Port of Wilmington selected for mid-Atlantic GE Wind energy projects
June 30, 2009Project and heavy lift carrier Intermarine’s 8,000 deadweight-ton Industrial Dart delivered GE wind blades to the Port of Wilmington, Del., this week. Port officials said that GE has chosen Wilmington to be their mid-Atlantic discharge port for wind projects underway in Pennsylvania and Indiana. The port expects as many as five additional vessel calls related […]
Read more >>Hamburg Süd delivers heavy lift helicopters to U.S. West Coast
June 26, 2009Container carrier Hamburg Sud’s Australia/New Zealand service recently delivered three Erickson Air-Crane heavy lift helicopters to the Port of Oakland. The copters, each 88 feet long, traveled as deck cargo on three separate sailings. The copters’ six main rotor blades, which have a rotating diameter of more than 72 feet, were removed for transport. […]
Read more >>Antwerp unveils first Flemish all-weather terminal
June 26, 2009Antwerp Stevedoring International loaded breakbulk steel for Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB from its new all-weather terminal at the Port of Antwerp for the first time this week.
The terminal can handle barges and vessels up to 9,500 deadweight tons in all weather. Loads can be transferred directly from ship to barge using a traveling overhead crane […]
Read more >>Charleston Eyes Federal Funds for Dredging
June 26, 2009By Peter Leach
South Carolina’s seaports in Charleston and Georgetown stand to gain more than $12 million in additional funding for studies of channel deepening as a result of actions in the U.S. House of Representatives this week.
The South Carolina State Ports Authority said Thursday that Charleston’s channels may be dredged deeper thanks to funding for the resumption […]
Grimaldi sole owner of Swedish port of Wallhamn
June 25, 2009After buying Eukor Car Carriers’ 50 percent stake, Grimaldi Group is now the sole owner of the Swedish roll on, roll off port of Wallhamn. Grimaldi Group and Eukor bought the port in 2005.
Eukor will continue to use Walllhamn under a long term agreement, both companies said. The length of the agreement was not specified; […]
Read more >>Danish energy firm buys A2SEA
June 25, 2009Denmark-based DONG Energy has purchased offshore wind specialist A2SEA for DKK 700 million (about $131 million) from Danish investment groups Dansk Kapitalanlæg and Lønmodtagernes Dyrtidsfond Dansk, multipurpose carrier Clipper Projects, and a few smaller investors. The purchase includes a fleet of two specialized vessels with stabilizing legs, a jack-leg barge and a jack-up barge. According […]
Read more >>Port of Houston plans to buy deregulated power
June 25, 2009By Janet Nodar
Houston’s Port Commission approved advertising and receipt of proposals for the purchase of deregulated electric power portwide at its regular monthly meeting.
The power should include a percentage of “green,” or renewable, environmentally friendly energy, the commission said, and the agreement will last from one to three years depending on available rates. Costs are estimated to […]
Study Forecasts Long-Lasting Economic Damage
June 25, 2009By Alan Field
OECD outlook sees weak, fragile recovery in 30 nations
The economic slowdown in the 30 member nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is bottoming out, but the recovery is likely to be weak and fragile, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook, released Wednesday.
The report says that the steepest economic decline in more […]
Kase Lawal to serve sixth term as Port of Houston commissioner
June 25, 2009The Houston City Council has reappointed Kase Lawal to the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority for a sixth term. PHA commissioners serve two-year terms without pay. Initially appointed in June 1999, Lawal was the first vice chairman of the Port Commission. He is chairman of PHA’s Small Business Development Task Force.
Lawal is […]
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