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Panama Canal Administrator’s Year End Remarks:

A Legacy of Resilience and Action to Benefit our Customers, Country, and World This month marks the close of the Panama Canal’s 21st year under Panamanian administration. Looking back, our resilience this year attests to the experience and world-class workforce built over the decades. Despite facing new challenges in 2020, we upheld our long-standing commitments while continuing to create, capture and render value to our customers and Panama. For one, we secured ... [+]

Rehoboth, a Small Business Success Story at Port Everglades

Broward County awarded 10-year franchises to Rehoboth Terminal LLC to provide cargo handling and stevedore services at Port Everglades to export used vehicles to Haiti via their sister company, ACCORDIA Shipping. The Broward County Commission unanimously approved these long-term franchises after Rehoboth’s first year ... [+]

New Weekly Direct-Asia Service from Port NOLA

THE Alliance has announced a new direct-Asia container service that will call the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), the East Coast Loop 6 (EC6) service via the Panama Canal. Members of THE Alliance Ocean Network Express (ONE), Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Yang ... [+]

US Ports Fare Well in Congressional Year-End Legislation

U.S. members of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) – the unified and collective voice of America’s seaports – are pleased that many port-related programs championed by AAPA and its members are included in the FY 2021 Omnibus appropriation package and in the FY ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd orders six ultra large container vessels of 23,500+ TEU

Hapag-Lloyd has signed an order for six ultra large container vessels. The Korean ship yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering will build the 23,500+ TEU vessels and deliver them to Hapag-Lloyd between April and December 2023. The vessels will be deployed on the Europe – ... [+]

THE Alliance announces service network adjustments for 2021

The members of THE Alliance have adjusted their current network to offer customers increased capacity on trade lanes for which there is greater demand. The setup of THE Alliance’s network has been evaluated and reconfigured to ensure even better frequency, more competitive transit times and ... [+]

Biggest container cranes ever for Port of Oakland on the way

Towering new cranes are coming to the Port of Oakland to handle the massive ships calling the seaport. These new cranes will be the tallest ever at Oakland, and rank among the largest in the U.S. Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) is investing in the ... [+]

Congress Passes Landmark Legislation for the Port of Corpus Christi and the Nation

Congress passed the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, which provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to carry out water resource development projects and studies; the legislation also reforms and provides policy direction to the USACE for implementation of ... [+]

HHI Group, DNV GL present green tankers of the future

DNV GL, the world’s leading classification society, and HHI Group, the world’s largest shipyard, have teamed up to embark on the development of future-proof tanker designs. In a recent "Green Tankers towards 2050" industry webinar, attended by more than 250 participants from shipping companies around ... [+]

Panama Canal Supports WEF and UNICEF Charter

The Panama Canal’s Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez Morales accepted an invitation to join the World Economic Forum’s Supply Chain & Transport Industry Action Group (SCT) efforts to achieve globally inclusive, safe and sustainable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. This charter affirms the transportation industry’s commitment to unite the ... [+]

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