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ZIM upsizes four vessels on 2M Jacksonville service

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has upsized four vessels utilized in its weekly container service operated through the 2M Alliance calling JAXPORT, replacing the smaller ships with two larger 11,700-TEU and two larger 11,923-TEU vessels.The four newly-built ships are the largest ships ever to be included in a regular port rotation at JAXPORT. The recently completed 47-foot harbor deepening project provides the water draft needed for these larger vessels to call ... [+]

$1.8B port expansion project announced for Port of New Orleans

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a historic public-private partnership between the state of Louisiana, the Port of New Orleans and two global maritime industry leaders to build a $1.8 billion state-of-the-art container facility on the Lower Mississippi River. The new Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) in ... [+]

Amazon Air begins daily cargo service at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport

Amazon Air recently launched daily cargo service at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT). The inaugural flight from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) arrived early Thursday morning. Amazon Air will begin with one daily Boeing 767-300 flight.“This is a significant development in the history of the Airport,” ... [+]

Ellerman City Liners brings new trans-Atlantic service to JAXPORT

U.K.-based Ellerman City Liners is now offering direct container service at JAXPORT to/from three destinations in Europe. Ellerman will begin calling the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal with the arrival of the containership SC Mara in early January.The bi-weekly service ... [+]

UAE’s Largest E-Commerce Fulfilment Centre

, the integrated trade, logistics, and industrial hub of Abu Dhabi and a fully-owned subsidiary of AD Ports Group, and noon.com, the Middle East's leading online shopping destination, broke ground on the UAE's largest fulfilment centre in Abu Dhabi, which will form part of an ... [+]

Peter Levesque appointed new president of CMA CGM America, APL

The CMA CGM Group announced that Ed Aldridge, president of CMA CGM America and American President Lines (APL), will retire on December 6. Peter Levesque, an international global supply chain executive with more than 30 years of industry leadership experience, will assume the presidency of ... [+]

Port of Hamburg handles 91.8 million tons of seaborne cargo

In the first nine months of the year the maritime industry in the Port of Hamburg handled 91.8 million tons of seaborne cargo, a 4.3 percent drop on the previous year. Also down 7.4 percent at 27.5 million tons, handling of bulk cargo was especially ... [+]

Port of LA executives honored for efforts to advance women in transportation industry

Two Port of Los Angeles executives have been honored by WTS Los Angeles (previously known as Women’s Transportation Seminar) for their outstanding leadership in promoting and advocating gender diversity within the global transportation industry. Chief Harbor Engineer Dina Aryan-Zahlan has been named WTS-Los Angeles 2022 Woman ... [+]

Port of LA cargo volumes remains soft

Cargo volume at the Port of Los Angeles dropped in October as the Port handled 678,429 TEUs, a 25% decrease from October 2021. The Port of Los Angeles has processed 8,542,944 TEUs during the first 10 months of 2022, about 6% down from last year’s ... [+]

SC Ports remains fluid while handling record volumes in October

South Carolina Ports handled a record number of containers in October, marking its third busiest month in port history.SC Ports reported 9% container growth year-over-year as 256,879 TEUs moved through Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal in October. When accounting ... [+]

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