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Read the latest reportingThe charity ship EMERGENCY recovered 50 people from a wooden boat in international waters off Libya on 17 August 2026; seven were found dead and two survivors required urgent medical evacuation, MarineLink reports.
The charity ship EMERGENCY recovered 50 people from a wooden boat in international waters off Libya on 17 August 2026; seven were found dead and two survivors required urgent medical evacuation, MarineLink reports.
Three mobile harbour cranes have been delivered to the Port of Tartous under DP World’s $800 million investment programme, a move the reporting says should raise cargo-handling capacity by about 40 per cent.
The Port of Auckland has laid the first precast panel slab at Bledisloe North, starting deck laying and entering the final phase of construction on the city’s first big-ship multi-use wharf, Port Technology International reported on 17 August 2026.
CMA CGM Group has appointed Natasha Griffin as chief executive of its North American arm, which will be based in Norfolk, Virginia and oversee the Group’s shipping, logistics, intermodal and supply chain activities.
Industry representatives met at ICTSI’s East Java Multipurpose Terminal in Lamongan to discuss freight development, market access and transport connections to Eastern Indonesia, Port Technology International reported.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance has placed a second battery-electric forklift into service at the East Blair One terminal in Tacoma Harbour, a deployment supported by a $2.63m Washington State Department of Transportation Port Electrification award.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency says its safety bulletins are targeted, time sensitive alerts that can prompt action across the maritime sector.
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