Record-breaking volume in 202429 Jan 2025, Houston, United StatesPort Houston is celebrating a landmark year, achieving a record-breaking 53,066,219 million tons of cargo in 2024, up 6% over 2023 at…
Closure of KPT Berth No.OP-3 East Wharf04 Sep 2024, Karachi, PakistanKP Oil Pier No.03 (OP-3) will be temporarily decommissioned.READ MORE Typhoon Yagi warning issued04 Sep 2024, Hong KongThe Hong Kong…
Temporary closure of Fort Carroll Temporary Alternate Channel31 May 2024, Baltimore, United StatesThe Fort Carroll Temporary Alternate Channel is temporarily closed until 8:00 pm on Sunday June 2nd for continued…
Record-breaking container throughput following import surge01 May 2024, Gothenburg, SwedenDuring the first quarter of 2024, more containers were handled in the Port of Gothenburg than ever before in a single…
Visa requirement for foreign crew on coastal vessels30 Apr 2024, IndiaFrom 1 July, foreign crew members of foreign-voyage vessels that are converted to coastal voyage for more than a month…
Fort McHenry Limited Access Channel opened26 Apr 2024, Baltimore, United StatesThe Fort McHenry Limited Access Channel has opened for commercially essential vessels on April 25 until April 29.READ MORE Traffic…
No change to Scale of Rates for 2024-2505 Apr 2024, Kolkata, IndiaSyama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, has advised that the ceiling rate of its Scale of Rates will remain unchanged…
National 24-hour port strike04 Apr 2024, FranceFrance’s national port staff & dockers’ union has announced a 24-hour strike for Monday 8 April.READ MORE Crew safety prioritized in the face of…
First vessel passes through temporary alternate channel around bridge wreckage02 Apr 2024, Baltimore, United StatesThe tugboat Crystal Coast pushing a fuel barge was the first to transit the temporary alternate…
Unified Command continues Key Bridge Response 202429 Mar 2024, Baltimore, United StatesThe Unified Command continue to coordinate response operations to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.READ MORE Sea Parade on…
Marine operations resumed13 Feb 2024, Jebel Ali, United Arab EmiratesMarine operations at Jebel Ali resumed to two-way traffic.READ MORE Depth update13 Feb 2024, Marcus Hook, United StatesFollowing post-dredging dock soundings…
Oil pollution update18 Nov 2023, New Orleans/Gulf of Mexico, United States A projected 1.1. million gallons of oil have leaked into the Gulf of Mexico approximately 15 miles east/southeast of…
Priority berthing of vessels30 Oct 2023, Nhava Sheva, India Nhava Sheva Distribution Terminal Private Limited shall exercise preferential or priority berthing for vessels carrying commodities like steel, project, bulk, break…
Boarding halted due to tropical storm22 Aug 2023, Corpus Christi, United States Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots stopped boarding vessels at 0440 on August 22, due to inclement weather expected from Tropical…
MARCH 6, 2023 CIRCULAR NO. 05/23 TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION IMPOSE FURTHER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA Significant developments have recently taken place in…
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