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India Box Trade Grew 6% in Q4 2018: Maersk

Mar 12, 2019

India’s containerised trade with the world has grown steadily, recording an overall import-export trade growth of 6% according to the Q4 2018 trade report released by Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company.Increasing demand for…

Partnership to Test Sustainable Marine Bio-Fuel Oil

Mar 12, 2019

IKEA Transport & Logistics Services, CMA CGM, the GoodShipping Program and the Port of Rotterdam have announced they will cooperate in a first of its kind partnership to test and scale the use of sustainable marine bio-fuel oil. The test will…

Saia Opens New Massachusetts Terminal

Mar 11, 2019

American trucking company Saia announced  that Saia LTL Freight has opened its newest Northeastern terminal in Wrentham, Massachusetts. This is the 11th facility the company has launched in the region since 2017.'Our expansion in the Northeast…

​Cargotec's Navis Acquires Octopi TOS

Mar 08, 2019

Navis, part of Cargotec, has acquired privately owned company Cetus Labs, Inc. in the US, a provider of a cloud-based terminal operating system (TOS) Octopi for small container and mixed cargo terminals. With the addition of Octopi to its software portfolio…

Indian Container Trade Grows 6%: Maersk

Mar 07, 2019

India’s containerised trade grew 6 per cent during the last quarter of 2018, with the western region outperforming the other three regions in Q4 trade.A report released by the world’s largest container shipping company Maersk has attributed…

HPC Completes Chilean Puerto Central Study

Mar 06, 2019

Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) completed the yard optimization and simulation study to the full satisfaction of Puerto Central with the presentation of the most promising simulation results to Chilean Puerto Central (PCE) by HPC's Head of Simulation…

Danaos Partners with iMarine Software

Mar 03, 2019

The international owner of containerships Danaos Corporation  has partnered with iMarine Software, fully integrating the maritime e-procurement solution 'SeaProc eProcurement' platform into their system.Danaos Web Enterprise Suite is a web-enabled…

Powertak: Powered Lift and Drive

Feb 28, 2019

The PowerStak family of high performance, fully powered stackers from Presto ECOA offer significant performance advantages over manual stackers and significant cost savings versus forklift trucks. Because they feature both powered lift and powered drive…

Kalmar's 70,000th Ottawa Terminal Tractor

Feb 28, 2019

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is celebrating a significant milestone with the production of its 70,000th Kalmar Ottawa terminal tractor. Destined for long-standing customer Penske Truck Leasing, the truck was completed on 27 February at Kalmar's US manufacturing facility in Ottawa…

WiseTech Global Acquires Containerchain

Feb 26, 2019

Logistics software company WiseTech Global has announced its acquisition of Singaporean supply chain tracking and management software firm Containerchain.Based in Singapore, Containerchain provides optimization services such as real-time tracking…

Hapag-Lloyd: U.S. Probe Ends with no Obligations

Feb 26, 2019

Germany's Hapag-Lloyd is cleared of a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the practices of container shipping companies, with no charges brought, a spokesman said on Tuesday.'Hapag-Lloyd was informed that the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust…

APM Terminals Barcelona Cuts CO2

Feb 22, 2019

The electrical capacity of the APM Terminals Barcelona has also been improved, leading to a reduction in CO2 emissions of 600 tonnes per annum, said the international container terminal operating company headquartered in The Hague.As part of…

Jaxport Hits Record Container Volumes in January

Feb 22, 2019

Jaxport, the port of Jacksonville, Florida, had its best ever January container volumes, with total container movements increasing 16 percent over the same period last year.Nearly 121,400 twenty-foot equivalent units (or TEUs, the industry standard…

APM Costa Rica Enhances Reefer Services

Feb 20, 2019

APM Terminals Inland Services in Costa Rica has worked closely with one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of tropical fruit.The Hague-based international container terminal operating company  said in a press release that among other things…

Yilport Oslo Breaks Container Record

Feb 20, 2019

Norway's largest container terminal Yilport Oslo handled a total of 238,000 containers (TEU) in 2018, an increase of 14% from the previous year.The Norwegian container port operator said that as the cargo from Europe are growing, Oslo has become the logistics hub in Norway…

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Croatia Inaugurates Rijeka Container Terminal as Regional Hub

Croatia Inaugurates Rijeka Container Terminal as Regional Hub

Port of Gothenburg on Track for All-Time High in TEU Handling

Port of Gothenburg on Track for All-Time High in TEU Handling

United Seamen’s Service Celebrates 56th Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards

United Seamen’s Service Celebrates 56th Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards

AAPA Honors Jonathan Daniels with Port Leadership Award

AAPA Honors Jonathan Daniels with Port Leadership Award

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