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Container shipping giant CMA CGM Group said it has ordered six advanced liquefied natural gas-powered containerships to be built at Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (CSL) India, the country’s leading shipyard, making the group the first major foreign carrier to commission LNG vessels from an Indian shipyard.
All six vessels will be registered under the Indian flag and have a capacity of 1,700 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). They can run on LNG and ...
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China's transport ministry said U.S.-owned, operated, flagged and built vessels are to be assessed additional port fees per voyage starting on Oct. 14, Reuters reported.
The port fees are a countermeasure against upcoming U.S. port fees on Chinese ships, the ministry said.
The move follows U.S. President ...
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CSX reopened the expanded Howard Street Tunnel, a historic and transformative US$450 million infrastructure project intended to modernize freight rail transportation along the East Coast.
The project marks a major milestone in the decades of effort by state, federal, and private partners to deliver a long-sought ...
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Global merchandise trade outpaced first half 2025 expectations, driven by increased spending on AI-related products, a surge in North American imports ahead of tariff hikes, and strong trade among the rest of the world.
In response, the World Trade Organization economists raised the 2025 merchandise trade ...
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Trailer Bridge Inc. said Oct. 8 it has agreed to sell its logistics division – responsible for the company's domestic brokerage and intermodal moves – to ATS Logistics Services Inc. (ATSL), effective Nov. 1.
Trailer Bridge leadership said it is “a strategic decision by to realign ...
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The Port of New Orleans, or Port NOLA, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development signed a cooperative endeavor agreement to advance the planning and development of the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor, a vital roadway project that will directly connect the future Louisiana International ...
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Port Freeport took delivery of two super-post-Panamax, ship-to-shore gantry cranes on Sept. 22 at the port's Velasco Container Terminal.
Transported fully erected about the heavy-lift vessel Zhen Hua 29, the cranes were carefully offloaded and secured to the docks. Following installation and testing this fall, the ...
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The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday was awarded US$20 million by the California Energy Commission to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines.
As the largest recipient of the agency's Offshore Wind Energy ...
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Retail sales slowed on a monthly basis in September after a busy summer, but year-over-year increases remain strong as retailers prepare for the holiday season, said the National Retail Federation.
According to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, powered by Affinity Solutions, total retail sales, excluding automobiles and ...
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BIMCO said it has adopted a Methanol Annex to its Bunker Terms 2018, the latest addition to the Danish international shipping association’s portfolio of contracts and clauses that support the maritime industry’s transition towards alternative fuels and decarbonization.
The annex, adopted by BIMCO’s documentary committee, provides ...
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