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Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has broken the record for building the largest containership surpassing 20,000 TEU. SHI held a naming ceremony on March 15 for the first of four 20,150 TEU containerships, ordered from Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' (MOL) in February 2015.
The event, held in Geoje shipyard, gathered 90 from both SHI and MOL, including SHI CEO Dae-Young Park and MOL CEO Junichiro Ikeda, to witness the naming of ...
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South Carolina Ports Authority reported on March 15 nearly 9% fiscal year-over-year container volume growth through February.
SCPA’s total fiscal year-to-date container volume reached nearly 1.4 million TEUs last month, compared to 1.3 million TEUs handled during the same period last year. SCPA handled 175,820 TEUs ...
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Rodolphe Saadé, appointed CMA CGM Chief Executive Officer, reveals that CMA CGM has maintained a positive core EFIT margin in the fourth quarter 2016 despite historically low freight rates.
CMA CGM is the world's third-largest container line. According to financial released in February, the French group ...
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Hapag-Lloyd and UASC have mutually agreed to shift the Long-Stop Date under the Business Combination Agreement (BCA) until May 31, 2017 and have amended the BCA accordingly. The merger companies had originally envisaged to close the transaction by March 31, 2017 but now expect closing ...
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JAXPORT has awarded University of North Florida (UNF) senior Beatrize Gomez with a $2,500 scholarship for transportation and logistics studies at UNF's Coggin College of Business.
Born and raised in Belize, Beatrize moved to Jacksonville in 2014 to begin her studies at UNF. She has distinguished ...
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JAXPORT recently welcomed Liberty Passion, the nation’s newest U.S.-flagged pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), to Blount Island Marine Terminal during the vessel’s maiden voyage. PCTCs are designed to accommodate all types of vehicles, from completed passenger cars to construction machinery.
The 6,450-car-capacity Liberty Passion, operated ...
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CaroTrans announced a new alliance with TransOcean Shipping (TOS) a neutral NVO headquartered in Vienna, Austria. CaroTrans and TOS offer a strong team that is knowledgeable and well-established in FCL and LCL services to the freight forwarding community. CaroTrans, with over 35 years ...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2017
GRI - From Asia to Panama, the Caribbean and Cuba on PEX2 service - Effective April 1st, 2017
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JAXPORT's Governing Board announced that its CEO Brian Taylor and the Authority have agreed to part ways. Taylor will pursue other business opportunities.
Brian Taylor joined the Jacksonville Port Authority in 2013 after a long and distinguished career in the maritime industry, serving in executive roles ...
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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, ...
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