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Panama Canal bulker transits have fallen 22 percent year over year since the beginning of July as lower water levels and increased competition for transit slots push more dry bulk vessels toward longer alternative routes, according to BIMCO.
Tankers have added to competition for canal capacity as U.S. energy exports to Asia increase, while the expected effects of El Niño could further reduce water levels and restrict available transits, said Filipe ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has launched an artificial intelligence-based tool that allows shippers to use natural-language queries to analyze customs declarations, tariff exposure, duty spending and clearance performance across global operations.
TradeNavigator operates within DHL's TradeConnect platform, which integrates local customs declaration data from more than 75 ...
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HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is working with BAR Technologies, Korean Register and the Liberian Registry to determine whether rigid wind sails can be incorporated into a 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carrier design, potentially extending wind-assisted propulsion into another major deep-sea vessel class.
The companies signed a joint development ...
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Chiquita Fresh North America and TA Dedicated are marking 20 years of a transportation relationship supporting the movement of bananas from U.S. ports into the grocery distribution network.
The partnership represents the inland portion of a highly specialized cold chain in which maintaining temperature, transit times ...
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Crowley will launch a new weekly container service connecting Port Houston with Guatemala and Honduras beginning Sept. 10, expanding direct U.S. Gulf connections with Central America.
The Gulf-Central America Express Service will connect Houston with Santo Tomás de Castilla, Guatemala, and Puerto Cortés, Honduras, with Thursday ...
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For more than five months, foreign-flag vessels have been permitted to carry cargo between U.S. ports under an emergency waiver of the Jones Act intended to address an immediate adverse effect on military operations.
The cargoes actually moved under that authority, however, have ranged well beyond ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation and Port of Corpus Christi have signed an agreement to explore small modular reactor technology for maritime applications, making Corpus Christi the second major U.S. port to join the Maritime Administration's developing nuclear maritime initiative.
Under a memorandum of cooperation signed ...
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AAL Shipping has completed a 12,000-freight-ton shipment of heavy power generation equipment from Asia to Houston for a major U.S. natural gas power development.
The project cargo movement comprised 195 individual units transported aboard the 31,000-deadweight-ton AAL Kobe, one of AAL Shipping's A-Class multipurpose heavy-lift vessels.
The ...
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (“K” Line) has signed agreements with Nihon Shipyard Co. Ltd. for construction of three very large crude carriers designed for Middle East-Asia crude trades.
The 311,000-deadweight-ton vessels will be built to Malaccamax dimensions, allowing them to efficiently transit the Strait of Malacca ...
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The Trump administration has extended its Jones Act waiver for another 90 days, continuing to allow foreign-flag vessels to move certain cargoes between U.S. ports as the government seeks to ease energy supply pressures stemming from disruptions in the Middle East.
The latest extension took effect ...
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