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Port of Oakland's Four-year Journey to Record Cargo Volume

May 04, 2018

Boss credits 'all links in the supply chain' with comeback from 2014 low pointIn 2014, stalled negotiations over a new waterfront labor contract crippled ports from San Diego to Seattle. Today, a number of those ports are handling record cargo volumes…

Sweden’s New Freight Port to Open in 2020

May 03, 2018

The Stockholm Norvik Port will open in 2020. The halfway stage has been reached and there is an incredible amount of activity at the construction site, where buildings, bridges and quays are emerging, while the route for the railway track is simultaneously being prepared…

JAXPORT Container Volumes Continue Double-digit Growth

May 03, 2018

During the first six months of fiscal year 2018, JAXPORT recorded 27 percent growth in total container shipments over the same period last year, moving 634,460 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU). JAXPORT’s fiscal year runs October 1 through September 30…

Milaha Rolls Out Qatar-Iraq Direct Container Feeder Service

May 02, 2018

Qatar-based maritime transport and logistics conglomerate Milaha has announced the launch of a direct container feeder service between Qatar and Iraq.  The new service, which will be an expansion of the existing Qatar-Kuwait service that the company launched last year…

Hapag-Lloyd Focuses on Africa

May 02, 2018

Hapag-Lloyd celebrated the official opening of its new office in Tema, the most important port city in Ghana. Beginning immediately, Hapag-Lloyd will manage all its activities in West Africa from this location. “I’m very pleased that our…

Kalmar Introduces Fully Electric Terminal Tractor

May 02, 2018

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has introduced an electric version of its Kalmar Ottawa T2 terminal tractor. The Kalmar Ottawa Electric Terminal Tractor is designed for trailer-handling operations in dispersed warehouses, container terminals and other…

Turkmenistan Seeks to Tap into East-West Cargo Flows with New Seaport

May 02, 2018

Turkmenistan on Wednesday opened a new $1.5 billion cargo and passenger seaport on the Caspian Sea aiming to boost its export revenues by handling shipping traffic between Asia and Europe.The Central Asian country's main source of hard currency is its gas exports…

Milaha Rolls Out New Container Feeder Service

May 02, 2018

Qatar-based maritime transport and logistics conglomerate Milaha has launched a direct container feeder service between Qatar and Iraq.The new service, which will be an expansion of the existing Qatar-Kuwait service that the company launched last year…

South Korea's April Exports Fall Unexpectedly

May 01, 2018

South Korean exports declined in April for the first time in 18 months, unable to keep up with 2017’s brisk pace as global demand softened, adding to worries about the country’s trade outlook amid the risk of a deepening U.S-China trade conflict…

Dredging to Boost Opportunities at Port of Setubal

May 01, 2018

Blue Atlantic Industrial & Logistics Park has welcomed  a ‘transformational’ dredging project which will unleash trade and export opportunities in the Port of Setubal, Portugal.The 96-hectare site is located 40km south of Lisbon in one of Europe’s leading maritime industrial zones…

INTTRA: Enabling Collaboration Across Container Shipping

May 01, 2018

INTTRA, a neutral network, software and information provider for the ocean shipping industry, hosted a Technology Summit in Hamburg, Germany to address the need for collaboration across container shipping to help advance the ocean freight industry’s digital transformation…

Container Equipment Market Surges Ahead: Drewry

Apr 30, 2018

The move towards container leasing and away from carrier ownership continues unabated and the leased fleet now has a clear majority over that owned by transport operators, according to the latest edition of the Container Census & Leasing and…

Baltic Index Down For Third Straight Session

Apr 30, 2018

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Monday for a third straight session as rates for capesizes continued to decline.* The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize…

Fukunaga Joins Matson Board

Apr 27, 2018

Matson, Inc. shareholders elected Mark H. Fukunaga, Chairman and CEO of Servco Pacific Inc., as a new member of Matson’s board of directors.  Concurrently, Matson Chairman and CEO, Matt Cox, announced that the board's independent directors have designated Stanley M…

Hapag-Lloyd: Crocodiles on Board

Apr 27, 2018

Beginning immediately, two 20-foot containers with colorful graffiti are part of Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet. On them can be seen crocodiles, jungle vegetation and ice hockey players painted in graffiti style.  With these unusual containers, Hapag…

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