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Concordia Maritime Charters Two MR Tankers

Apr 21, 2017

Concordia Maritime has signed a contract for the chartering of two IMO2/3 class MR tankers. This a joint chartering arrangement with Stena Weco, and Concordia Maritime’s share amounts to 50 percent. The contract is for one year, and the charters run from June and July 2017…

Supply Chain Advantages for Brazilian-European Trade

Apr 20, 2017

After the successful participation in Intermodal South America in Sao Paulo (Brazil), the port of Antwerp in collaboration with the local industrial and agricultural federations organised a business seminar with networking in the nearby state of Minas Gerais…

New Venture Aims to Uproot Shipping’s Status Quo

Apr 20, 2017

Former Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) CEO assembles senior team for launch of Nisomar, a data-driven maritime services company With a belief that innovation in shipping has fallen well behind other sectors, new entrant into the maritime…

Samskip Logistics Expands Reefer Portfolio

Apr 20, 2017

Samskip is to expand its global refrigerated foods transportation interests once more, announcing plans for Samskip Logistics USA to acquire the activities of New Jersey-based freight forwarder Rimar Consultants Inc. Rimar Consultants is…

NovaAlgoma Short-Sea Carriers Launched

Apr 19, 2017

Algoma Central Corporation and Nova Marine Carriers SA today announced the creation of a new joint venture that will focus on short-sea dry-bulk shipping for global markets.  This new joint venture, operating as NovaAlgoma Short-Sea Carriers…

32 VLCCs to Fly Saudi Arabia’s Flag

Apr 19, 2017

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) said that the Public Transport Authority (PTA) has completed the registration of Amjad, a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) owned and operated by Bahri, under the flag of Saudi Arabia. The…

DynaCERT Secures CE Certification for Hydragen Technology

Apr 19, 2017

dynaCERT Inc.  has received CE certification for its HydraGEN technology.  Specifically, the models HG1 (Class 6-8 trucks), HG2 (Class 2-5 trucks, refrigerated trailers and shipping containers) and HG3 (diesel-powered ocean ships, locomotives…

US, Canada Cargo Theft Trends for 2017

Apr 19, 2017

CargoNet recorded 358 supply chain risk incidents across the United States and Canada.Of those 358 incidents, 58 percent involved theft of a trucking vehicle, 54 percent involved theft of cargo, and 7 percent were classified as fraud (often identity theft and wire fraud)…

Port of Hueneme Wins Environmental Award

Apr 19, 2017

The Ventura County Board of Supervisors has recognized the Port of Hueneme for its environmental initiatives, presenting it with the County of Ventura 2017 Earth Day Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship. The award was presented…

Nakilat Holds 21st Qatar Project Shipping Forum

Apr 19, 2017

Nakilat organized the 21st Qatar Project Shipping Forum (QPSF) in London from April 18-19, 2017. The bi-annual Forum gathered Nakilat’s joint venture partners, ship operators and charterers to discuss numerous matters concerning the Nakilat…

Antwerp Port Gets off to the Strongest Start Ever

Apr 18, 2017

The port of Antwerp handled 54,324,303 tonnes of freight during the first three months of this year, 1.5% more than in the same period last year. The further growth is mainly due to container freight, which was up by 2% in terms of tonnage…

New Quetzal Terminal Welcomes CSAV Traiguen

Apr 18, 2017

The 8,600 TEU capacity CSAV Traiguen became the largest container ship to call a Guatemalan port when it arrived at Terminal de Contenedores Quetzal (TCQ) on Guatemala’s Pacific Coast on April 12th, 2017, on the maiden call of German-based Hapag-Lloyd’s Mediterranean Pacific (MPS) service…

NileDutch selects ClearMetal predictive platform

Apr 18, 2017

Ocean Carrier Nile Dutch will use ClearMetal's machine-learning approach to fleet and container utilization improvement. ClearMetal is a predictive logistics company that uses AI and machine learning to unlock new efficiencies for global trade…

Seanergy Bags Time Charter for Capesize Bulker

Apr 18, 2017

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp has entered into a time charter contract (T/C) with a major European charterer, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, for a period of about 18 months to about 22 months.  The T/C is for the 180,000 dwt…

Los Angeles Port Cargo Volumes Rise

Apr 17, 2017

Californian Port of Los Angeles has seen its volumes increase by 10 percent in the first quarter of 2017 as it handled a total of 2.23 million TEUs in the three-month period, compared to 2 million TEU seen in the same quarter a year earlier…

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