Archives



Sea

Falcon 9 Rocket Booster Returns to Port Canaveral

Port Canaveral welcomed back a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster on June 29 after its successful June 23 launch and landing aboard the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You. This was the most challenging launch for the 229-foot-tall rocket to date. The first stage rocket soared to an altitude of 44 miles before successfully separating from an 8,150-pound BulgariaSat 1 satellite. Once the Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster has ... [+]

LA’S Sustainability Committee Accelerates Clean Air Progress at Port of Los Angeles

The Port of Los Angeles is expanding demonstration projects to test zero and near-zero emission trucks and cargo handling equipment, thanks to a series of recommendations developed over the past year by the Sustainability Freight Advisory Committee. The Port is also collaborating more closely with ... [+]

New On-Terminal Reefer Service Area Opens in Charleston

South Carolina Ports Authority has opened a new refrigerated container service area in the Port of Charleston, marking a $14 million investment to support growing cold chain business in the Southeast. A new six-acre refrigerated container service area at the Wando Welch Terminal features a 12-lane service ... [+]

Port Manatee, Chile pursue potential to boost commerce

Port Manatee and Chile are pursuing considerable opportunities to boost two-way trade, according to a Chilean official who visited the Central Florida Gulf Coast port on June 15. “We’re looking forward to developing a closer commercial relationship,” said Sacha Garafulic, who serves as trade commissioner of ... [+]

Port of Los Angeles Renews Chilean Fruit Terminal Lease with SSA Pacific

Port of Los Angeles has approved a five-year lease extension for SSA Pacific, Inc. to continue operating the marine terminal that is the West Coast's home to imported Chilean fruit. For more than 25 years, Chilean growers have relied on the dedicated terminal to deliver their ... [+]

Evergreen Line’s Ever Sigma Delivers Port of Los Angeles’9 millionth TEU

During the week of June 23, Evergreen Line's Ever Sigma container ship discharged the 9 millionth TEU to pass through the Port of Los Angeles in the span of 12 months, setting a new annual record for the most container throughput of any port in the western hemisphere. "Nine million ... [+]

Evergreen Rolls Out Sea Freight Services for Alibaba.com Members

Evergreen Line has teamed up with Alibaba.com, a leading wholesale marketplace for global trade under Alibaba Group, to provide Alibaba.com members with the option of booking sea freight services online with guaranteed space and prices. Evergreen Line has also appointed Evergreen Logistics Corporation as a ... [+]

Metro Ports to Operate Bulk Terminal at Port of Indiana

The Ports of Indiana announced that the country’s oldest stevedoring company – Metro Ports – will become the new bulk terminal operator at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor. Starting July 1, 2017, Metro Ports will manage the loading and unloading of shipments along the port’s East Harbor for port ... [+]

New Facility Opens at Port of Philadelphia

On June 27, at 0800 hours the M/V GLOVIS Comet commenced cargo operations at Pier 122. The arrival of the vessel from South Korea with its cargo of 2,176 Hyundai and Kia automobiles marks the first vessel to call the pier in twenty years, and ... [+]

Ports Announce Clean Air Action Plan 2017 Update Schedule

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have set Wednesday, July 19 to release the draft Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) 2017 Update and will then solicit comments from the public on new strategies to further reduce air emissions and support the statewide vision for more ... [+]

More »