A container terminal at the Port of Charleston has resumed normal operations after being cleared of a potential bomb threat aboard a containership. At approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday authorities were informed of a potential threat in a container…
iContainers, the 100 percent online freight forwarder, said it has introduced a new degree of automation to supply chain management with the launch of a new instant notifications system that allows shippers to automatically receive up-to-date…
Maersk Container Industry is introducing an energy meter with its Star Cool refrigerated containers. Star Cool refrigerated containers are now fitted with a new embedded digital feature that offers visibility and precise knowledge of actual energy consumption…
The Port of Los Angeles reported a second straight year of record May cargo volumes, registering a an increase of 3.4 percent in May compared to the same period last year. Total volumes registered at 796,216 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs)…
An agreement between two container carrier giants will see CMA CGM acquire Maersk Line owned Mercosul Line, a player in Brazil’s domestic container shipping market. The price of the sale was not made public. The transaction is subject to…
Innovative new ontainer scanning technology is being developed for the CORE (Consistently Optimized REsilient Secure Global Supply-Chains) European Research Project by Smiths Detection, a leader in detecting weapons, biohazards, radioactive material…
The Madrid Maersk, the latest in a long line of record-breaking containerships, arrived on June 6, 2017 at the Port of Felixstowe’s newest quay, its first port of call in Northern Europe on its maiden voyage. As the world’s current biggest containership (weighing in at 214…
Piraeus Port, operator of Greece's biggest port and majority-owned by China's COSCO Shipping, has agreed to team up with the operator of Shanghai port, the world's largest container port, to promote container shipping traffic.Piraeus, COSCO…
Qatar and container lines have launched new shipping services via Oman in an effort to sidestep a port ban in neighbouring countries and secure a food lifeline after other Gulf states severed ties with Doha last week.Saudi Arabia, the United…
Swiss-based MSC will offer a new shipping service to Qatar from Oman, the world’s No.2 container shipping line said on Monday, a week after Gulf states imposed port and trade restrictions on Doha.'MSC never stopped accepting bookings to Qatar as it investigated alternative routing options…
Port on pace for highest-ever FY container volume; Inland Port Greer has record month The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) announced the highest May container volume in its history, pushing fiscal year-to-date volumes past the port's…
AECOM said it has been chosen by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) to provide detailed design services for the new Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. Container Terminal at the Port of Charleston. “Extending AECOM’s dedication to delivering…
The shipping company Reederei Hamburger Lloyd (RHL) is celebrated its 10th anniversary on the occasion of its fourth traditional Rice & Curry dinner on June 8, 2017 in the Hafen Klub, Hamburg.In June 2007, the ATALANTA Beteiligungsgesellschaft…
The United Parcel Service Inc said it will suspend the transit of goods to and from Qatar in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain amid an ongoing dispute in the region. 'We will continue to monitor for any potential service impact with regards to air…
The Northwest Seaport Alliance to purchase four more container cranes, invest additional $2.9 million in Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. terminal improvements Managing members of the Northwest Seaport Alliance have approved a $52 million purchase…