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Port of Brownsville’s FTZ Drives Record-Setting $9 Billion of Combined Import and Export Value

Foreign Trade Zone No. 62 at the Port of Brownsville reported a record-setting $8.9 billion in the combined value of exports and imports for 2019. The total value of export shipments through FTZ No. 62 reached $4.3 billion in 2019, an increase from $3.8 billion the year before. In turn, the FTZ received $4.6 billion in imports. These numbers, the highest in the zone’s history, saw products in the petroleum ... [+]

Port of Oakland gets new service to Asia, includes Saudi Arabia

A sprawling vessel service begins the week of May 4 with 18 megaships linking the Port of Oakland to Asia, including Saudi Arabia. A highlight of the new service: the first-ever direct link between Oakland and the Middle East. The Port said today that Japan’s ... [+]

Port Tampa Bay donates over 1,000 toilet paper rolls

Port Tampa Bay donated more than 1,000 rolls of toilet paper to Feeding Tampa Bay so that the organization could distribute the much-needed supplies to its network of food banks throughout the region. The port was able to secure the toilet paper through their building ... [+]

Sailing schedules victim of Covid-19

The practice of cancelling sailings on an industrial scale has been, since February, the strategy put in place by the carriers to address the huge volume drop across major container trades globally, since the outbreak of Covid-19. The cancelled sailing tracker, part of the Drewry ... [+]

Universal Africa Lines Strengthens Breakbulk Service

Global shipping company Universal Africa Lines Ltd (UAL) has reinforced its position as the leading break bulk carrier to Africa for the oil and gas industry by establishing a new chartering desk in Denmark. UAL Chartering becomes the extending leg to the established UAL liner services from Europe and USA, providing ... [+]

Bahri’s net profit soars 134% in first quarter despite COVID-19 challenges

Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, reported on April 23 strong growth in net profit during the first quarter of 2020 despite challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The increase in quarterly earnings was driven by a significant improvement in the performance ... [+]

Evergreen to Initiate New Weekly Service from Port NOLA

Evergreen Shipping launched a new weekly container service to and from the Caribbean and the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) on April 29, 2020, with the Evergreen Arkadia calling at the port’s Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. Port NOLA President and CEO Brandy D. Christian said ... [+]

Panama Canal Implements Temporary Relief Measures

To help mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Panama Canal announced a temporary adjustment to its reservation system that will provide customers with added flexibility and relief. Effective May 4, 2020, the waterway will implement temporary changes to the requirements for the ... [+]

Port Everglades Welcomes Evergreen Line

Port Everglades is the newest stop on Evergreen Line’s CAJ weekly container shipping service to and from Panama, Jamaica, and Haiti. Florida International Terminal at Port Everglades is the marine terminal operator for Evergreen, which has ships slated for arrival on weekends beginning May 2, ... [+]

Port of Oakland to state agency: help us cope with COVID-19

Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan praised his agency’s coronavirus response but now issues a plea for help. The Port’s top official asked a key state regulator to support financial stabilization efforts as the pandemic cripples businesses. “The Port of Oakland is operational in ... [+]

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