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JAXPORT Container Volumes Continue Double-digit Growth

May 03, 2018

During the first six months of fiscal year 2018, JAXPORT recorded 27 percent growth in total container shipments over the same period last year, moving 634,460 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU). JAXPORT’s fiscal year runs October 1 through September 30…

Ethiopia Will Take a Stake of Port Sudan

May 03, 2018

Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed on a deal that will allow the Horn of Africa nation to take a stake of Port Sudan, Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.The deal was reached on Thursday in Khartoum in a meeting between Ethiopia's Prime…

Tug Delivery Kicks Off Major Project in Russia

May 03, 2018

With the loading of eight custom-made Damen tugs, German heavy lift company Combi Lift reached a milestone in the Gazprom Amur Gas Processing Plant Project in Russia. This officially marks the transition period between the project’s planning and implementation stages…

Milaha Rolls Out Qatar-Iraq Direct Container Feeder Service

May 02, 2018

Qatar-based maritime transport and logistics conglomerate Milaha has announced the launch of a direct container feeder service between Qatar and Iraq.  The new service, which will be an expansion of the existing Qatar-Kuwait service that the company launched last year…

Hapag-Lloyd Focuses on Africa

May 02, 2018

Hapag-Lloyd celebrated the official opening of its new office in Tema, the most important port city in Ghana. Beginning immediately, Hapag-Lloyd will manage all its activities in West Africa from this location. “I’m very pleased that our…

Kalmar Introduces Fully Electric Terminal Tractor

May 02, 2018

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has introduced an electric version of its Kalmar Ottawa T2 terminal tractor. The Kalmar Ottawa Electric Terminal Tractor is designed for trailer-handling operations in dispersed warehouses, container terminals and other…

Liverpool to Lead Way in Cruise Ship Crew Welfare for Third Year

May 02, 2018

Maritime charity Liverpool Seafarers Center (LSC) has struck a deal to provide support to thousands of cruise ship crew for the third successive year at a special base at Liverpool Cruise Terminal.LSC CEO, John Wilson, said it has reached agreement with Liverpool City Council…

Turkmenistan Seeks to Tap into East-West Cargo Flows with New Seaport

May 02, 2018

Turkmenistan on Wednesday opened a new $1.5 billion cargo and passenger seaport on the Caspian Sea aiming to boost its export revenues by handling shipping traffic between Asia and Europe.The Central Asian country's main source of hard currency is its gas exports…

Milaha Rolls Out New Container Feeder Service

May 02, 2018

Qatar-based maritime transport and logistics conglomerate Milaha has launched a direct container feeder service between Qatar and Iraq.The new service, which will be an expansion of the existing Qatar-Kuwait service that the company launched last year…

Buckeye Partners JV Announces Marine Terminal in Texas

May 01, 2018

Buckeye Partners announced the formation of a joint venture with Phillips 66 Partners and Andeavor to develop a new deep-water, open access marine terminal in Ingleside, Texas. The South Texas Gateway Terminal will be constructed on a 212…

Canaveral Port Authority Names Poole CFO

May 01, 2018

Canaveral Port Authority has named Michael B. Poole as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Port Canaveral, effective May 11, 2018.As CFO, Poole's primary duty is to preserve and safeguard the financial assets and affairs of the Canaveral Port Authority…

Saia Opens Second Seattle-area Terminal

May 01, 2018

Saia LTL Freight has opened a terminal in the city of Fife, Wash, in close proximity to the Port of Tacoma.“With the growth we have seen in the Seattle-Tacoma area, this second terminal will position us to provide additional capacity and enhanced service to our customers…

South Korea's April Exports Fall Unexpectedly

May 01, 2018

South Korean exports declined in April for the first time in 18 months, unable to keep up with 2017’s brisk pace as global demand softened, adding to worries about the country’s trade outlook amid the risk of a deepening U.S-China trade conflict…

Dredging to Boost Opportunities at Port of Setubal

May 01, 2018

Blue Atlantic Industrial & Logistics Park has welcomed  a ‘transformational’ dredging project which will unleash trade and export opportunities in the Port of Setubal, Portugal.The 96-hectare site is located 40km south of Lisbon in one of Europe’s leading maritime industrial zones…

MSC Grandiosa to be Named in Hamburg

Apr 30, 2018

MSC Meraviglia officially made her maiden call at the port of Hamburg today, marking the start of her new as well as the brand’s best and most accessible-ever season in Northern Europe. At the traditional exchange of crests attended by Senator…

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