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Port NOLA, Kearney Companies Extend Lease

The Port of New Orleans said it has reached a new 10-year lease arrangement with The Kearney Companies Inc., marking a milestone in the longstanding relationship between port, The Kearney Companies, and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad.The new consolidated lease agreement extends The Kearney Companies’ lease beyond the last 20 years, and includes four rail-served transit sheds located on France Road and a rail-served storage facility at Jourdan Road, ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Maintains Cargo Growth

Rising consumer confidence lifted trade moving through the Port of Long Beach in March, marking the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year cargo growth.Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 654,082 20-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, last month, an 8.3 percent increase from March 2023, for figures released ... [+]

Kuhlmey to Direct Liebherr USA Crane Division

Shane Kuhlmey, head of Liebherr USA Co.’s mining division, is transitioning to the new role of divisional director for crawler cranes, deep foundation machines and maritime cranes.As head of the mining division, Kuhlmey made a significant impact by building and leading a nationwide team of ... [+]

Eureka Plans Advanced Great Lakes Vessel

Eureka Shipping, a Montreal-based cement carrier services provider, said it is building an advanced mechanical/pneumatic cement ship destined for operation in the Great Lakes.The 12,500-deadweight-tonne vessel is designed to replace two older vessels, while maintaining the same cargo capacity."Building a ship aligned with eco-friendly principles ... [+]

Louisiana Ports Team For Maritime Future

The Port of Baton Rouge said it is witnessing the synergies of advanced cooperation among Louisiana’s ports, as the advantages of strategic alliances drive economic growth, efficiencies and competitiveness.Baton Rouge’s container-on-barge service, which it initiated in 2016, and a partnership with the Port of New ... [+]

Long Beach, UP, BNSF Gird for ‘Year of Rail’

Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero declared 2024 the “year of rail,” supported through investments by Class I railroads Union Pacific and BNSF, during his recent state-of-the-port address in January.Four port projects are in design or under construction at the Southern California container port, ... [+]

FMC Probe Fines MSC $63 Million

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s Office of Enforcement has recommended a US$63.3 million civil penalty against MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., due to “unreasonable and unjust actions and inactions in violation of the Shipping Act of 1984.”The recommendation follows a more than six-month investigation, ordered in ... [+]

CMA CGM Rate Restoration for Europe, Med

CMA CGM said it is implementing a rate restoration initiative for cargo from North European and Mediterranean ports to the U.S., Canada and Mexico, effective May 1.Rate Restoration Initiative 4 (RRI04) will be enforced on tariff or service contract rates for all cargo moving under ... [+]

Brownsville, Texas A&M Partner on Training

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined leaders from the Rio Grande Valley and the Texas A&M University System at a groundbreaking ceremony April 2, for a new 30,000-square-foot South Texas Workforce Development Project advanced manufacturing training facility at the Port of Brownsville.The center will offer programs ... [+]

Baltimore Channel to Reopen by May, Corps

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to open a limited access channel to safe navigation in and out of the Port of Baltimore by May, as wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge is cleared away.The Corps’ Baltimore District continues working with local, ... [+]