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Drewry Survey: Container Transport Dissatisfaction Grows

Jun 28, 2018

Satisfaction survey in container transport: Customers more dissatisfied with the service quality of ocean carriersThe service provided by container shipping lines has deteriorated since 2016 and is now seen by exporters, importers and freight forwarders as more problematic…

Euroseas Sells Bulk Carrier

Jun 28, 2018

Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA) delivered M/V Monica P, a 46,667 dwt drybulk vessel, built in 1998, to its buyer, an unaffiliated third party.  The gross proceeds of this sale were $6.45m. The vessel was held for sale as of March 31, 2018.Following the sale of M/V Monica P…

Xeneta Rolls-out Container Shipping Index

Jun 27, 2018

Xeneta, the leading ocean freight rate benchmarking and market intelligence platform, is launching a product offering that aims to transform the way shippers, freight forwarders and carriers conduct freight rate negotiations.  The Oslo headquartered firm has created a new offering…

Maersk Line to Comply with U.S Sanctions on Iran

Jun 27, 2018

Maersk Line, a part of A. P. Moller-Maersk, acknowledged that the United states has announced it will cease its participation in the joint comprehensive plan of action (JCPOA), and re-impose Sanctions on Iran following a wind down period. Maersk will respect U…

William Bergeron to Receive C. Alvin Bertel Award

Jun 26, 2018

The World Trade Center of New Orleans announced William T. “Bill” Bergeron, CEO of Bergeron Resources, L.L.C. & Affiliated Companies, as the recipient of the 2018 C. Alvin Bertel Award. The C. Alvin Bertel Award was established in 1967 and is…

Panama Canal Expansion Marks Second Anniversary

Jun 26, 2018

Today marks Panama Canal's two-year anniversary of the inauguration of its Canal Expansion. It is the largest enhancement project in the waterway’s 103-year history. To date, the Canal has transited 3,745 Neopanamax vessels.The performance…

Port of Oakland Focused on Hybrids

Jun 26, 2018

Oakland’s largest marine terminal operator plans to clear the air using hybrid cargo-handling technology. SSA Terminals said it will retrofit 13 diesel-powered cranes with diesel-electric hybrid engines. The upgrade is estimated to eliminate…

Migrants Rescued by Boxship Land in Sicily

Jun 26, 2018

More than 100 rescued migrants from private cargo ship Alexander Maersk, picked up off the coast of southern Italy on Friday, arrived in the southern port of Pozzallo in Sicily on Tuesday. The new Italian government has closed its ports to ships operated by charities in the Mediterranean…

French Union Calls for June 28 Port Action

Jun 26, 2018

France's CGT union says it is calling on port workers across the country to down tools on June 28 and join a protest against the policies of the government. Thursday's action coincides with the end of three months of rolling train strikes…

SC Ports CEO Sounds Off on Southern States Chassis Pool

Jun 25, 2018

South Carolina Ports Authority president and CEO Jim Newsome has issued the following statement on the proposed new chassis pool structure to be known as the Southern States Chassis Pool:  “The South Atlantic Chassis Pool was formed in 2006…

CMA CGM Founder Jacques Saade Dies at 81

Jun 25, 2018

Mr. Jacques R. Saade, founding president of the CMA CGM Group, died on June 24, 2018 at the age of 81, according to the company. Jacques R. Saadé dedicated his life to CMA CGM.  An extraordinary visionary and entrepreneur, he made the group…

SC Ports Plans for 5% Container Growth

Jun 20, 2018

Today, the South Carolina Ports Authority Board of Directors adopted a 2019 fiscal year financial plan that includes five percent pier container growth, $280.8 million in operating revenues, $42.9 million in operating earnings, and capital expenditures of $277…

NWSA Import Volumes Rise in May 2018

Jun 20, 2018

May imports at the Northwest Seaport Alliance of Seattle and Tacoma reached their highest level since 2010 this year.At 131,067 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units), import volumes were 0.7 percent above last May's total.Export volumes of 114,227 TEUs marked a 11…

CMA CGM to Buy Finland's Containerships

Jun 20, 2018

French-based CMA CGM, one of the world's largest container shipping firms, has agreed to acquire Finland's Containerships from Container Finance Ltd Oy.Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in three to six months, were not disclosed…

Maersk Poaches New CFO from Assa Abloy

Jun 20, 2018

Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk has chosen Carolina Dybeck Happe as its new Chief Finance Officer, it said on Wednesday.Happe will take the position at a time where Maersk is undergoing a strategic transformation from a broader conglomerate including an oil business to a more focused shipping company…

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