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Kaleris Makes C-suite Appointments

Supply chain execution solutions provider Kaleris has made several appointments to its executive team: Bob White as CFO, Preshant Bhatia as chief go-to market officer, or CGMO, and Marc Degenkolb as chief revenue officer.White brings experience in financial expertise and strategic insight in planning, financial analysis and mergers and acquisitions. He was CFO at Terminus Software and Sovos and held financial leadership roles at JDA Software. DegenkolbBhatia, with extensive experience ... [+]

PayCargo, Gnosis Freight, Hapag-Lloyd Partner

Logistics payment platform PayCargo and Gnosis Freight, a provider of supply chain visibility and execution software for shipping containers, on March 3 announced an integration and partnership with leading liner shipper Hapag-Lloyd to launch the Container Payment Portal, or CPP.             Hapag-Lloyd has released plans to ... [+]

CK Hutchison-MSC in $22.8 Billion Ports Deal

The BlackRock-TiL Consortium and CK Hutchison said March 4 they have reached in principle agreements whereby BlackRock-TiL will acquire HPH’s 90 percent interest in the Panama Ports Co.,BlackRock-TiL will also acquire CK Hutchison’s 80 percent effective and controlling interest in subsidiary and associated companies owning, ... [+]

Trump Seeks China Ship Fees to Benefit US Flag

The Trump administration has proposed fees on the use of China’s commercial ships to combat the Asian giant’s maritime dominance, Bloomberg reported Feb. 21The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative outlined a plan for fees on Chinese-built ships that transport traded goods, as well as ... [+]

HD Korea Unveils 15K TEU Nuclear Boxship Design

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, or HD-KSAOE, has revealed the design for a 15,000-twenty-foot-equivalent unit nuclear-powered containership that employs modular reactor technology.             The design, which was revealed Feb. 12 at the New Nuclear for Maritime Houston Summit at the Asia Society Texas Center, has ... [+]

ILA Votes to Ratify Six-year Contract with USMX

Rank-and-file members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, overwhelmingly agreed to ratify provisions of a new six-year master contract with U.S. Maritime Alliance, or USMX.The ILA represents some 47,000 longshore workers at U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts ports, and nearly 99 percent of its ... [+]

Design Unveiled to Replace Dali-Downed Bridge

Maryland officials on Feb. 4 unveiled the new design concept for the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild, which will replace one of Baltimore’s most iconic transportation landmarks.The design is a significant milestone in the multiyear project to restore the connection following the allision of the ... [+]

ABB, Sage Unearth Geothermal Energy Potential

ABB, the Swedish-Swiss electric engineering corporation, and Sage Geosystems, a leading geothermal baseload and energy storage company, have agreed to collaborate on developing energy storage and geothermal power generation facilities that utilize natural heat from the earth’s core to produce clean electricity.The collaboration will allow ... [+]

AAL Uses ABB ‘Octopus’ to Embrace Super B Fleet

Singaporean project heavy-lift carrier AAL Shipping, or AAL, has chosen the ABB Ability OCTOPUS marine advisory system to optimize operations of its high-performance fleet of Super B heavy-lift vessels.ABB, the Swedish-Swiss electric engineering corporation, said its technology will help AAL enhance the safety and efficiency ... [+]

DP World Sets Container Handling Record in 2024

DP World’s ports and terminals handled a record 88.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, in 2024, up 8.3 percent year-on-year despite macroeconomic headwinds and concerns over the outlook for global trade.The Middle East logistics giant, whose global logistics business has capacity to handle more ... [+]

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