Americas

The 2021 marketplace for LNG trade, followed closely by Poten & Partner’s Houston-based consulting team, was characterised in a webinar this week as “Shaping up to be another wild ride”.

International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) and PSA International’s Colombian joint venture Puerto Sociedad Industrial Aguadulce (SPIA) has handled its 1 millionth teu.

Spot market activity in tanker shipping was down 16% year-on-year in 2020 due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, according to analyst Poten & Partners.

The US-based Crowley has established a New Energy division focused on offshore wind and LNG in the US and nearby regions.

SSA Marine’s Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT) has received three quay cranes, the largest on the US West Coast.

AET has taken delivery of a new second generation, fuel efficient suezmax shuttle tanker for long term charter to Royal Dutch Shell.

ICTSI subsidiary Specialised Container Terminal (TECII) Contecon Manzanillo, in Mexico, closed 2020 with a record volume of just over 1m teu up 1.03% compared to 998,006 teu the year before.