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Port Scholarships Awarded to 20 Local Students

May 17, 2011

$53,500 to help students seeking trade-related careersThe Port of Long Beach on Friday, May 13, awarded $53,500 in scholarships to six local high school students and 14 college students to help them pursue careers in international trade and goods movement…

Volkswagen Chattanooga Selects Port of Savannah

May 13, 2011

Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations has selected the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal to handle auto parts in containers for its new plant in Tennessee.“We look forward to this new partnership with the Port of Savannah…

APM Terminals 30-Yr Callao Terminal Concession

May 13, 2011

Terminal Muelle Norte at Peru’s largest port is the latest of three expansions into new areas won by APM Terminals this year.Lima, Peru- The new 30-year concession contract for the development and operation of Terminal Muelle Norte at the…

Essar Shipping Ports and Logistics: New Management Structure

May 11, 2011

Mumbai: Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics Limited (ESPLL) which is a part of Essar Group today held its Committee of Directors (Demerger Committee) meeting and announced the completion of the demerger process. The committee fixed 19th May 2011 as the record date…

Richard D. Steinke To Receive 2011 Connie Award

May 09, 2011

Port of Long Beach Executive Director to be Honored by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute      Long Beach, CA (May 9, 2011) -- Richard D. Steinke, who will retire this year as executive director of the Port of Long Beach and who…

NAMEPA Seattle Seminar May 25, 2011

Apr 27, 2011

Port of Seattle’s Centennial Environmental Issues Focus of May 25th NAMEPA SeminarApril 25, 2011—The North American Marine Environmental Protection Association (NAMEPA) will present its Environmental Intelligence in Shipping Seminar Series…

Cape Town Terminal Welcomes End Of Windy Season

Mar 31, 2011

[CAPE TOWN – 31 March 2011]  The end of March should see a subsiding of the vicious south-easterly wind that has plagued the Cape and put Cape Town container terminal under serious pressure to keep cargo moving over the last few months.Just…

Deep-water Ports Give Region Competitive Edge

Mar 29, 2011

Managing new larger-draft ships, key to future growth of Mid East trade - technology and environmental issues also major challenges for region’s ports Senior executives from the region’s largest ports and shipping organisations, including ADPC (Abu Dhabi Ports Company) and DP World…

USCG Publishes Outer Continental Shelf Notice of Arrival Rule

Jan 13, 2011

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday publication in the Federal Register of an outer continental shelf notice of arrival rule designed to enhance maritime domain awareness over outer continental shelf activities.This final rule enhances maritime security and safety by requiring U…

LaHood Green Lights Oahu Container Yard

Jul 13, 2010

The U.S. Department of Transportation gave its approval to begin reconstruction of the Pier 29 Container Yard in Honolulu Harbor, Oahu after signing a $24.5m TIGER grant agreement with the Hawaii State Department of Transportation Harbors Division…

Georgia Ports 25% Container Growth for April

May 18, 2010

Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz announced that the GPA experienced 25.6% container growth in April and has recorded five consecutive months of double-digit growth through its ports.“The volume increases…

Port Hamburg Cargo Handling Increases Again

May 18, 2010

Hit hard by the global financial and economic crisis in the year 2009, the Port of Hamburg reports total cargo-handling figures of 28.6 million tons for the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 4.6 per cent over the same period in the previous year…

Alabama State Port Authority Far East Service

May 17, 2010

The Alabama State Port Authority and Mobile Container Terminal, LLC announced a new all-water container service between the Port of Mobile and Far East.  CMA CGM added the Ports of Mobile and Pusan, Korean to its PEX3 service between the U.S…

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Zero Emissions Terminal

May 14, 2010

It is the ocean cargo terminal of the future, powered by the sun and wind. The futuristic terminal has no conventional power, uses no fossil fuels and releases no harmful emissions into the atmosphere. Named after an endangered species of beaver…

Levin, Stabenow Bill to Improve Harbors, Ports

Apr 20, 2010

U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., introduced legislation that would ensure funding for federal ports and harbors across the nation. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., is an original co-sponsor of the bill. If enacted, the bill would help ensure that…

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