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Port NOLA Sets Cruise Record

Feb 14, 2020

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) saw another record-breaking year in cruise passenger numbers and vessel calls.With the launch of Disney cruises and the addition of year-round itineraries from Royal Caribbean International in 2020, Port officials anticipate another robust cruise season…

Long Beach Cargo Dips in January

Feb 14, 2020

Cargo volume was down slightly in January at the Port of Long Beach, compared to the same month in 2019.Terminal operators and dockworkers moved 626,829 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last month, down 4.6% compared to January 2019. Imports decreased 4…

Fincantieri Delivers Virgin Voyages' Scarlet Lady

Feb 13, 2020

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri said it has presented Scarlet Lady, the first of four new cruise ships it is building for new cruise ship operator Virgin Voyages, part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group.The 110,00-gross-ton Scarlet Lady, constructed at the builder's shipyard in Genoa Sestri Ponente…

Mammoet Completes Mexican Terminal Expansion

Feb 12, 2020

Mammoet, a Dutch company specialized in engineered heavy lifting and transport of over-sized and heavy objects, said that its  team has successfully completed the second phase of the relocation of several shipping container cranes for Hutchison…

Port of Baltimore Sets Record in 2019

Feb 12, 2020

The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore recorded another record-breaking year in 2019. Figures released show new high marks for cargo tonnage passing through the Port’s public and private marine terminals, as well as new benchmarks for containers and the number of cars and light trucks handled…

Oakland Port Volume Jump 7.3% in January

Feb 11, 2020

San Francisco Bay-based container ship facility Port of Oakland said its containerized import volume jumped 7.3 percent last month over January 2019 totals.Exports were up, too, the Port said, lifting hopes for recovery from a U.S.-China trade war…

RSGT Welcomes Advanced Terminal Equipment

Feb 11, 2020

Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) announced the arrival of the first consignment of new advanced terminal equipment, which includes terminal trucks and trailers that will accelerate and speed up port and quay operations at the Northern Part of Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP)…

Hapag-Lloyd Launches Reefer Monitoring Tool

Feb 05, 2020

The German company Hapag-Lloyd announced the adoption of a new real-time remote monitoring system for its reefer containers -  Hapag-Lloyd LIVE.The tool increases the transparency of the cold chain by offering customers a number of data sets…

EGS Connects Dutch Deepsea Terminals

Jan 31, 2020

The intermodal service provider European Gateway Services (EGS) offers network of connections between all deepsea terminals Maasvlakte Rotterdam with Nuremberg in Netharlands.The Rotterdam - Nuremberg rail shuttle is now already calling at all the deepsea terminals at the Maasvlakte (1 and 2)…

Damen Completes Triple Refit for CMV

Jan 29, 2020

Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has completed extensive annual repair and maintenance programs on three cruises ships operated by the UK’s leading independent cruise line Cruise and Maritime Voyages ahead of their winter season.The triple cruise ships are Magellan…

DCSA Sets Track and Trace Standards

Jan 29, 2020

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a non-profit group of nine major ocean freight carriers, published track and trace standards in an effort to unify information sharing and further digitalization goals.'This is the first of…

Driverless Trucks to Dominate UK Ferry Traffic

Jan 29, 2020

Driver-less heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) will be to ship freight between the UK and continental Europe in the future, according to a new white paper published by the British Ports Association (BPA) and the specialist freight transport consultancy MDS Transmodal…

CakeBoxx Technologies Introduces ThermoBoxx

Jan 29, 2020

CakeBoxx Technologies has rolled out a new product line of refrigerated shipping containers: ThermoBoxx 20' Shipping Container with Lifted Lid and ThermoBoxx 20ft Container.CakeBoxx Technologies designed these new models as a time saving, cost…

Consortium to Build Egypt's First Dry Port

Jan 29, 2020

A consortium of three companies has been awarded a contract for a $176 million project to build Egypt's first dry port, the first of eight ports the government plans to set up, the transportation minister said on Wednesday.The companies are…

Port of Savannah Tops Cargo Record

Jan 28, 2020

In the 2019 calendar year Port of Savannah moved 4.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU).Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch said this is an increase of nearly 250,000 TEU (5.6%) compared to the previous year…

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