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Fednav welcomes new ship to Indiana featuring innovative ballast system

Fednav Limited, the largest international bulk shipowner in Canada, recently welcomed to the Port of Indiana – Burns Harbor, the Federal Caribou, one of seven new oceangoing lakers equipped with a ballast water treatment system—a first for the Great Lakes. This vessel protects the Lakes by treating its ballast water two times: by conducting an exchange in the North Atlantic, and through filtration and a chlorine disinfection treatment on the ... [+]

It’s a wrap! MPA signs on top forest product customer for 10 more years

The Maryland Department of Transportation Port Administration (MPA) announced on August 23 that it has signed long-time forest products customer UPM to a new 10-year contract extension.  The agreement guarantees the continued shipment of UPM paper products through the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.   ... [+]

Matson South Pacific initiatives

DynaLiners Daily reports that Matson will initiate South Pacific Express (SPX), a new monthly service between Hawaii and various Pacific Islands. It is to serve as transshipment connection from the US West Coast. A single 500 TEU vessel will call at: Honolulu, Apia (Samoa), Pago ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd to transport 42 metro trains to Peru

Metro trains are heading to Peru thanks to efforts by Hapag-Lloyd to load a metro train with six cars on August 16 in Salerno, Italy. The train will be shipped aboard the “Cerinthus” to the Peruvian port of Callao. From there, it will be transported ... [+]

Panama Canal Celebrates 102nd Anniversary with Milestone 100th Transit through New Locks

The Panama Canal celebrated 102 years of successful operations and service to the global maritime community on August 15, just one day after welcoming its 100th transit through the Expanded waterway. The two milestones punctuate a year for the Canal which has already been marked by ... [+]

Port Hueneme greets its first neopanamax arrival

Port Hueneme, CA, has received its first Neo-Panamax ship, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics' High Efficiency Ro/Ro (HERO) vessel, Thalatta. Almost 200 meters long and 36.5 meters wide, the ship can carry 8,000 car equivalent units. Port Hueneme officials say the arrival of the giant vessel marks a ... [+]

Cruise Line Agrees To New Two-Year Contract Extension

Maryland’s own ‘Fun Ship’ will continue sailing from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore as Carnival Cruise Line has agreed to a contract extension through December 2018 with three one-year options.  The deal means Carnival’s Baltimore-based ship, the Carnival Pride, will continue offering five ... [+]

Carnival Corp., Port Everglades Extend Landmark Agreement to 2030

Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, has signed an addendum to one of its most strategic passenger terminal agreements, extending the contract through 2030 with an additional five years of sailings to and from Fort Lauderdale-based Port Everglades, one of the ... [+]

Crowley Launches New Container Shipping Service between JAXPORT, Costa Rica

As part of Crowley Maritime Corp.s goal to help customers increase the velocity of their supply chains, and in doing so reduce their overall landed costs, the company announced today that it is launching a new, weekly, fixed-day container shipping service between Jacksonville and Costa ... [+]

Gov. Deal announces Kia, rail provider partnership

Gov. Nathan Deal recently announced that Cordele Intermodal Services (CIS), Georgia's first inland terminal, will partner with Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG), to handle up to 30,000 TEU containers per year to supply the Kia manufacturing plant in West Point. This partnership will save more ... [+]

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