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JAXPORT now offers fastest, freshest grapefruit transit to Asia

JAXPORT now offers 30 day shipping service to Japan, the fastest, freshest transit time for grapefruit exports from the U.S. East Coast to Asia. A seasonal change in Mitsui O.S.K. Lines’ PA2 southbound service to the Asian market will serve grapefruit exporters through April 2017 as part of the G6 Alliance. JAXPORT moved 29 million pounds of grapefruits in 2016 aboard G6 services. Northeast Florida boasts more than 30 million cubic ... [+]

Ports America and Sydney Harbour Investment Partners Agreement

Ports America and Sydney Harbour Investment Partners (SHIP) have announced an agreement for the promotion, development and management of Novaporte, the marine container facility in the Port of Sydney, Nova Scotia. SHIP has exclusive development rights to approximately 500 acres in the Port of Sydney and, ... [+]

Traditional and project cargoes transit the St. Lawrence Seaway in November

“November was a good month for the export of agricultural products and shipments of aluminum ingots on the Great Lakes Seaway System,” said Betty Sutton, Administrator of the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. “Under the binational trade development program known as ‘Highway H2O’, ... [+]

DP WORLD Partners with CDPQ to Create $ 3.7B Investment Platform

DP World has announced the creation of an investment vehicle in partnership with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of North America’s largest pension fund managers. The investment platform totals US$ 3.7 billion, with DP World holding a 55% share and CDPQ ... [+]

New Soo Lock could prevent a trillion-dollar headache

The decades-long effort to build a new lock connecting Lakes Superior and Huron at Sault Ste. Marie is getting renewed state attention. Advocates hope it will also be taken up by President-elect Donald Trump because of his infrastructure campaign pledge. But it will be at ... [+]

POLB Sees November Volumes Lagging Behind Brisk 2015 Figures

Middle Harbor at the Port of Long Beach in April 2016. Shifting alliance routes and the Hanjin bankruptcy continued to affect Port of Long Beach volumes in November, when container traffic was 13.8% lower than the same month last year. A total of 534,308 TEUs were ... [+]

Port of Wilmington, Del., welcomes first Chilean fruit vessel for 2016-17 season

The Port of Wilmington, Delaware received its the first breakbulk shipment of Chilean winter fruit to the US on December 14 for the seventh consecutive season. The m/v Hellas Reefer, a specialized refrigerated vessel operated by Trans Global Shipping NV in the Global Reefers service, ... [+]

DP World Group Chairman and CEO Meets President of Vietnam

Standardizing trade processes and developing Vietnam’s infrastructure will attract more investment from global trade enablers like DP World, according to its Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, who met with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at the presidential palace in Hanoi recently. During ... [+]

Virginia’s FTZ 20 to Expand into Northeast NC

Expansion of Virginia’s Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ 20) into northeast North Carolina was approved by the US Department of Commerce and the decision provides another means of attracting cargo to The Port of Virginia, the port’s CEO says. “This is an incentive that can be used ... [+]

CaroTrans Initiates First, Direct LCL Service from Poland to US

CaroTrans began offering its first direct, weekly LCL service between Poland and New York with the first sailing on Dec. 12. The transit time from Gdynia to New York is 22 days. CaroTrans is partnering with Euroconsol in Poland to offer this direct connection ... [+]

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