4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (207+ words) A Spanish court has rejected an environmental challenge to the new north container terminal at the Port of Valencia, removing another legal obstacle from one of the Mediterranean’s largest planned boxport expansions. The fourth section of the administrative chamber of…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (225+ words) Greek owner Venergy Maritime has firmed two more suezmax newbuildings at China’s Hengli Shipbuilding, taking its series at the Dalian yard to four and pushing its wider newbuilding programme to 30 ships. The Vyron Vasileiadis-led company has exercised options for two…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (139+ words) Port of Antwerp-Bruges and infrastructure agency Lantis are backing ten logistics projects aimed at shifting thousands of freight movements away from peak-hour road transport around the Belgian port. Almost €1m ($1.16m) will be provided over the next two years to schemes covering…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (332+ words) Spain has widened the rules governing state-backed ship financing, allowing previously approved projects to amend their subsidy awards when construction contracts or financing structures change substantially before delivery. Royal Decree, which entered into force on September 4, plugs a gap left…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (211+ words) Germany’s Leonhardt & Blumberg has signed up for another pair of MR chemical and product tanker newbuildings at Guangzhou Shipyard International, extending its rapid move into the tanker sector. The Hamburg owner signed for two additional 49,500 dwt vessels with CSSC’s GSI,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (131+ words) Port Tampa Bay has completed assembly of two new post-panamax ship-to-shore cranes as its container terminal expansion heads towards commissioning later this year. The Liebherr units are now ready to be moved to the wharf for final testing and commissioning…...