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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Record 60 Cargo Ships Wait to Unload at Los Angeles, Long Beach

A record 60 container vessels are at anchor or adrift in the San Pedro Bay, waiting to be unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach seaports and another 20 are due to arrive in coming days, a port executive said on Wednesday.With the pandemic still raging around the world, U.S.

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Jennifer Carpenter

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Tracy Zea

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Maritime Logistics News

Port Logistics

Port of Oakland's Beef Exports on the Rise

U.S. beef exports through the Port of Oakland have risen sharply this year despite shipping disruptions that have hobbled global supply chains.According to the port, its beef exports—which are almost exclusively bound for Asia—increased 25% between January and July.“Demand for high-qualify U.S.

Cruise

No Change on Sailing Plans after New COVID-19 Cases, Cruise Lines Say

Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corp will push ahead with a return to cruises this summer despite two guests onboard Royal Caribbean’s Celebrity Millennium ship testing positive for COVID-19.A year after several cruise ships were host to major coronavirus outbreaks and with large numbers of Americans now vaccinated…

Intermodal

Shipping Hurdles Pare Brazilian Coffee Exports

Exports of green coffee from Brazil, the world's largest producer, fell 27% in August from a year earlier to 2.33 million bags as difficulties to find containers and space at vessels increased in the last weeks, industry group Cecafe said on Monday.Cecafe said in a monthly report that around 3.5 million bags of coffee could not be shipped in time t

Company News

ABPmer appointed Designated Person for Belfast Harbour Commissioners

Belfast Harbor Commissioners (BHC) has appointed ABPmer as its Designated Person under the requirements of the Department for Transport’s Port Marine Safety Code (PMSC).Belfast Harbor is a Trust Port and Northern Ireland's principal maritime gateway, handling around 24 million tonnes of goods each year.

Contracts

2021: The Year of the Containership

What’s not to like about 2021 for container shipping? Freight rates are record high, record amounts of cargo are shipped across the Pacific Ocean, as well as globally, and the previous yearly record for new container ship orders has just been broken (measured in capacity) in less…