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The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a transcontinental country primarily located in North America. It has a developed port network on its western and eastern coastlines.

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission investigates Spanish ports ruling

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) December 6, 2024 – The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has initiated an investigation into regulations or practices by...

US Army battalion passes through Port of Setúbal, Portugal

Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – The MV ARC Endurance ship pulled into the port of Setubal on November 5, carrying over 750 pieces...

U.S. Embassy delegation visits Koper port, Slovenia

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – On November 30, Luka Koper received a delegation from the Embassy of the United States of America in...

Washington announces $3 billion port investment

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – Today, President Biden will announce a $3 billion investment from the Inflation Reduction Act...

U.S. project for undersea cable security targets Russia, China, Iran

Washington DC, United States (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – The “Undersea Cable Security and Protection Act” was introduced by the Republican party...

End of U.S. East Coast ports’ strike

New York, United States (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) trade union agreed on October 3 to suspend a...

Italy’s Spediporti concerned by U.S. port strike

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – Spediporto, the association of freight forwarders of Genoa, has highlighted the possible effects on Italy...

U.S. East Coast ports’ strike will cause supply chain disruption into 2025

Boston, United States (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – A strike at some 36 ports on the U.S. East and Gulf Coast will cause severe supply chain...

U.S. select committee highlights Chinese threats to ports

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Last week, Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar,...

Konecranes to build a full range of port cranes in U.S.

Hyvinkää, Finland (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – Finland’s Konecranes Oyj is establishing a network of partners, including steel structure providers...

Canada, Finland, US create the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort

Vancouver, Canada (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – Canada, Finland and the United States have set up the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact). The...

DIA report about the Red Sea crisis

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – As of mid-February, container shipping through the Red Sea had declined by approximately 90%...

Rajant and Embotech companies to advance port autonomy

Malvern, United States (Ports Europe), June 25, 2024 – Rajant Corporation, provider of Kinetic Mesh wireless networks, and Embotech, provider of...

India to build its largest port for €8.5 bln

Vadhavan, India (Ports Europe) June 22, 2024 – The construction of a new INR 762 billion (8.5 billion euro) deep-water port at Vadhavan on the western...

U.S. ambassador to Georgia comments on Anaklia port project

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 19, 2024 – The U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, has published the text of an interview given by Robin L. Dunnigan,...

Port Technology Summit North America’24 in Norfolk

Norfolk, United States (Ports Europe) June 12, 2024 – The first-ever Port Technology Summit (PTS) North America 2024 will be held on November 19-21,...

Can the U.S. build a deepwater port in Libya’s Susah?

Susah, Libya (Ports Europe) June 3, 2024 – U.S. investment in Libya’s long-delayed Mediterranean Sea deepwater commercial port of Susah, one of the deepest...

BlueBARGE on board Demonstrator Vessel

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 2, 2024 – Executives from the Hydrus Advanced Consolidated Engineering Services, part of the BlueBARGE consortium...

WSJ: Undersea cables vulnerable to tampering by Chinese repair ships

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – U.S. officials are privately delivering an unusual warning to telecommunications companies:...

EBRD, USAID to develop connectivity in the South Caucasus

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United States Agency for...

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