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Angeles Box Throughput up 3.8%

Sep 13, 2015

August 2015 containerized cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles increased 3.8 percent compared to the same period last year. The Port handled a total of 786,677 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in August 2015. It was the strongest August performance since 2006…

Caterpillar Again Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Sep 13, 2015

Caterpillar Inc. has been named to the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), recognizing Caterpillar as a sustainability leader in the Industrial Engineering sector. This marks the 16th time Caterpillar has been included in the DJSI list…

King’s Lynn, Ipswich Ports Record Grain Exports

Sep 12, 2015

ABP’s ports of King’s Lynn and Ipswich have handled record levels of grain exports. Following extensive levels of investment in facilities, both ports enjoyed the highest number of exports in the month of August.  A strong harvest…

Total-Alliance to Support Refugees

Sep 12, 2015

Air Liquide, Michelin, Sodexo and Total are joining forces to assist refugees being resettled in France. The initiative was driven by the solidarity felt by employees and management of these companies for the refugees, mostly coming from Africa and the Middle East…

Felixstowe Port Top For Customer Care

Sep 12, 2015

The Port of Felixstowe, the Port of Britain has walked away with the coveted Rail Freight Group 2015 Customer Care Award for its continued and sustained improvement in customer service. This Award recognises the port’s commitment to delivering…

Evergreen Orders Ten Boxships from Imabari

Sep 12, 2015

Evergreen Group has signed an order with Japanese shipbuilder Imabari for ten 2,800 TEU class B-type vessels yesterday.  These are in addition to the order for ten similar vessels announced last month from CSBC in Taiwan.The latest contract was signed by EMC Chairman Mr…

Dryad Maritime Risk Analysis, 'A Maritime Nation'

Sep 12, 2015

Dryad Maritime have featured in a special programme ‘A Maritime Nation’ commissioned by the UK Chamber of Shipping, introduced by national newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky and produced by ITN Productions.The current affairs programme aired…

Obama says to Anticipate Refugee Problems for Decades

Sep 12, 2015

Citing the migrant crisis in the European Union, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that the world should expect refugee problems for decades.Speaking at a town hall event with U.S. military members, Obama said military conflicts and climate change will contribute to refugee crises…

Burning All Fossil Fuels could Thaw Antarctica, Raise Seas-Study

Sep 12, 2015

Burning all the world's fossil fuel reserves could thaw the entire Antarctic ice sheet and push up world sea levels by more than 50 metres (160 feet), over thousands of years, an international study said on Friday.Such a melt, also eliminating the far smaller ice sheet on Greenland…

Alnmaritec's Brown to Retire

Sep 11, 2015

Press release- With over 50 years behind him in ship and boatbuilding and civil engineering, Alastair Brown, Commercial Manager of Alnmaritec in Blyth, Northumberland, has announced his retirement. With a family background in engineering…

Neelsen to Succeed Ahlers as Buss Port Logistics CEO

Sep 11, 2015

Press release - On October 1, Marco Neelsen will assume Heinrich Ahlers' position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Buss Port Logistics (BPL). Ahlers will stay with Buss Group until at least the end of 2016.Neelsen is a trained navigational officer…

Crowley Honors USMMA Midshipman

Sep 11, 2015

Press Release -- Crowley Maritime Corporation recently presented U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Midshipman Christian Alexander Miller with the company’s Maritime Security Enhancement Award. Maritime Security Enhancement Award, established in 2003…

Record Cargo Numbers Continue at Long Beach Port

Sep 11, 2015

For the second month in a row, the Port of Long Beach broke its own record for cargo volume in its 104-year history. In a clear sign that customers are confident in the Port, overall cargo volume grew by 22.8 percent in August compared to the same month last year…

DryShips to Sell 17 Vessels for a Huge Loss

Sep 11, 2015

DryShips Inc. a global provider of marine transportation services for drybulk cargoes, and through its affiliate, Ocean Rig UDW Inc., of off-shore contract drilling oil services, announced today that it has entered into firm sales agreements…

Taylor Made Group President & COO to Retire

Sep 11, 2015

The Taylor Made Group has announced that President and Chief Operating Officer, Andy Jobbins, will retire at the close of the company’s current fiscal year, effective October 1, 2015.Jobbins was promoted to his current position in 2010…

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