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US Sorghum Ship Switches Destination from Spain Back to Asia

May 22, 2018

The RB Eden vessel carrying 70,000 tonnes of U.S. sorghum turned around just before reaching the Spanish port of Cartagena and is now heading to Singapore, Thomson Reuters Eikon ship-tracking data showed.This marks the second U-turn for the…

Wabtec and GE Transportation to Merge

May 21, 2018

Wabtec Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company. The combination will make Wabtec a Fortune 500, global transportation leader in rail equipment, software and services…

Protests at Santos Port Impacting Flow of Goods

May 21, 2018

Protests by truckers in Brazil demanding a reduction in diesel prices have impacted the flow of goods at Santos, Latin America's largest port, the port administration said on Monday.Santos port authority said the protests have restricted the arrival of goods to several terminals…

Mdawe Takes Over As TNPA COO

May 21, 2018

Nozipho Mdawe has been appointed as Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective May 21, 2018. She takes over the role recently vacated by Phyllis Difeto and briefly held in an acting capacity by Moshe Motlohi…

Record April Boosts Savannah's Box Trade

May 21, 2018

The Georgia Ports Authority's busiest April ever pushed its fiscal year-to-date totals to more than 3.4 million twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of 8.8 percent (280,000 TEUs) compared to the first 10 months of FY2017. 'We're on track to move more than 300…

Maersk's Damco Leases Logistics Center in Los Angeles

May 21, 2018

Damco, a part of Denmark's A. P. Moller-Maersk, has agreed with Goodman Group on a 10-year lease of a one million square feet logistics center in Los Angeles, the two companies said in a joint statement on Monday.Damco will occupy 100 percent of the space at Goodman Gateway Santa Fe Springs…

US Exports to China to Rise amid Trade Talks, but Volumes are Capped

May 21, 2018

China has pledged to buy more U.S. goods to reduce America's huge trade deficit and help avoid exacerbating a trade war between the world's two biggest economies, with energy and commodities high on Washington's list of products for sale.The U…

ESPO Congratulates Seven Wadden Sea Ports for PERS

May 21, 2018

European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) congratulates the ports of Den Helder (Netherlands), Harlingen (Netherlands), Groningen (Netherlands), Den Oever (Netherlands), Niedersachsen Brake (Germany), Niedersachsen Cuxhaven (Germany) and Niedersachsen…

Cress Systems Helps Container Terminals

May 20, 2018

Cress Systems helps container terminals reduce fuel bills, emissions and power peaks with ProwESS energy storage for rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs). New technology allows container ports and terminals to capture, store and reuse energy…

IMO Promotes Single Window for Ports

May 18, 2018

What is a “single window” and why do ports need one? What are the best practices when it comes to electronic business and port logistics?  How is  International Maritime Organization (IMO) supporting developing countries to get ready for…

NWSA’s Export Volumes Grew in April

May 18, 2018

April exports at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma were up 3.3 percent at 112,645 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) amid rising trade tensions. At 111,858 TEUs, import volumes through the ports, which together comprise the Northwest Seaport Alliance…

Nolan Tapped to Take Over as TOTE CEO

May 18, 2018

Tim Nolan has been named the next president and CEO of U.S. domestic ocean carrier TOTE Inc., parent company Saltchuk announced today. TOTE is the parent company to TOTE Maritime and TOTE Services.Nolan, who is currently president of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico…

First-Quarter Returns From the Universal Port of Hamburg

May 18, 2018

This year’s first-quarter throughput total at the Port of Hamburg was notable for a rise in conventional general cargoes, a lower figure of bulk cargoes, a stable trend in container handling and distinct growth on container transport services by rail…

Turkey to Impose Retaliatory Measures against US Tariffs

May 18, 2018

Turkey will impose counter-measures on the United States in retaliation against steel and aluminum import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Friday, citing officials from the economy ministry…

MOL Logistics Signs Pact with Al Madina Logistics in Oman

May 18, 2018

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines  (MOL) announced that its group company, MOL Logistics (Japan) has signed an agency agreement with Al Madina Logistics Services Company SAOC, which has developed its logistics business in Oman, which is expected to grow as emerging market…

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