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Crowley Logistics Adds 400 New Reefer to its Fleet

Dec 06, 2018

Florida-based Crowley Logistics has added 400 new refrigerated (reefer) cargo containers to its industry-leading equipment fleet just in time for the peak perishables shipping season beginning in Central America.The additional units, all 40-foot-long…

Kolkata-Patna: India's Second Inland Container Cargo Sector

Dec 06, 2018

Patna, capital of Indian state of Bihar, will witness a new landmark in the country’s Inland Water Transport (IWT) sector with 16 TEUs of container cargo (equivalent to 16 truckloads), belonging to food majors PepsiCo India and Emami Agrotech…

The Tipping Point: U.S. Exports more Oil than it Imports

Dec 06, 2018

The United States last week exported more crude oil and fuel than it imported for the first time on record, underscoring the nation's growing influence as a supplier of oil to the world.Exports of crude surged in the week to Nov. 30 to more than 3…

Crowley Adds 400 Reefer Boxes to Fleet

Dec 06, 2018

Crowley Logistics has added 400 new refrigerated (reefer) cargo containers to its industry-leading equipment fleet just in time for the peak perishables shipping season beginning in Central America.The additional units, all 40-foot-long, high cubes built to Crowley’s exacting standards…

Bad Weather Shutters Eastern Libyan Oil Ports

Dec 06, 2018

The eastern Libyan oil ports of Es Sider, Ras Lanuf, Brega and Zueitina were still closed on Thursday because of bad weather, port and shipping sources said.Libyan state oil company NOC had said on Wednesday that all the country's oil export terminals were closed by bad weather…

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Jones Act Dredgers, America at its Best

Dec 06, 2018

The U.S.-Flag dredging industry commemorates the 77th anniversary of the Japanese air raid on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor highlighting the critical need for a robust American shipbuilding capacity to ensure for the preparedness of the nation…

Scrubber Manufacturers Slams Singapore Open-Loop Scrubbers Ban

Dec 05, 2018

Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) has attacked Singapore's restrictions on open-loop versions of the systems as 'disappointing' and 'politically motivated.'The scrubber manufacturing industry body said in a press release: 'The…

HyperloopTT, Hamburg Port Operator in Shipping JV

Dec 05, 2018

Port of Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA) joined force with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT/HTT) to form a new company.According to a press release from HTT, the company will…

Samskip’s UK Investments Transcend Brexit Disruption

Dec 05, 2018

Two years of pre-Brexit investment in North Sea container shipping services is proving decisive in winning shippers away from cross-Channel ferry routes at a critical time for UK-EU relations, according to leading multimodal operator Samskip…

CPA Approves Bonding for New Canaveral Cruise Terminal

Dec 05, 2018

Carnival’s new 180,000-ton ship, first North American-based LNG powered ship, will homeport at Port Canaveral’s new Cruise Terminal 3.The Canaveral Port Authority (CPA) Board of Commissioners today voted to approve a resolution for the issuance…

Stink Bugs Drive Car Carrier from Port

Dec 05, 2018

Biosecurity New Zealand has directed a vehicle carrier to leave New Zealand waters following the discovery of stink bugs and other regulated pests.Biosecurity officers intercepted 3 live and 39 dead brown marmorated stink bugs and 69 other dead…

NWSA's Terminal 18 Breaks Records with 2018 Volume

Dec 05, 2018

SSA Marine’s Terminal 18 surpassed 1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in yearly container volume last week, marking the first time in Washington state history that a single marine terminal handled a million TEUs in a year.Located in the North Harbor of The Northwest Seaport Alliance…

Baltic Index Gains on Higher Capesize Rates

Dec 05, 2018

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, gained on Wednesday, supported by stronger rates for capesize vessel segments.The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels…

LNG Import Terminal Proposed for Australian port

Dec 05, 2018

A South Korea-based company has proposed building a terminal on Australia's east coast to import liquefied natural gas, the fifth proposal for such a project in the world's No.2 LNG exporter.The proposals have come after three new LNG export…

Floating LNG in Asia Finds Buyers as Prices Plunge

Dec 05, 2018

Nine or more tankers on the way or discharged into Asia, while at least five still holding LNG off Singapore.Several liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes that had been stored on vessels in Asian waters are now heading towards buyers' terminals in China…

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