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Port Canaveral welcomes post-Panamax vehicle carrier on 1st US voyage

A new class of post-Panamax (PPX) shipping vessel made its first visit to Port Canaveral, marking the second time this year a vehicle carrier megaship of this size has called on the Port. Launched in 2017, the MV DoningtonPPX roll-on/roll-off (Ro/Ro) vessel arrived at Port Canaveral as part of its inaugural U.S. itinerary. With its 125-foot beam and capacity to transport over 7,400 vehicles, the Donington is Hoegh Autoliners' largest Post-Panamax vessel to call ... [+]

Reorganization of Hapag-Lloyd Executive Board

There are changes to the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG as approved on March 28. CEO Rolf Habben Jansen will now be responsible for global sales activities. Joachim Schlotfeldt will become a new member of Hapag-Lloyd AG’s Executive Board as of April 1, 2018. In addition ... [+]

SC Ports Authority Reports Record Container Volume through February

On March 22, South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) reported a fiscal year-to-date container volume record of over 1.4 million TEU handled since July. SCPA moved 168,480 TEUs during the month of February, which drove a fiscal year-over-year container volume increase of 1.07%. "Our container volumes are on ... [+]

SeaLand Launches Gulf Ocean Express Service

SeaLand, the Intra-Americas regional ocean carrier of the Maersk Group, introduced on March 22 its Gulf Ocean Express( GOEX) service, a new direct, all-water service that connects the U.S. Gulf with Central America, Panama and Colombia. SeaLand transshipment hubs in Cartagena and Manzanillo provide shippers ... [+]

Mason Mega Rail breaks ground

The Georgia Ports Authority broke ground on its $126.7 million Mason Mega Rail Terminal on March 26. The expansion will increase the Port of Savannah's rail lift capacity to 1 million containers per year, and open new markets spanning an arc of cities from Memphis ... [+]

Twin super post-Panamax cranes make Spring arrival at PhilaPort

The first visual affirmation of a new era of growth arrived at The Port of Philadelphia. On March 24,  PhilaPort received its first two super post-Panamax cranes at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal after a ninety-day journey from Shanghai, China. Manufactured by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries ... [+]

Six Months After Hurricane Maria

It has been six months since Hurricane Maria crashed into Puerto Rico leaving a path of destruction and misery. And since then, Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services and logistics teams, working with government and commercial customers, have played and will continue to play an integral ... [+]

Evergreen Launches New Electronic Documentation Function

Evergreen, in line with its avowed mission to deliver the highest standards of customer service through continual improvement, has introduced two new Intelligent Services - the intelligent i-B/L (Bill of Lading) and i-Dispatch, a solution that delivers documents associated with such transactions. These new services, provided ... [+]

Cosco subscribes to Cargotec’s Navis’s N4 terminal operating system

Navis, part of Cargotec's business area Kalmar, has entered into a subscription agreement with Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd. (CSP) for the Navis N4 terminal operating system (TOS). With the N4, Cosco aims to further enhance the efficiency of its port operations.  CSP is one of world's ... [+]

E*DRAY Transforms Inefficient Container Shipping Industry Practices

  E*DRAY has been announced as the container shipping industry's first collaborative port logistics technology platform that delivers a new coordinated standard for drayage operations at terminals and container yards. E*DRAY standardizes and scales the block stow, flow stack, and export street turn processes for the import ... [+]

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