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Chinese Imports of Tariffed Goods from US Drops -BIMCO

Jan 29, 2020

US seaborne exports to China of the goods which China has imposed tariffs on since the start of the trade war fell by 37.6% in the first 11 months of 2019 (11M 2019) compared to the same period of 2017, the last full year unaffected by the trade war…

CakeBoxx Technologies Introduces ThermoBoxx

Jan 29, 2020

CakeBoxx Technologies has rolled out a new product line of refrigerated shipping containers: ThermoBoxx 20' Shipping Container with Lifted Lid and ThermoBoxx 20ft Container.CakeBoxx Technologies designed these new models as a time saving, cost…

Consortium to Build Egypt's First Dry Port

Jan 29, 2020

A consortium of three companies has been awarded a contract for a $176 million project to build Egypt's first dry port, the first of eight ports the government plans to set up, the transportation minister said on Wednesday.The companies are…

CaribX Ups Stake in Cape Licence Off Honduras

Jan 28, 2020

The Central American and Caribbean specialist exploration company CaribX said that it is increasing its share of the Main Cape Operating contract in Honduras.Following government approval CaribX will hold a 55% interest in the highly prospective licence area…

Performance Shipping Adds P. Fos to Fleet

Jan 28, 2020

Performance Shipping, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it took delivery of the M/T P. Fos (formerly M/T Virgo Sun).The vessel is a 2007-built Aframax tanker vessel of 115…

Teekay Tankers Closes $533M Credit Facility

Jan 28, 2020

Bermuda-based operator of mid-sized tankers Teekay Tankers has closed a new five-year, $533 million revolving credit facility to refinance 31 vessels.The size of the new debt facility was reduced since announcing the term sheet signing in November…

New COO Joins USTC’s Executive Board

Jan 28, 2020

Torben Østergaard-Nielsen’s global shipping group United Shipping & Trading Company (USTC) has welcomed Nina Østergaard Borris as new COO to its Executive Board.For the past six years, Nina Østergaard Borris has been Executive Assistant and Head of M&A in Bunker Holding…

SGTM Orders Catamaran from Austal

Jan 28, 2020

SGTM has awarded Austal Limited a $10.7 million contract to build a 41-meter, high-speed catamaran.The new vessel is based on Austal Australia designed vessel, with customer defined design modifications to be undertaken in Vietnam before construction commences there by March…

Liebherr Celebrates 50 Years in the USA

Jan 28, 2020

This year Liebherr in the U.S. is celebrating 50 years as a manufacturer in North America.Liebherr has been producing and supplying construction machinery and other technically advanced, user-oriented products and services in the U.S. since 1970…

Profiles in Training: Staten Island Ferries

Jan 28, 2020

When James C. DeSimone, Deputy Commissioner, Ferry Division, New York City Department of Transportation, signed on to run the Staten Island Ferries in 2003, the organization was still in the aftermath of one of the most significant accidents in its history: the ferry Andrew J…

Partners to Develop Egypt's First Exclusive RoRo Terminal

Jan 28, 2020

NYK, Bolloré Africa Logistics (Bolloré) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) have signed an agreement with the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone to set up and operate a dedicated automotive terminal at East Port Said in Egypt…

Port of Savannah Tops Cargo Record

Jan 28, 2020

In the 2019 calendar year Port of Savannah moved 4.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU).Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch said this is an increase of nearly 250,000 TEU (5.6%) compared to the previous year…

Houston Ship Channel Shut on Tuesday Morning for Salvage

Jan 28, 2020

The Houston Ship Channel was shut on Tuesday morning to raise a fishing vessel that sank in mid-January near the waterway's entrance in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Houston ship pilots association.The ship channel, a 53-mile (85 km) waterway connecting the busiest U…

Dan-Bunkering Appoints Four Bunker Traders

Jan 28, 2020

Dan-Bunkering has announced the employment of four new bunker traders for the office in Dubai: Shiwei Liao, Elise Huang, Farid Babayev, Jinu Jagan.The latest hiring makes the Middle Eastern office the largest office of the Dan-Bunkering group in terms of number of traders…

Matson Promotes Three

Jan 27, 2020

U.S. carrier Matson announced it promoted three executives to the company's senior leadership team, effective immediately.Branton 'Bal' Dreyfus, Vice President, Alaska, has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Alaska in recognition of Matson's growing scope of operations…

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