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Hanjin Sells Operations at Port of Seattle

Dec 29, 2016

Bankrupt South Korean shipping company Hanjin will sell its operations of the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 46 to Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping COmpany (MSC) subsidiary Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), reports AP. The Seattle Times…

Marine Exhaust Systems of Alabama Names Simmons CFO

Dec 29, 2016

Marine Exhaust Systems of Alabama has appointed Karen C. Simmons, CPA, PFS as Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2017.

SCPA Making All the Right Moves

Dec 29, 2016

What does it take to become – and Stay – a World Class Port in a Post-Panamax world? The South Carolina Ports Authority thinks it has the answers. In late October, the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) reported year-over-year growth during the first quarter of its 2017 fiscal year…

FMC Green Lights Miami Terminal Partnership

Dec 29, 2016

An agreement between two marine terminal companies located at the Port of Miami will go into force on December 31, 2016, permitting those parties to seek cooperation and commonality in both business and operating matters. The U.S. Federal…

Panalpina’s Pinnacle Logistics Excellence Program

Dec 29, 2016

Some gold medals are harder to get than others. Panalpina’s LogEx Gold is one of them. Why? Well, for starters you can’t just go for gold like you could at a world championship in sports. For LogEx Gold, you first have to earn LogEx Bronze – and then LogEx Silver…

Antwerp Port Hits Record Volume

Dec 29, 2016

The port of Antwerp will close 2016 with an expected record volume of more than 214 million tonnes of freight handled. The shipping container volume for its part has risen above 10 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units, i.e. standard containers) for the first time in the history of the port…

Sino-Global Shipping Enters Agreement With COSCO

Dec 28, 2016

Sino-Global Shipping America, a non-asset based global shipping and freight logistic integrated solution provider,  has announced the signing of an Inland Transportation Agreement  with COSCO Beijing International Freight Co in which COSFRE…

GulfNav, SeaQuest Tie Up in Ship Management

Dec 28, 2016

Dubai-based Gulf Ship Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf Navigation Holding, announced on Tuesday a recent tie up with Switzerland’s SeaQuest Group to set up a ship management joint venture and expand operations in the region. According to this agreement…

Three New STS Quay Cranes at Khalifa Port

Dec 28, 2016

Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) announced the arrival of three of the largest ship-to-shore quay cranes in the world, to accommodate growing volumes and demand at Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT), WAM reports. Transported from China on specially-built vessels…

Transshipments at Port of Gdansk Exceed Last Year's Record

Dec 28, 2016

2016 is not yet over, but the volume of transshipments is already higher than in the previous record year, being currently estimated at more than 36.3 million tonnes.  This is a result which, until recently, would have been out of reach for any Polish port…

Crowley Arm Earns Information Security Certification

Dec 28, 2016

Crowley Maritime Corp. said its government services group has achieved worldwide ISO/IEC 27001:2013 information security certification for enhancements made to the security of accessing, transmitting, processing and storing covered defense information…

New Training Course Seeks an End to Sexual Harassment

Dec 28, 2016

The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) picks MYMIC Simulations to develop a computer based training product on the prevention of sexual assault and sexual harassment (SASH) in the maritime industry. Sexual assault, sexual harassment…

Ports of Stockholm Container Volume Zoom

Dec 28, 2016

A new record has been set for the number of containers transported to the Container Terminal at Frihamnen. Never before have so many containers been transported by sea directly to the strongest growing capital city region in Europe and Sweden's largest consumer market…

Euroseas Sells Bulker, Adds Boxship

Dec 27, 2016

Euroseas Ltd., Greek owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced that it took delivery of the M/V RT Dagr, a 1,645 teu feeder containership built in 1998…

Petterson Named Great Lakes CEO

Dec 27, 2016

The Board of Directors of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, provider of dredging, environmental and remediation services, announced the selection of Lasse Petterson as CEO, as well as his appointment to the company’s board of directors…

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Argent LNG, Albania to Evaluate Development of Import Terminal

Argent LNG, Albania to Evaluate Development of Import Terminal

WTO: Global Goods Trade Strengthens Despite Uneasy Politics

WTO: Global Goods Trade Strengthens Despite Uneasy Politics

Kuwait Petroleum Offers Oil, Refined Fuel Outside the Strait of Hormuz

Kuwait Petroleum Offers Oil, Refined Fuel Outside the Strait of Hormuz

Wheat Prices Rise After US Diplomatic Attempts Falter

Wheat Prices Rise After US Diplomatic Attempts Falter

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