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State officials welcomed the Evergreen Ever Lambent carrying approximately 8,400 TEUs on July 19 as the first container ship to arrive at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore through the newly expanded Panama Canal.
"The arrival of the Evergreen Ever Lambent at the Port of Baltimore is a signal that the Port of Baltimore is the dominant force in container shipping,” said Governor Larry Hogan. “With only three other East ...
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The Port of Coos Bay is celebrating 100 years of the completion of Coos Bay rail line when the first train left North Bend for Eugene in 1916. In honor of the centennial, a three day Port of Coos Bay at the Railroad Centennial Celebration ...
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When the two transmitted their distress call on July 4, the “Hamburg Express”, flagship of Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet, was among a number of ships that happened to be in the area. Over two hours after the distress call went out, the second officer spotted the small ...
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A recent report by Bloomberg News states that Ports America and Highstar Capital, a private equity firm that owns Ports America, is looking to find a buyer for the sale of Ports America. The company could be valued at about $1 billion in a sale.
Although ...
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In the ever evolving world of steamship alliances, Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd (HMM) reported on July 14 that it has signed a preliminary deal to join the 2M Vessel Sharing Agreement (2M VSA), a leading container shipping alliance comprised of the world’s largest container ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority has received a $44 million Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to increase rail capacity at the Port of Savannah.
"As the nation's fourth busiest container port, Savannah's continued rail expansion is a key component to ...
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Hamburg Süd has been named Top Ranked Carrier 2016 by the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) on the basis of the annual AgTC Ocean Carrier Performance Survey. In the survey, in which member companies of the AgTC – chiefly US exporters and importers of agricultural and ...
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The Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) recently named Jim Newsome, SCPA president and CEO, the first Person of the Year award recipient in the Coalition’s 28-year history.
“Never has an individual so distinguished himself in a manner that will have such a positive impact on all participants in ...
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The Halifax Port Authority Board of Directors has approved a contract extension for Karen Oldfield, President and CEO, until December 2018. The next few years are critical in the master planning for the Port of Halifax and Ms. Oldfield will be leading her team through ...
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. President & CEO Junichiro Ikeda exclaimed that that the MOL Benefactor, a 10,000-TEU containership, successfully passed through the expanded Panama Canal on July 1, 2016. This is significant in that the MOL Benefactor is the first Neo-Panamax containership to perform a commercial transit ...
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