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Port of Seattle Appoints Stephen Metruck as Executive Director

The Port of Seattle Commission has appointed retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Stephen P. Metruck as its new Executive Director. Metruck has 34 years of executive experience in maritime, security and financial leadership. Most recently he was Commander of the Mid-Atlantic Region, overseeing 3,600 military and civilian personnel. Before that he was responsible for planning and execution of the $10 billion U.S. Coast Guard budget. Metruck also served as Commander ... [+]

ASPA, APM Terminals growth drive continued investment at Port of Mobile

The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) and APM Terminals boards of directors in separate actions have approved a $49.5 million expansion of the container facility at the Port of Mobile. The Port Authority and APM Terminals jointly will deliver a Phase 3 expansion that includes ... [+]

Dillon, S.C. DC Soon to Total 3 Million SF

Calabasas, California-based Harbor Freight Tools has broken ground on a one-million square foot expansion of its Dillon, S.C. distribution center. The facility is within the Carolinas I-95 Mega Site, a 3,400-acre industrial park situated between Dillon and Latta near the North Carolina border. That mega ... [+]

Funds to Strengthen Port of Baltimore’s Excellent Security Already in Place

The Marland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) recently received $1,189,600 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s federal port security grant program to improve security initiatives at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore's public marine terminals. The funding, from the U.S. ... [+]

JAXPORT container volumes continue double-digit growth

JAXPORT achieved double-digit growth in container volumes in the first two months of fiscal year 2018, moving 204,492 TEUs, compared to 165,571 TEU during the same period in FY2017. JAXPORT’s fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. JAXPORT’s Asian container volumes continue to grow, up ... [+]

POLB Bids Adieu to Pier F

As 2017 draws to a close, the Port of Long Beach and Long Beach Container Terminal say goodbye to Pier F as it was. The last commercial ship to call at Pier F, the OOCL Tokyo, departed on Oct. 24. Operations were then shut down ahead ... [+]

SCPA Orders Six New Container Cranes

The South Carolina Ports Authority has placed a $69.5 million order for six new STS cranes to serve growing container volumes and big ships calling the Port of Charleston. Five of the cranes will be 169-feet in height and will be deployed at Hugh Leatherman ... [+]

Port Manatee, Japan bolster commercial ties

Port Manatee and Japan are strengthening commercial connections with the December 15 visit of the Asian nation’s top Florida-based official to the Gulf Coast port and its global trade hub. “Japanese company colleagues generally find Florida to be a good place to live and do business,” ... [+]

THE Alliance strengthens in 2018

  After a successful first year of cooperation, the members of THE Alliance announced the details for their enhanced product effective from April 2018. THE Alliance plans to deploy a fleet of more than 250 modern ships in the Asia /Europe, North Atlantic and Trans-Pacific trade lanes ... [+]

Port Houston Continues Solid Results

Port Houston terminals handled nearly 35 million tons of cargo through November, representing a 9% increase versus the same period last year, Executive Director Roger Guenther announced in his report to the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority on December 13, during the last ... [+]

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