing. Authorities believed they too have died. Report with photos: https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-opens-criminal-probe-baltimore-bridge-collapse-ap-source
Charleston
South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), Southeast's deepwater port, said that five rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes arrived at Wando Welch Terminal to further modernize operations. The Port has received 14 of the 24 new cranes ordered for the Wando terminal; the terminal currently has 52 RTGs overall. Meanwhile, SCPA reported its strongest May on record, with 204,457 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled last month.
Brownsville
The Port of Brownsville is closer to deepening the Brownsville Ship Channel after receiving a key permit June 6 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to advance the Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project (BIH) to its construction phase.
MSC ARIES
Iran's Foreign Ministry has justified the seizure of the 'MSC Aries' with alleged violations of shipping regulations. A Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on April 15 that the ship was detained because of its disregard for international rules and a lack of a “proper reaction” to the Iranian authorities. The cargo on board worth more than $90 million. 17 of the 25 crew members are Indian. The other crew members come from Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia and Estonia. The four Filipinos among the 'MSC Aries' were expected to be released soon. The DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega was set to meet the Iranian ambassador on April 16 about the release of them. The four Filipinos were allowed by the Iranians to contact their families, and each of them spoke with their relatives for an hour. The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) also had similar updates from the families of the captives. The four were not hostages since it is the Iranian government that was holding them in custody. They have taken to their normal duties onboard the ship. The licensed manning agency of the four has assured adequate payment of salaries and compensation.
CHOKYUMARU NO.68
The 'Chokyo Maru No. 68' ran aground on rocks in the Hauraki Gulf in the early morning of April 15, 2024, with 27 crew members on board en route to Auckland for supplies. No injuries have been reported. The vessel was heading into Auckland when it got into trouble at The Noises about 3.42 a.m. There was damage to the bow of the vessel. The Police were notified at around 5.35 a.m. Two tugs of the Thomson Towboats were called to refloat the ship at around 1.30 p.m. with the high tide. But the re-floating occurred earlier than expected at 1 p.m. The ship berthed at the Bledisloe Container Terminal in Auckland on April 16 at 6 a.m. UTC for further assessments. Report with photos: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fishing-boat-run-aground-in-the-noises-hauraki-gulf/AZUXFTNDUVG7LPU4CD7H73YAYI/
Rotterdam
Container throughput continues to grow in Rotterdam. Following a record year in 2018 and a record quarter in 2019, April of this year was the best month ever for the Port of Rotterdam. 13.6 million tonnes of container freight was handled in April 2019. The previous record month was August 2018 (13.2 million tonnes). Measured in TEU, the standard unit for containers, April 2019 was the second-best month ever, with 1.3 million TEU, just a fraction lower than the record month of August 2018.
San Diego
Matson, Inc., a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, and General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard christened the largest combination container/roll-on, roll-off (“con-ro”) ship ever built in the United States in a ceremony at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, CA on Saturday, June 15. The new vessel is named ‘Lurline,’ an iconic name in Matson’s long history, dating to the construction of Captain William Matson’s first ship of that name in 1887. Four more ships were given the name in subsequent years; this vessel will be the sixth. The new Lurline is the first of two new ships being built for Honolulu-based Matson by NASSCO at a total cost of approximately $500 million for the pair, and the third of four new vessels that Matson will put into service during 2018, 2019 and 2020. Named in honor of the ocean deity revered in the native Hawaiian culture, Matson’s two “Kanaloa Class” vessels under construction at the NASSCO shipyard are being built on a 3,500 TEU* vessel platform.