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Containers lead all segments at Expanded Panama Canal

Argelis Moreno de Ducreux, the Leader of the Panama Canal’s Liner Services Segment reports that the Panama Canal’s various vessel segments have all been growing steadily, particularly the container segment. Since the Expanded Canal opened in 2016. Since its opening, the average containership size transiting the waterway increased by 28% increase in only two years of operation. In August, the Canal set a new monthly container milestone, accounting for 14.4 million ... [+]

Gate capacity at VIG expands by 30% as new lanes open

In late September, week four new inbound truck gates were placed into service expanding capacity at the Virginia International Gateway terminal’s gate complex by 30%. The gates -- 14, 15, 16 and 17 -- were put into service on Thursday, Sept. 27, as part of the ... [+]

JAXPORT sets new monthly container volume record

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) achieved its highest-ever monthly container volumes in August, moving nearly 115,700 TEUs. The previous JAXPORT monthly container record of 115,300 TEUs was set in December 2017. JAXPORT’s container volumes are up 20% year–to–date in fiscal year 2018. Taking into account volumes ... [+]

Port of Antwerp continues to attract investment

MOL Chemical Tankers is teaming up with SEA-Invest to invest in construction of a tank terminal for liquid chemicals in the Delwaide dock. In the meantime Antwerp Railhouse is building trimodal warehouses for breakbulk in the Churchill dock, while the Port Authority continues to seek ... [+]

Evergreen Group Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Evergreen Group celebrated its 50th Anniversary on September 1 at the Chang Yung-Fa Foundation, home of the charity set-up by Evergreen Group Founder and Chairman Dr. Y.F. Chang. In addition to senior executives and employees of the Group’s businesses, the event was also attended by ... [+]

Hansa Heavy Lift Moves Fully Assembled Liebherr Cranes from Ireland to UK

HANSA HEAVY LIFT has successfully transported two fully-assembled ship-to-shore (STS) container gantry cranes for Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd, picking them up in the DSG Terminal, Port of Cork, Ireland, before discharging them at the Port of Hull, UK.  The shipment took place aboard HHL Lagos and ... [+]

MTC Logistics set to expand at Port of Mobile

The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) and MTC Logistics (MTC) announced on September 25  MTC’s purchase of property located immediately adjacent to the ASPA’s container terminal, operated by APM Terminals. MTC will build a state-of-the-art international temperature-controlled distribution center focused on both import and export ... [+]

Pasha Hawaii Celebrates Steel Cutting for M/V George III

Honolulu, HI-based Pasha Hawaii recently announced that the first steel plates have been cut for the M/V George III, the first of two Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fueled containerships being built at Brownsville, TX-based Keppel AmFELS. The two ‘Ohana Class vessels will join the Pasha Hawaii fleet, ... [+]

Port Houston Continues to Shatter Records

The investments being made to Port Houston’s channel continue to pay off. As a result of the completion of the widening and deepening of its Bayport Channel and work on what’s known as the Bayport flare, Port Houston is seeing rapid growth in the size ... [+]

ACL Christens New G4 Vessel, ATLANTIC STAR, In the Port of Baltimore

Atlantic Container Line (ACL) christened its new G4 vessel, the Atlantic Star on Sept. 21 in the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk Marine Terminal. Commissioner Rebecca Dye of the Federal Maritime Commission acted as Godmother of the vessel. The ACL G4 vessels are the ... [+]

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