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GPA: Six 14,000-TEU Vessels Simultaneously

Feb 05, 2019

Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch unveiled GPA's Big Berth/Big Ship program that will allow the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024.'No other single container terminal in North America has the ability to expand berth capacity at this rate…

Celebrity Cruises Installs SOLASOLV

Feb 04, 2019

British manufacturer of marine windows Solar Solve Marine has won a contract to supply 20 SOLASOLV anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens screens to the bridge windows of the cruise ship Celebrity Millennium. Celebrity Millennium is owned…

Container Market Grows at 8.6%

Feb 04, 2019

The Global International Orginization for Standardization (ISO) Shipping Container Market is growing at a CAGR of 8.6% during 2017-2026, said a report.According to Stratistics MRC, growth of seaborne trade, growing demand for commodities and…

Global Travel Retail Leader Selects GAC Dubai

Feb 04, 2019

Lagardère Travel Retail has appointed GAC Dubai’s Contract Logistics team to handle a range of goods sold at Duty Free retail stores at airports in Saudi Arabia and the future Abu Dhabi Midfield Terminal Complex (MTC).Under the multi-year agreement signed by the two companies commencing March 1st…

Port Houston Reports Record Container Volume

Feb 03, 2019

The international port of Texas, Port Houston, had a record-breaking 2018 as container volume through the port grew by double-digits.The port handled handled 2.7 million 20-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, a common industry measurement for containers…

KFTL Hits Container Moves Milestone

Feb 03, 2019

Kingston Freeport Terminal Ltd (KFTL), a Jamaican consortium formed by French global terminals operator CMA CGM and its majority-owned subsidiary Terminal Link, said it recorded the best performance ever in the history of the port of Kingston in terms of container moves…

Shipbuilding: ONE Grus Delivered

Feb 01, 2019

Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) has announced that ONE Grus, with a carrying capacity of 14,000 TEU, has been successfully delivered at Kure Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation. The sublet owner is Nippon Yusen Kaisha. This is ONE’s first delivery this year…

Trump: U.S. Will be Able to do Trade Deal with China

Jan 31, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he thinks the United States will be able to strike a deal with China, as Chinese Vice Premier Liu He visits Washington for trade talks in a bid to ease tensions between the two economies.Reporting by Steve Holland

SeaCube Awarded U.S. TransCom Contract

Jan 31, 2019

SeaCube Container Leasing International has been awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contracts for leasing and transportation of intermodal container equipment. Performance is from March 1, 2019, to Feb. 29, 2020…

Crowley Logistics Announces Organizational Changes

Jan 30, 2019

To continue providing customers with industry-leading integrated supply chain solutions, Crowley Logistics has announced several personnel moves that further position the company for exceptional customer service and growth.Patrick Collins has been promoted to vice president of terminal operations…

TTS Group Bags Hurtigruten Contract

Jan 30, 2019

Norway-based TTS Group ASA, a global provider of handling solutions and access systems and services for the marine and offshore industries, has been awarded a contract for sideloading systems for Norway-based expedition cruise operator Hurtigruten…

Klaveness Container Ship Completes World's First 'Digital Survey'

Jan 29, 2019

Norwegian shipping company Klaveness Ship Management has announced that it has performed what it believes to be the world’s first ‘digital survey’, carried out on board the container vessel MV Bardu in conjunction with classification society DNV GL…

GB Railfreight Launches New Intermodal Service from Felixstowe Port

Jan 29, 2019

The rail freight company in the United Kingdom, GB Railfreight has launched a new intermodal rail freight service connecting the Port of Felixstowe with the Birch Coppice terminal in the Midlands.The first locomotive on the service left Birch…

Savannah's TEU count grows 7.5 percent in 2018

Jan 29, 2019

As infrastructure expands to handle new business, the Port of Savannah moved more than 350,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in December. Nine of the Georgia Ports Authority's 10 busiest months were in 2018. The Port of Savannah moved 4…

First Hybrid Straddle Carriers at Hamburg Port

Jan 28, 2019

The port of Hamburg has for the first time introduced two straddle carriers with environmentally friendly hybrid engines.The first two energy saving, low emissions straddle carriers with hybrid engines are being used to transport containers between the ship…

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Georgia Ports, Konecranes Celebrate 30-Year Yard Crane Partnership

Georgia Ports, Konecranes Celebrate 30-Year Yard Crane Partnership

PPG Completes 100th Dry Docking Using Electrostatic Coating

PPG Completes 100th Dry Docking Using Electrostatic Coating

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DP World, Asian Terminals Inc. Deploy First Fleet of Electric Internal Transfer Vehicles in the Philippines

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