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Largest Containership Visits NWSA’s Terminal

Apr 06, 2018

Mediterranean Shipping Company’s Laurence, which arrived Thursday, is the largest container ship to call at The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Terminal 46 in Seattle. The Laurence has capacity for almost 13,000 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs)…

USS SLATER Open April 4

Mar 27, 2018

USS SLATER is scheduled to open to the public on Wednesday, April 4th.  This year will mark the ship's 21st season in Albany. There have been tremendous changes to the ship since she first arrived. USS SLATER has become one of the best restored…

Dubai Weakness Promotes AG Exports

Mar 16, 2018

In McQuilling Services’ March Short-Term Outlook, we expressed our expectation of higher crude demand out of the Arabian Gulf in the near term due to recent weakness in Dubai crude pricing.  In our report, we note the expansion of the Brent-Dubai crude differential…

Hamburg Welcomes Its Largest Ever Box Ship

Mar 16, 2018

The largest ever containership to call at the port on the Elbe berthed in Hamburg early on Thursday morning, March 15.The oceangoing giant CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery made its maiden call at the Port of Hamburg's HHLA Container Terminal…

Virginia Port’s Cargo Numbers Up

Mar 09, 2018

Despite a slight dip in volume of .7 percent in February, The Port of Virginia’s fiscal year 2018 cargo volumes are up nearly 4 percent, or nearly 69,000 TEUs. “February is a short month and our volume was relatively static, in a year-on-year comparison…

Frank Coles Delivers Keynote at the Transas Global Conference

Mar 08, 2018

Transas CEO Frank Coles' Keynote speech in Vancouver: Enterprise Change You know if Elon Musk was to attend a plenary session of the IMO, he could be forgiven if he thought he was watching a reenactment of the Charles Dickens book Hard Times…

ICTSI volume hits 9.2 mi TEUs

Mar 07, 2018

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) reported audited consolidated financial results for the year ended 31 December 2017, posting revenue from port operations of US$1.244 billion, 10 percent higher compared to US$1.128 billion in 2016…

3,000th Neopanamax Transits Panama Canal

Mar 03, 2018

Today the Panama Canal announced the transit of its 3,000th Neopanamax vessel, exceeding initial traffic expectations by this date and reaffirming the value and impact its route has had on global maritime trade. The Panamanian flagged containership…

#BTC100 History

Feb 28, 2018

In 1951, under the leadership of Capt. Fred’s son, Morton S. Bouchard Sr., (A.K.A. “Buster” Bouchard), the company builds three 20,000 barrel oil barges and three accompanying tugboats, which ran the New York State Barge Canal. The construction of these vessels would then…

Trans Global Projects Celebrates 30 Years

Jan 15, 2018

International logistics solutions provider Trans Global Projects Ltd (TGP) celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2018.TGP was founded on January 4, 1988 by Julian Clarke, Nick Harsant and Colin Charnock, who is the Group’s managing director…

APL Celebrates 150 Years in Japan

Dec 12, 2017

The Yokohama Port and Habour Bureau, Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation and Yokohama Port Corporation have paid tribute to APL for its contributions as one of Japan’s longest-serving shipping lines. As APL celebrates 150 years of shipping in Japan…

Largest Ship to Visit US East Coast Calls Savannah

Sep 01, 2017

The largest containership ever to serve the U.S. East Coast, the 14,414 TEU CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, called the Port of Savannah on Friday. Working the vessel with seven cranes at the 1,200-acre Garden City Terminal, the Port of Savannah is expected to move 4…

Panama Canal Welcomes Largest Capacity Containership To-date

Aug 22, 2017

The Panama Canal today welcomed the largest capacity vessel to ever transit the Expanded Locks, the Neopanamax containership CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, which began its voyage from Asia, will be making stops along the U.S. East Coast. The ship has a total TEU allowance (TTA) of 14…

SUNY Maritime Library Receives $50,000 Grant

Aug 02, 2017

SUNY Maritime College’s Stephen B. Luce Library has been awarded $50,000 from the National Park Service and the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to continue efforts to digitize records documenting the history of Sailors’ Snug Harbor on Staten Island…

Turnkey Logistics: The Crowley Way

Aug 01, 2017

60 years of experience in the Puerto Rico trade corridor provides Crowley with the knowhow, means and staying power for the 60 that will surely follow. In March, the announcement that three new, ship-to-shore container cranes were scheduled…

Logistics News

Port Canaveral Invests $500 Million in Five-Year Port-Wide Improvement Plan

Port Canaveral Invests $500 Million in Five-Year Port-Wide Improvement Plan

Syria Signs New 30-Year Deal with CMA CGM

Syria Signs New 30-Year Deal with CMA CGM

Adani Ports Sees Higher FY26 Revenue Growth on Robust Volumes

Adani Ports Sees Higher FY26 Revenue Growth on Robust Volumes

TotalEnergies, OQEP Start Construction of Marsa LNG Plant in Oman

TotalEnergies, OQEP Start Construction of Marsa LNG Plant in Oman

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