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FIT Opening New Cargo Facility at Port Everglades

Florida International Terminal, LLC. (FIT) is opening a new 32-acre containerized cargo terminal at Broward County’s Port Everglades with double the number of entry gates, and adding new scales, heavy equipment, technology and increased stacking capacity. FIT is already one of the largest cargo terminal operators at Port Everglades and is relocating to make way for the largest capital improvement project in the Port’s history. In fiscal year Oct. 1, 2017 – Sept. ... [+]

Port of Rotterdam Authority signs investment agreement

On October 24th Allard Castelein, the CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, and Camilo Santana, Governor of the Brazilian state of Ceará, signed an investment agreement regarding the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s participation in the development of the port of Pecém.  The agreement sets out ... [+]

Georgia moves 630K cars, trucks and tractors in FY18

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch detailed Fiscal Year 2018 successes, including 630,000 units of cars, trucks and tractors handled through Georgia terminals, at the Brunswick State of the Port conference.  "The Port of Brunswick achieved a solid performance across all cargo categories over ... [+]

Thomas Miller (Americas) raises over $206,000 for Breast Cancer Research

Thomas Miller members and brokers from UK P&I Club and TT Club, together with attorneys and industry experts from across the US, participated in the Thomas Miller (Americas) Inc. ‘Play for Pink’ golf competition which continues to support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) where ... [+]

New Semi-automatic container stacks at NIT

1st New Semi-automatic container stacks put into service at Port of Virginia’s NIT On October 16, the first new semi-automated container stacks at Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) were put into service. Stacks 7, 8 and 9 are now processing container transactions for over-the-road trucks. This significant milestone ... [+]

Hurricane Florence affects Port of Virginia’s September totals

The Port of Virginia’s® TEU volume for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 is running nearly 3%, or 20,000 TEUs, ahead of same period last year. The increase comes despite a 7% dip in September cargo volumes that was driven by Hurricane Florence, which ... [+]

Panama Canal sets record annual cargo tonnage in FY 2018

The Panama Canal closed FY 2018 with a record tonnage of 442.1 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS), which represents a 9.5% increase from the previous year. With this tonnage, the Panama Canal surpasses the cargo projections of 429.4 million PC/UMS tons for FY 2018, as well ... [+]

Port Manatee enjoys record fiscal year with diverse growth

Manatee continues to break cargo records, including handling an all-time-high of more than 9.3 million tons in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, up 19.1% from the immediately preceding 12-month period. That comes on the heels of a 13.4% tonnage rise in fiscal 2017 from ... [+]

Port of Oakland shatters record for peak season cargo volume

A record-breaking peak season continues at the Port of Oakland.  The Port said that last month was the busiest September for import cargo in its 91-year history.  That followed another all-time record in August. The Port said it has handled the equivalent of 168,289 20-foot loaded import ... [+]

Port of Rotterdam creating new space for polymer storage

The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Rotterdam Polymer Hub (RPH) signed an allocation agreement regarding a site for two halls for the storage and distribution of polymers. RPH will be the first logistics node in the Rotterdam port area to focus exclusively on the storage ... [+]

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