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Jeffrey Chang named President, Evergreen Shipping Agency (America)

Jeffrey Chang has been appointed President of Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp., the North American General Agent for Evergreen Line. Chang brings more than 30 years of experience to this position, having begun his career within Evergreen’s sales department in Taiwan in 1987.  He then advanced through roles within Evergreen Agencies in Germany, Poland and Belgium before returning to Taiwan in 2002, where he held various executive positions.  He was Executive Vice President of Evergreen’s Shenzhen, China office from 2005 to ... [+]

Moody´s upgrades Hapag-Lloyd credit rating to B1

Rating agency Moody’s has upgraded Hapag-Lloyd’s corporate family rating (CFR) to B1 from B2 and its senior unsecured bond rating to B3 from Caa1. The outlook remains stable. The improved rating acknowledges Hapag-Lloyd’s progress in integrating United Arab Shipping Company Limited (UASC) while reducing leverage ... [+]

Port Canaveral Roadway Upgrades Underway

Work is underway at Port Canaveral for wider roads, improved traffic signals and a new “wayfinding” system around the Port to accommodate increased vehicle traffic generated by the Port’s operations growth. The roadway upgrades will improve traffic flow and promote traffic safety around the Port’s ... [+]

Port of Oakland import volume increased 9% last month

Port of Oakland containerized import volume increased 9% last month over January 2018 totals. According to port data, the port handled the equivalent of 81,895 20-foot import containers last month. It was the busiest January for imports in its history. Oakland’s January export volume rose 0.6% ... [+]

Port Manatee receives first Carver Maritime shipment

Port Manatee received its first shipment for its newest terminal operator, Carver Maritime Manatee LLC, with the February 6 arrival of a ship bringing nearly 50,000 tons of raw material to be used in Florida cement manufacturing. Officials of Carver and Port Manatee shared enthusiasm and ... [+]

Port of Virginia Volumes Up 8.9% Versus Prior Year

The Port of Virginia® continues to move near-peak season cargo volumes and is doing so well under the industry standard turn time of 60 minutes for motor carries. The port’s container volume for January was 240,111 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), or 134,638 containers, up 8.9 ... [+]

APM Terminals announces to jointly develop greenfield terminal in Bangkok

APM Terminals has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sahathai Terminal PLC (PORT) and Mitr Phol Sugar to develop a 345,000 TEU capacity greenfield container terminal in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok River Terminal Limited (BRT) will accommodate Thailand’s rapidly-growing containerized import and export trade. Sahathai Terminal PLC ... [+]

Governor Kay Ivey appoints T. Bestor Ward Chair of Alabama State Port Authority

The Alabama State Port Authority recently announced Governor Kay Ivey’s appointment of T. Bestor Ward, III as chair of the board for the Alabama State Port Authority. Initially appointed to the board in October 2016 to fill a vacated seat, Mr. Ward received his reappointment ... [+]

Kia to tap Savannah for Telluride components, Brunswick for export

Stuart Countess, chief administrative officer and vice president of Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, announced at the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference that the Telluride, its new 8-person SUV, will begin crossing the Port of Brunswick's docks for global markets this month. "The launch of the Kia Telluride, ... [+]

Savannah set to serve six 14,000-TEU vessels simultaneously

In front of the largest gathering of attendees ever at the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch unveiled GPA's Big Berth/Big Ship program that will allow the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024. "No other ... [+]

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