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Maersk Invests in Natural Refrigerant Container Units

Striving to further reduce the environmental impact of its global shipping operations, Maersk Line has ordered the first 100 of a total of 200 refrigerated containers to be chilled by Carrier Transicold's NaturaLINE® natural-refrigerant based system. Carrier Transicold is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. Carrier Transicold's highly efficient NaturaLINE is the first container refrigeration system to use the natural refrigerant ... [+]

POLB Cargo Declines During Lunar New Year

Reduced economic activity in Asia associated with the Lunar New Year contributed to lower February container volumes at the Port of Long Beach. Overall, traffic totaled 498,311 TEUs, a decline of 11.2% compared to the same month last year, the highest-volume February in Port history. Cargo ... [+]

Panama Canal Sets Daily Tonnage Record in February

In February 2017, the Panama Canal set a new daily tonnage record of 1.18 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS) after welcoming a total of 1,180 vessels through both the Expanded and original locks. The previous record was established the month prior in January 2017 when ... [+]

THE Alliance Final Network

THE Alliance has announced its final network after all needed preparations have been finalized. The product starting from April 2017 features fast transit times, a comprehensive port coverage and deployment of modern and most efficient ships. This is thanks to the “best ship for the ... [+]

APM Terminals increases Port Elizabeth investment plans to USD $200 million

In preparation for ultra large container ships, APM Terminals increased its Port Elizabeth investment plans to USD $200 million. The investment includes four ship-to-shore cranes that will be capable of handling ultra-large container ships, an expanded gate complex, upgrades to container-handling equipment and other ... [+]

MPA Starts 2017 with Record January

Coming off a record 2016, the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s public marine terminals jumped right into 2017 with a record month in January. The Port handled 923,030 tons of general cargo (cars, containers, farm and construction equipment, forest products, and breakbulk). ... [+]

M/V Liberty Passion Welcomed to MSP fleet

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao welcomed the newest vessel to the Maritime Security Program (MSP) on March 3 in the strategic port of Beaumont, Texas. Renamed the M/V Liberty Passion, it is the third ship owned by Liberty Global Logistics to join ... [+]

Three New Gantry Cranes Manufactured for Crowley’s Puerto Rico Terminal

Three new, ship-to-shore container cranes have been constructed in Ireland and are scheduled for delivery to Crowley Puerto Rico Services’ Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan later in March. The electric-powered cranes will be used to load and discharge containerized cargo being carried aboard Crowley's ... [+]

Maersk makes contingency plans due to Spain’s port strike

Due to the port strike in Spain, Maersk Line says in a letter to customers that it plans to reroute vessels to minimize disruption of its cargo flows. Spanish port worker strikes are escalating throughout Spain as a consequence of government plans to reform the Spanish ... [+]

UKAS accreditation recognizes Verifavia

Verifavia, the world’s leading emissions verification company for the transport sector (aviation and shipping), today announced March 1 that it has been fully accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) as a global EU monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) verifier. This accreditation enables Verifavia ... [+]

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