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Klaveness, Marubeni Form Panamax Bulker Pool

Jan 21, 2020

Norwegian dry bulk operator Torvald Klaveness and Japanese trading house Marubeni have merged their panamax pool activities into a new jointly-owned pool management company called Maruklav Management.Maruklav, claimed to be the world's biggest panamax bulker pool…

Baltic Index Slips to 9-Month Low

Jan 21, 2020

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index fell to its lowest level since early April last year on Tuesday, weighed down by weaker demand for vessels across all segments.The Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels ferrying dry bulk commodities…

Brasco, APM Terminal Pact for Offshore Support

Jan 20, 2020

Brasco, a part of the Brazil's provider of integrated port and maritime logistics and supply chain solutions Wilson Sons Group company, has partnered with APM Terminals Pecém to set up a temporary logistics base at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex…

Teleoperation: Set to Revolutionize Intermodal Operations

Jan 17, 2020

As the pressures mount to improve efficiencies, safety and a port’s environmental footprint, the means to make all of that happen are already within reach. And, contrary to what organized labor might think, it’s not about reducing headcounts…

Florida Ports Leading the Way on Maritime Alternative Fuels

Jan 17, 2020

Florida's seaports and industry partners are investing in innovations to be more efficient and effective, including the implementation of environmentally friendly, less costly, domestically-produced natural gas as an alternative fuel, a recent report outlined…

THE Alliance Welcomes HMM

Jan 16, 2020

The members of THE Alliance, Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express, and Yang Ming have welcomed Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) as a new core member of THE Alliance.With the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) acceptance of HMM membership, THE Alliance…

Port NOLA Sets New Box Record

Jan 16, 2020

Louisiana’s only international container port Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) moved more containers in 2019 than at any time in its history, totaling 648,538 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 10% compared to one year ago.The multimodal…

Blue Water Opens Office in Italy

Jan 16, 2020

Having provided logistics solutions to Italian clients for many years, and looking to develop this business further, Blue Water Shipping has established an office in Milan.The new office will initially focus on serving clients in the oil and gas…

Video: Six RTG Cranes Arrive in Miami

Jan 14, 2020

Multipurpose and project heavy lift carrier AAL delivered of a cargo of six RTGs (rubber tyred gantry cranes) in a single sailing from the Port of Taicang in China to the South Florida Container Terminal (Port Miami), on board its mega-size 31…

Jan De Nul Completes Harelbeke

Jan 13, 2020

The provider of maritime construction services Jan De Nul said that a new lock complex along the Lys river in Harelbeke, Belgium is inaugurated.The Joint Venture ‘Leieland’, a partnership between contractors Jan De Nul nv, Herbosch Kiere nv…

ZIM Starts Seasonal Reefer Service

Jan 13, 2020

Israeli shipping company ZIM said it has commenced a seasonal reefer service from Egypt starting January 10.The weekly, fixed-day ZIM Egypt - Black Sea Express (EBX) 2020 seasonal reefer service provides a direct link from Alexandria to Novorossiysk NUTEP modern terminal…

US Retail Imports Normalizing After Tariff Surges

Jan 10, 2020

U.S. retail imports are beginning to settle down following a year of fluctuations driven by the uncertainty of the trade war with China, industry experts say.Volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to return to its usual seasonal patterns during the first few months of 2020…

Can the New Silk Road Compete with the Maritime Silk Road?

Jan 09, 2020

China’s president Xi Jinping refers the Belt and Road Initiative, aka the New Silk Road, as the “Project of the Century” and according to a recent Bloomberg article, Morgan Stanley anticipates Chinese investments will total $1.3 trillion by 2027…

Georgia Scraps Deal on Major Port Project

Jan 09, 2020

Georgia has ended an investment agreement with an international consortium for one of the biggest projects in the former Soviet country, the construction of a major deep sea port on the Black Sea coast, its infrastructure minister said on Thursday…

Yang Ming to Launch Taiwan - Japan Service

Jan 08, 2020

Taiwanese ocean shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation said that it continues to enhance its Intra-Asia service network by launching a new Taiwan–Japan service (JCH) effective from January 26th, 2020.The JCH service will provide weekly direct service between Kaohsiung…

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