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Ninety Six Crowley Vessels Honored with Jones F. Devlin Awards

Ninety-six Crowley Maritime Corporation owned or managed vessels recently received the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA)’s annual Jones F. Devlin Awards in recognition of their outstanding safety records in 2015. Each year the CSA grants Devlin Award certificates to manned merchant vessels that have operated for two or more years without incurring a Lost Time Injury (LTI), specifically highlighting the skills and dedication of the crewmembers responsible for safe vessel operations. Crowley’s ... [+]

Panama Canal Conducts Trial Transit Through the Expanded Cocoli Locks

Gearing up for when the expanded Panama Canal opens next week, the Panama Canal conducted another successful trial transit in the Expanded Canal. The transiting vessel, a U.S.-built crane ship named the Oceanus, was maneuvered through the Pacific-facing Cocoli Locks by Panama Canal Pilots Fernando ... [+]

Port Everglades, Crowley Liner Services Renew Long-Term Agreement

Crowley Liner Services, which operates the largest cargo terminal at Port Everglades, has entered into a new 10-year, $157.8 million lease and operating agreement with the Broward County Board of County Commissioners for a 99-acre marine terminal at Port Everglades. The agreement also includes two five-year ... [+]

FMC Chairman Urges Ocean Carriers to Accept Obvious Path to VGM Compliance

With June 30 being the date for implementing new container weighing requirements, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission Mario Cordero is urging ocean carriers to embrace the obvious solution to achieving compliance that Marine Terminal Operators can offer. Specifically, Cordero asserted the weight of export containers, ... [+]

Study Reveals Growth in Intermodal Freight

According to Forecast, a collaboration between the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and IHS Global Insight, overall freight tonnage will grow 23.5% from 2013 to 2025 and freight revenues will surge 72%. “We continue to see growth for the entire freight economy – but we also see ... [+]

Mallory Alexander expands to Texas

Mallory Alexander International Logistics has opened an office in Houston, Texas as part of ongoing expansion plans. The office, headed by Brenda Goodrich and her team, is the third location that Mallory Alexander operates in the southern US state and specializes in supporting customers, not only ... [+]

POLB’s imports, exports edge up

Container cargo numbers improved slightly at the Port of Long Beach in May, rising 0.8% compared to the same month last year when the docks were still busily catching up after several months of congestion. With cargo volumes near all-time peak levels, May’s 640,566 TEUs qualified ... [+]

CMA CGM’s stake in NOL is 78.07%

CMA CGM S.A. (CMA CGM) satisfied on 9 June the acceptance condition in its all-cash voluntary conditional general offer  for Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL), after NOL’s majority shareholders (Temasek and its affiliates) tendered all of their shares in acceptance of the Offer. The Offer ... [+]

Port of Oakland free harbor tours return July 1

Ninety-minute cruises give rare glimpse inside a global trade gateway June 14, 2016: Summer’s best cruise bargain returns to the Port of Oakland next month.  The Port said today it’s resuming free harbor cruises with the first sailing July 1.  The excursions provide a rare glimpse ... [+]

PSA Terminals SOLAS Ready

The PSA Group of Terminals announces that all its terminal facilities will be in full compliance with the implementation of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) when it comes into effect on July 1, 2016. As a ... [+]

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