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The US Senate confirmed the nominations of three individuals on June 30 to serve as Federal Maritime Commissioners. Those confirmed are Rebecca F. Dye, Michael A. Khouri, and Daniel B. Maffei. Dye and Khouri, both of whom currently serve as Commissioners, were re-nominated by the President to serve in terms that will last until 2020 and 2021 respectively. Maffei is new to the Commission and will serve a term that ...
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SEKO Logistics is to partner with INTTRA, the world’s ocean shipping electronic marketplace, to submit verified gross mass (VGM) information to shipping lines in compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) amendments to The Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), which come into force ...
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CMA CGM officials crossed the 91.05% threshold in its acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL). Following its all-cash voluntary conditional general offer for NOL which was launched on June 6th, 2016, CMA CGM now owns 2,376,715,557 shares representing approximately 91.28% of NOL’s share capital.
CMA ...
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Crowley Maritime Corporation will begin offering weekly, fixed-day, less-than-container-load (LCL) shipping services from Houston to 33 port destinations throughout the Caribbean Basin on July 1. The new logistics service will be the only one of its kind available from the Houston gateway.
This new offering is ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority has received a 2016 EPA Clean Air Excellence Award for its electric rubber-tired gantry crane program that will transfer its container handling equipment from diesel to electric power.
In 2012, GPA began to implement the electric rubber tired gantry crane program. By ...
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Officials at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) expect the expanded Panama Canal, which just opened, will not only be very beneficial to the international shipping industry; it will contribute to the reduction of climate change issues and CO2 emissions, contributing to the Marine Environment Protection ...
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The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) reveals that it is experiencing positive developments and generating useful leads as a result of a recent three-day seminar-style trade mission to help grow trade between Pennsylvania, the US Northeast, Canada and Mexico, via the new SeaLand Atlantico Service, ...
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Port of Oakland Commissioners have awarded Executive Director Chris Lytle a new three-year contract. The agreement means the longtime industry veteran will remain at the helm in Oakland through July 2019. Commissioners unanimously approved the new deal at a meeting last week.
“Chris Lytle has transformed ...
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Early Sunday morning, June 26th saw the inaugural transit of the Panama Canal Expansion with the transit of Neopanamax vessel COSCO Shipping Panama through the new Atlantic-facing Agua Clara Locks.
Originally named Andronikos, the vessel was renamed to honor and pay respect to the country of ...
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In the near future, you will no longer require a physical Customs document to transfer containers from one Maasvlakte terminal to the other. The participating terminals (APMT, ECT and RWG) have made agreements to this end with the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration. This so-called ...
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