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Portland Port, ICTSI to terminate Lease

Feb 28, 2017

ICTSI Oregon, Inc. and the Port of Portland have mutually agreed to terminate a 25-year lease agreement to operate the container facility at the Port’s Terminal 6. The agreement allows ICTSI Oregon to be relieved of its long-term lease obligations effective March 31…

Mexico’s APM Terminals Open for Business

Feb 27, 2017

APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico’s largest semi-automated terminal, received its first official vessel call today with the arrival of the 9,600 TEU capacity Maersk Salalah on the AC2 Transpacific service from Asia.“This is a milestone…

Socio-Economic Impact of EU Shipping Industry Remains Solid

Feb 27, 2017

The EU shipping industry directly employed 640,000 people and supported a EUR 57 billion contribution to GDP in 2015, says European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) Adding supply chain and worker spending multiplier impacts, the…

Leonard Returns to Port of Portland

Feb 27, 2017

Kristen Leonard will return to the Port of Portland (Oregon) on February 27, 2017 as chief public affairs officer, after leaving the port in November 2015 to serve as Governor Kate Brown’s chief of staff. During Leonard’s absence, Bobbi Stedman…

GPA, VPA File East Coast Gateway Terminal Agreement

Feb 27, 2017

The Georgia Ports Authority and the Virginia Port Authority filed on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to create the “East Coast Gateway Terminal Agreement.”The agreement encourages voluntary cooperation in the areas of operational and supply chain efficiencies…

Milaha Profit Down for 2016

Feb 26, 2017

Qatar Navigation (Milaha), a maritime and logistics conglomerate based in Qatar, has reported a net profit of $195 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to $300 million reported the previous year. The fall in the profit…

Georgia Ports Set Tonnage, Container Records

Feb 24, 2017

The Georgia Ports Authority achieved outstanding January results, with double-digit growth across all business sectors and a 26 percent increase in total tonnage. 'The Port of Savannah is unrivaled in its connectivity into the heartland of the U…

Retailers Urge Labor/Management to Avoid Port Shutdown

Feb 24, 2017

The National Retail Federation (NRF) called on the U.S. Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association to work together to avoid a one-day shutdown of East Coast and Gulf Coast ports proposed by the ILA.  “Thousands of…

Berger Joins Port of New Orleans Board

Feb 23, 2017

Gov. John Bel Edwards appointed Darryl D. Berger to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Berger, who was sworn in during today’s monthly Board meeting, will serve a five-year term, succeeding Scott Cooper, one of four Orleans…

Tauranga Port Aims to Handle a Million Cargo Containers

Feb 22, 2017

New Zealand's largest freight gateway Port of Tauranga says it is on track to break the country's record for transporting more than one million containers in a single year. 'Our results show the Port of Tauranga is continuing to reinforce its position as the country's premier freight gateway…

Davao Terminal Outfits with Navis

Feb 22, 2017

Navis and Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) announced that the terminal has gone live with the Navis N4 terminal system.  Navis is a part of Cargotec Corporation and provider of operational technologies and services that unlock…

APM Terminals Boosts Investment in Port Elizabeth

Feb 22, 2017

APM Terminals has significantly increased its previously announced USD $70 million investment plans for the APM Terminals Port Elizabeth facility, and now plans an investment total of USD $200 million.  This figure includes ordering four…

Cocoa Beans Rot in Ivorian Ports as Buying Slows

Feb 22, 2017

Up to 20,000 tonnes of cocoa is rotting at Ivory Coast's ports and might not be sold as a wave of defaults by exporters has slowed buying, exporters and truckers told Reuters on Wednesday. The top cocoa producer's Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) acknowledged earlier this month that some firms…

ZIM to Add a Second Asia-Pacific North West String

Feb 22, 2017

ZIM has announced that starting April 2017 (subject to FMC approval) an additional Asia-PNW service will join the ZIM’s Asia - Pacific North West service, which was previously announced. The new service will be named Zim Pacific North (ZPN)…

Containership Deliveries: Turning A Corner?

Feb 21, 2017

Containership deliveries changed course in 2016, toppling from the record level of 1.7m TEU in 2015 to reach just 0.9m TEU, having previously increased each year between 2011 and 2015, says a report from Clarkson Research Services. If deliveries…

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