From 7 to 10 November Ghana’s capital city, Accra, will host the ninth Regional Conference of the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa (GI WACAF).

The crews of US Coast Guard Cutter Stratton and Canadian Coast Guard vessel Sir Wilfrid Laurier conducted a search-and-rescue exercise on 12 October near Point Hope, Alaska.

It was reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 18 October that the US Coast Guard Cutter Willow completed its scheduled aids to navigation service mission around Puerto Rico port and navigable waterways two days before, on 16 October.

Sanmar Shipyards has joined forces with major operator SAAM Towage and leading naval architects Robert Allan Ltd to develop and custom build two electric-powered tugs for harbour operations, the first of a new generation of environmentally-friendly emissions-free tugboats.

It was reported on 10 October that the Lithuanian port city of Klaipeda aims to maximise its strategic location and vibrant resource base to become a key hub for the nascent offshore wind industry in the Baltic.

In week commencing 9 October the Port of Dover announced that it was joining with the umbrella body for the maritime sector, Maritime UK, to engage people across the UK with the world of maritime and to highlight the vast array of rewarding careers on offer within the industry.

It was reported from Boskalis HQ in Papendrecht on 10 October that the company together with partners Artes Roegiers, Artes Depret and Herbosch-Kiere, will renew the Europa Terminal in Antwerp for client Port of Antwerp-Bruges. This will ensure that the port can continue to receive the largest container ships and increase capacity by a third.

Awake.AI announces the launch of the Awake Marketplace – Trade port call and port logistics services, digital and physical products with the power of AI-driven logistics data platform. 

Awake Marketplace enables wide trading of services, digital and physical products with ease. Marketplace knows how ports operate and how trading is performed. With modern and ML-enhanced tools selling and buying is fast. Pre-generated shopping carts can be created for a port call, ready to be fine tuned and purchased.

On 5 October it was announced from Copenhagen by A P Møller – Maersk (Maersk) that it has ordered a further six large ocean-going vessels that can sail on green methanol.

It is understood that the six vessels will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and have a nominal capacity of approximately 17,000 TEU. These new vessels will replace existing capacity in the Maersk fleet.