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CMA CGM Rolls Out New Mobile App

May 05, 2017

CMA CGM Group is launching a new version of its mobile application, overhauled with new features that will allow customers to track shipments, provide access to all line schedules and company news.  It is now also available on tablets operating on Android and IOs systems…

Antwerp Port Seeks Investor for Churchill Site

May 04, 2017

Antwerp Port Authority and Energy Recovery Systems Company Ltd. (ERS) have decided by common consent to cancel the option held by the company on the Churchill site.  ERS informed the Port Authority that it needed more time to reach the milestones imposed by the Port Authority…

Anderton Joins Florida Freight Advisory Committee

May 04, 2017

Broward County's Port Everglades said it is taking an active role in the state's multimodal freight planning initiative as David Anderton, Port Everglades Assistant Director, was recently appointed to the Florida Freight Advisory Committee. The…

WCI Applauds FY 2017 Omnibus

May 04, 2017

Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) praised today’s passage of the FY 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill that provides funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017.  FY ’17 funding for the Corps’ Civil Works mission totals $6…

Patrick Verhoeven to Leave ECSA for IAPH

May 03, 2017

Patrick Verhoeven will leave the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) on September 1 this year to become Managing Director Policy and Strategy at the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH).  This is a new leadership…

Is 'Seablindness' a Myth?

May 03, 2017

UK politicians and the general public have demonstrated overwhelmingly that they recognize shipping as the biggest mover of the nation’s imports and exports, according to a new study commissioned by the UK Chamber of Shipping. Guy Platten…

Port Houston Box Volumes Continue to Rise

May 03, 2017

“Port Houston handled close to 10 million tons of total tonnage, reflecting an increase of eleven percent over 2016,” Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther announced during the April meeting of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority…

Royal Caribbean Will Return to New Orleans

May 03, 2017

Royal Caribbean International announced it will return to New Orleans with a seasonal home-based cruise ship in late 2018. The 915-foot Vision of the Seas will sail seven-night itineraries to destinations across the Bahamas and Yucatan Peninsula…

Damen InvaSave BWSM Makes World Premiere

May 03, 2017

On April 25 Damen’s IMO certified InvaSave ballast water management system (BWMS) received its world premiere in front of an invited audience courtesy of Groningen Seaports at the harbour of Delfzijl and Eemshaven, The Netherlands. This marks…

TRAC Intermodal Grows Refurbished Chassis Fleet

May 03, 2017

TRAC Intermodal has announced that they have grown their “like new” refurbished chassis to over 30 percent of their Metro Pool fleet. These TRAC blue chassis have been refurbished to like-new quality with LED lights, new tires/rims, new electrical systems…

AMSOL Bags New Contracts

May 03, 2017

African Marine Solutions Group (AMSOL) has been awarded two recent milestone contracts following the acquisition of SMIT Amandla Marine in December 2016 AMSOL has been awarded a five-year contract by the South African Department of Transport…

Largest Ship To-date Transits Expanded Panama Canal

May 02, 2017

The 13,092 TEU Neopanamax containership COSCO Development, which measures 366 meters in length and 48.2 meters in beam, today became the largest vessel both in dimension and capacity to transit the Expanded Panama Canal since it was inaugurated in June 2016…

Indonesia-Philippines RoRo Service Up

May 01, 2017

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday launched a ferry route that will connect the two countries. The Davao-General Santos-Bitung roll on/roll off shipping service from Mindanao to North Sulawesi…

Singapore Rolls Out LNG Bunkering Standard

Apr 29, 2017

The first Singapore Technical Reference (TR) 56 for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Bunkering was launched by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), SPRING Singapore and the Standards Development Organisation @ Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SDO@SCIC)…

New Services for Sweden's Forestry, Steel Exports

Apr 29, 2017

APM Terminals Gothenburg has announced a new service designed to accelerate and improve Sweden’s supply chains in the forestry and steel export sectors.  As part of the company’s SEK 250 million container terminal investment plan, a new specialized…

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