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US Trade Balance with China Improving on Higher Exports -BIMCO

Oct 07, 2021

The trade war continues to rage in the shade of the headline-grabbing supply chain disruptions. The tariffs are still in place and are unlikely to go anywhere despite the change of administration in the United States. While higher exports from…

Maher Terminals Adds Three STS Cranes in NY/NJ

Oct 07, 2021

Liebherr Container Cranes said it has been awarded a contract for the supply of three ship to shore (STS) container cranes for Maher Terminals LLC at the Port of New York & New Jersey. The cranes will take their place alongside the existing eight Liebherr STS cranes at Maher’s terminal…

'Containergeddon': Supply Crisis Drives Walmart and Rivals to Hire Their Own Ships

Oct 07, 2021

The Flying Buttress once glided across the oceans carrying vital commodities like grain to all corners of the world.Now it bears a different treasure: Paw Patrol Movie Towers, Batmobile Transformers and Baby Alive Lulu Achoo dolls.The dry bulk…

Port Everglades Signs MOU with Honduran Port Authority and Terminal Operator

Oct 06, 2021

Port Everglades, a department of Broward County government, the Empresa Nacional Portuaria (National Port Authority of Honduras), and Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), terminal operator at Puerto Cortes, signed a Memorandum of Understanding…

IMO to Establish Regional Office for the Pacific Islands

Oct 06, 2021

IMO's Technical Cooperation Committee at its 71st session (TC 71) (20-24 September) has approved the establishment of an IMO Regional Presence Office (RPO) for the Pacific Islands region. If approved at the thirty-fourth extraordinary session of the Council (08 - 12 November 2021)…

ZIM Establishes Digital Freight Forwarding Company

Oct 06, 2021

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. on Wednesday announced the creation of a new subsidiary, Ship4wd, a digital freight forwarding platform offering an online self-service end to end shipping solution.Launching October 18, 2021, Ship4wd is…

JAXPORT Awards $48 Million Construction Contract for Blount Island Modernization Project

Oct 05, 2021

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Board of Directors unanimously awarded a $48.8 million construction services contract to Superior Construction Company LLC for terminal improvements to enable the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at Blount Island to accommodate more containers…

Corporación Navios Upgrades Harbor Crane

Oct 05, 2021

Uruguayan company Corporación Navios replaced a Liebherr long duty cycle crane with a permanently installed harbor crane type FCC 300. The recently erected harbor crane will be used for dry bulk handling of barges in hoppers at the terminal in Nueva Palmira…

Marlink Passes 1,000-vessel Milestone for ITLink Monitor

Oct 05, 2021

Marlink said it has reached the 1,000 ship milestone for ITLink Monitor, its solution for simplified IT system monitoring and compliance.Marlink said its ITLink has been attracting interest from shipowners and managers in response to IMO2021 regulations…

Sonardyne Group Limited Changes Name to Covelya Group Limited

Oct 05, 2021

Sonardyne Group Limited, a family-owned global group of companies comprising Chelsea Technologies, EIVA, Sonardyne, Voyis and Wavefront, announced today that it is rebranding as Covelya Group Limited. Alongside the name change, the company announced…

US Trade Chief Tai Seeks Talks with China, Won't Rule Out New Tariff Actions

Oct 04, 2021

Top U.S. trade negotiator Katherine Tai on Monday pledged to exclude some Chinese imports from tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump while pressing Beijing in 'frank' talks over its failure to keep promises made in Trump's trade deal and end harmful industrial policies…

DMW Marine Group Appoints South America Rep

Oct 04, 2021

DMW Marine Group said it has appointed Proxima Innovation as its representative to handle business in Brazil and Latin America. Within the first month of the business relationship, DMW Marine Group said it secured orders with Proxima Innovation's…

Activists Blockade Shell Refinery in Port of Rotterdam

Oct 04, 2021

Dozens of Greenpeace activists in Rotterdam port used a ship, buoys and a small flotilla of kayaks on Monday to block traffic around Shell’s Pernis refinery, Europe’s largest, as part of a campaign seeking a ban on fossil fuel advertising.Police…

LOOP Did Not Deliver Sour Crude from Storage in September

Oct 01, 2021

The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), the largest U.S. privately owned deepwater crude terminal, said on Friday it made no deliveries of sour crude from storage last month, following two storms that hit the U.S. Gulf Coast.The facility closed on August 28 ahead of Hurricane Ida…

DMW Marine Group Appoints new Representative

Oct 01, 2021

DMW Marine Group appointed TECHNONAVAL of Miami, Fla., to represent the company in Florida, Panama, Ecuador and Greece to market DMW's products and services. Leonidas Lavdas, Managing Director of TECHNONAVAL has decades of experience in the…

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