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EPA Grant for Port of LA

Dec 16, 2016

The Port of Los Angeles has received an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deploy green commercial equipment for moving cargo. The award will pay between 25 to 40 percent of the cost to replace and upgrade…

APM Terminals to Promote Safety in Vietnam

Dec 15, 2016

APM Terminals together with AIP Foundation, a road safety nonprofit, is rolling out a new training program in Vietnam to help make the port community of Cai Mep in southern Vietnam safe.  More than 45 truck drivers and other CMIT employees…

Peru Workers Plan Strike That Could Disrupt LNG Exports

Dec 15, 2016

Natural gas workers in Peru plan to hold an indefinite strike starting Dec. 29 that would disrupt production of the widely-used fuel as well as Royal Dutch Shell Plc's liquefied natural gas exports, the union SUTRAPPEC said Thursday. Some…

Traditional, Project Cargoes Transit St. Lawrence Seaway in November

Dec 15, 2016

“November was a good month for the export of agricultural products and shipments of aluminum ingots on the Great Lakes Seaway System,” said Betty Sutton, Administrator of the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. “Under the binational trade development program known as ‘Highway H2O’…

India Okays 'Major Port Trust Authorities Bill, 2016'

Dec 14, 2016

The Union Cabinet of India, chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has approved  the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2016, a move aimed at bringing greater efficiency and professionalism in governance of ports through full autonomy in decision…

Los Angeles Container Volumes Jump 23.6%

Dec 14, 2016

According to the Port of Los Angeles, containerized cargo flowing through the port surpassed all-time volumes for a Western Hemisphere port for the second consecutive month. Port of Los Angeles terminals processed 877,564 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs)…

Long Beach Container Counts Soft

Dec 14, 2016

The Port of Long Beach said shifting alliance routes and the Hanjin bankruptcy continued to affect its volumes in November, when container traffic was 13.8 percent lower than the same month last year. A total of 534,308 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) were moved through the harbor last month…

Record Container Volume at SC Ports

Dec 14, 2016

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) reported its strongest November container volumes on record. SCPA handled 175,217 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in November, a year-over-year increase of 14 percent. Previously, SCPA's strongest November on record was 163…

Fairview Box Terminal Expansion 75% Completed

Dec 14, 2016

The Phase II North container terminal expansion project, launched in the first quarter of 2015, is now more than 75 percent complete and is on schedule to increase annual capacity at Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal to over 1.35 million TEUs by the third quarter of 2017…

Falaknaz Appointed Innovation Officer, DP World

Dec 14, 2016

As part of its focus on innovation, DP World has appointed Sara Falaknaz as Chief Innovation Officer with immediate effect. Falaknaz is currently the Vice President of Innovation for DP World and her new duties will expand the role in other directions…

Panama Canal, IRPT Sign MoU

Dec 14, 2016

Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals (IRPT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). This historic event marks the first ever global connection for IRPT. This Memorandum of Understanding is important to all of our inland river ports…

APM Terminals to Divest Pentalver Transport

Dec 13, 2016

APM Terminals has entered into an agreement to divest Pentalver, the UK-based provider of container transport (trucking & haulage) and other container related services, to Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) – a United States-based, global operator…

CMA CGM's NEW CIMEX 2E Links Asia to Chennai

Dec 13, 2016

CMA CGM has announced its participation in the new consortium 'NEW CIMEX 2E' linking Asia to Chennai (India East Coast) through a Vessel Sharing Agreement starting as from Mid-December 2016. This new service is to replace former CIMEX 2E…

CMA CGM Adds New MARMARA EXPRESS Line

Dec 13, 2016

CMA CGM upgrades its offer between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean Sea with the new MARMARA EXPRESS line. 'We are pleased to announce the new service offer MARMARA EXPRESS which directly links Turkey, Spain, France, Greece and Italy…

Charleston Gets Green Light for Harbor Deepening

Dec 12, 2016

Senate Passes Water Infrastructure Compromise, Sends to President for Signature The United States Senate passed S.612, the Water Infrastructure Improvement for the Nation Act (WIIN), which included Congressional authorization for the 52-foot Charleston Harbor Deepening Project…

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