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Express Global wins the Dun & Bradstreet, RBL Bank Excellence Awards

Dec 18, 2016

Express Global Logistics was honoured yesterday with the Dun & Bradstreet and RBL Bank Ltd SME Business Excellence Awards 2016 in the Transport & Logistics sector.   Dun & Bradstreet, the world’s leading provider of global business information…

OPDR Acquires New Premises in Leixões

Dec 16, 2016

OPDR Iberia’s Leixões branch is going to expand its team and move into the office of its partner MacAndrews in Leixões in the northwest of Porto. The two CMA CGM subsidiaries will continue to act independently of each other, however, profit from the synergies of the close proximity…

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…

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…

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…

New Plans for Nova Scotia Container Facility

Dec 12, 2016

Ports America and Sydney Harbour Investment Partners (SHIP) have announced an agreement for the promotion, development and management of Novaporte, the marine container facility in the Port of Sydney, Nova Scotia. SHIP has exclusive development…

TT Club Calls for 'Cargo Integrity' Focus

Dec 08, 2016

Efforts to secure accurate container gross mass data continue following  the SOLAS revision mandating verified gross mass for every packed unit having taken effect, but international freight transport insurer, TT Club is now calling for a…

Clark Named Global Head of Shipping

Dec 08, 2016

Law firm Hill Dickinson said that Julian Clark will be joining the firm as global head of shipping, starting January 2017. Clark is a founding partner of Campbell Johnston Clark (CJC) and specializes in both wet and dry shipping. Prior to founding CJC…

MES Delivered Three Automated Intermodal Yard Cranes to TraPac

Dec 07, 2016

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) through their 100% subsidiary company, PACECO CORP., has recently delivered three (3) new automated intermodal container yard facility Cranes to TraPac Terminal at Port of Los Angeles. TraPac…

Liverpool Port Eyes Transatlantic Expansion

Dec 06, 2016

Liverpool's new container terminal expects to ramp up transatlantic shipping as British companies look to deepen business ties despite concerns that the U.S. election of Donald Trump could hinder free trade, the port operator's chief said.Private…

Industry to Prevent Shipping of Counterfeit Goods

Dec 04, 2016

Brand owners and representatives from the international shipping industry have joined forces in signing an historic declaration of intent aimed at preventing the maritime transport of counterfeit goods.Leaders from global shipping firms…

Crowley Joins U.S. EPA SmartWay

Dec 03, 2016

Continuing its longtime commitment to eco-friendly practices, Crowley’s Puerto Rico liner services group has joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, an innovative collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry…

European Cooperation Essential in Strengthening Inland Navigation

Nov 28, 2016

European cooperation is necessary in order to integrate inland waterway transport better into the multimodal logistic chains.This opinion was shared by around 130 participants from Poland, Germany, Sweden, Lithuania, Finland, Belgium and Czech Republic…

CMA CGM, CNAN NORD Spa Partner in Algeria

Nov 22, 2016

Global container shipping company CMA CGM and Algerian national shipping company CNAN NORD Spa have signed a cooperation agreement on November 8 to develop shipping transportation in Algeria. The agreement focuses on three strategic axes…

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Trump declares that India will purchase oil from Venezuela and not Iran

Trump declares that India will purchase oil from Venezuela and not Iran

Port Houston Celebrates Best Year Yet

Port Houston Celebrates Best Year Yet

Panama Ports Will Operate Undisrupted Despite CK Hutchison Ruling

Panama Ports Will Operate Undisrupted Despite CK Hutchison Ruling

Panama Court Quashes CK Hutchison Port Contracts

Panama Court Quashes CK Hutchison Port Contracts

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