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Port of Boston: A Vital Economic Engine

Jul 21, 2014

Port of Boston is Vital Economic Engine and Job Generator for Region.The Port of Boston generated $4.6 billion in 2012 and more than 50,000 jobs are supported by the port, including more than 7,000 direct jobs, according to a report released by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)…

Hamburg Süd Launches Free App

Jul 21, 2014

Hamburg Süd has just released a free app for smartphones and tablets that is available for its customers to download. The Hamburg Süd app allows customers to access information about Track & Trace, timetables, offices and news wherever they may be…

Partners Sign Up for Marseilles Intermodal Project

Jul 18, 2014

Six partners led by the Marseilles Fos port authority have formed the Mourepiane combined transport terminal company (MTTC) to help finance and manage construction of the port’s long-planned intermodal upgrade development in the Marseilles harbor area…

Walters Joins Peel Ports Group

Jul 18, 2014

Former P&O and ABP executive appointed group commercial directorPeel Ports Group confirmed the appointment of Patrick Walters as group commercial director. Walters is a leading commercial executives in the U.K. ports industry, having held top positions in P&O Ports…

Panama Canal Expansion: Unintended Consequences

Jul 17, 2014

While airports, ports and GARVEEs are holding steady, according to several new Fitch Ratings reports, increasingly, state and local governments are realizing the benefits of risk transfer, cost certainty and asset preservation through public-private partnerships (P3)…

Argentine Grains Workers Threaten to Extend Strike

Jul 16, 2014

Grains inspectors who began a strike on Wednesday in Argentina's pivotal Rosario export hub will extend it for a second day if there is no progress on their demand for higher salaries, a senior union official said.Other unions are also threatening labor actions…

TT Club Backs Young Freight Forwarder Award

Jul 14, 2014

TT Club is continuing its sponsorship of FIATA’s Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award.  The relationship between the two organizations in relation to this training and development award is now in its sixteenth year and is aimed at identifying…

Schlaepfer Joins ISS Management Team in Brazil

Jul 14, 2014

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has appointed Henrique Schlaepfer as its new Managing Director Brazil. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Henrique will report directly to regional Executive Vice President, Jaime Otero.Commencing his maritime career in 1984…

Latest FMCS Update on West Coast Labor Talks

Jul 10, 2014

FMCS Statement on Labor Negotiations Between the ILWU and Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers.The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service issued the following statement (PM / 9 July) on the labor negotiations between the International Longshore…

Chilean Port Workers Strike

Jul 09, 2014

Port workers in Chile have been on strike since the afternoon of Tuesday, July 8 in respect of a dispute over a new law which affects workers' lunch and rest breaks, Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) advises.The strike, organized by the Union Portuaria…

WWL Opens Office in Myanmar

Jul 09, 2014

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has entered into a joint venture with Myanmar-based Carrier King Logistics that makes it the first independent company in the country to provide modern automobile distribution from port to consumer.With the rapid and ongoing democratisation of Myanmar…

ISS Enters 3 Peaks Challenge

Jul 09, 2014

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) announced it supported the Sailors’ Society again by entering two teams in the “3 Peaks Challenge 2014”.Both teams were made up of volunteers from around ISS’ global network, and included representatives from Dubai…

Djibouti, DP World in Legal Spat

Jul 08, 2014

Djibouti said it had started legal action against DP World, seeking to rescind the Dubai-owned port operator's concession in Africa's largest container terminal in a row over how the contract was awarded.'The resulting agreement unfairly favoured DP World…

Port of Savannah to Deliver Fresher Fruit

Jul 08, 2014

Pilot program will mean better shelf life for citrus, grapes, blueberries.South American citrus, grapes and blueberries will arrive sooner and last longer for consumers in the Southeastern U.S. thanks to the Georgia Ports Authority’s participation in a USDA pilot program…

Obama Trade Law Survives Chinese WTO Appeal

Jul 07, 2014

China failed to overturn a U.S. law targeting unfair trade subsidies on Monday, when the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body said it did not have enough information to uphold China's appeal against an earlier WTO ruling.China had claimed that the U…

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