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The Mississippi River Ship Channel could be the first port complex on the Gulf Coast to reach a depth of 50 feet now that the Director's Report has been signed by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Elected officials and industry leaders have long worked to i...
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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a proposal by Toyota Logistics Services to redevelop its facility at Pier B and build a renewable energy fuel-cell power plant and hydrogen fuelling station.
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The Northwest Seaport Alliance recorded its best July import volumes since 2010 at 139,567 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), an 18.3 percent increase compared to the same month a year ago. At 122,571 TEUs, export volumes also reached their highest leve...
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The Port of Koper operator in Slovenia, Luka Koper d.d., has ordered five electric Konecranes RTG cranes. The cranes will be equipped with cable reels featuring an auto plug-in system. They will be delivered in the summer of 2019. The contract was signed ...
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Hapag-Lloyd is continuing to focus on the growing market in East Africa. With annual growth rates of approximately six percent, the region tops the list on the African continent. Kenya, in particular, is developing with significantly rising import and exp...
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The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has been awarded a USD2.5 million U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) grant to support the current container-on-barge shuttle service operated by SEACOR AMH between New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Memphis, and to launch a...
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South Carolina Ports Authority announced 200,594 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled during the first month of fiscal year 2019, marking the strongest July on record and second-highest monthly container volume in the Port's history.
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The Port of Virginia will be receiving a USD 456,000 grant from the federal government's Marine Highway Program to enhance cargo operations at Richmond Marine Terminal (RMT) and support growing cargo volumes on the port's regular barge service to that ter...
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Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal (KPCT); a deep draughted container terminal on the east coast of India, announced the commissioning of 5 Electrical Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes (e-RTGC) further bolstering its container handling capacity in the backdro...
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In a follow up to their January announcement, A.P. Moller - Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the creation of TradeLens, jointly developed by the two companies to apply blockchain to the world's global supply chain.
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The Port of New York and New Jersey welcomed one of the world's most advanced, High-Efficient Ro-Ro (HERO) ships, the M/V Titus, on Tuesday, July 31, when it completed its maiden voyage from Asia to Port Newark's Berth 13.
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ZIM has announced of the new Strategic Partnership Agreement with the 2M alliance, details of the new improved Asia - U.S. East Coast – Asia network are now available.
Nissim Yochai, ZIM EVP Trans Pacific Trade, said: "The new alignment will enable ZIM...
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The Port of Long Beach saw a decline in container volumes in July compared to the same month a year ago, which hit a historic high that has since been surpassed.
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Responding to a statement by the owners of the port of Felixstowe that its recently introduced new terminal operating system (TOS) is now 'stable', Robert Keen, Director General of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) said:"Our members sti...
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The new CEO of the Port of Newcastle, Craig Carmody, committed the Port of Newcastle to developing a world-class container terminal to boost jobs and business opportunities in the Hunter region and dramatically reduce the number of trucks on Sydney's road...
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Establishing a record in trans-shipment operations the Port of Colombo has witnessed the highest growth of 19.8% in trans-shipment container throughput for the first half of 2018 as against the corresponding period in 2017. During the first half of this y...
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Navis announced that in the first half-year 2018 five feeder liners, including Tehama Shipping and Transinsular, have selected the on-premise stowage planning solution StowMan. The partnership with Navis aims to improve vessel stowage planni...
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The British Ports Association (BPA) will be holding a short targeted seminar on Thursday 29 November to discuss coastal shipping in the UK with ports and operators. In comparison with other transport modes, shipping is an efficient and environmentally sus...
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The Port of Virginia processed a record-setting 252,679 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July, an increase of nearly 8 percent when compared with the same month last year, and the second most productive month in the port's history.
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The Port of Tyne is welcoming a new non-executive director to its board.With over 30 years of experience in shipping, maritime safety and engineering, Mike Comerford is a Chartered Engineer (C. Eng), a Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (...
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