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Port of Oakland brings cleaner diesel technology to the seaport

EPA grant allows greener cargo-handling equipment at TraPac Terminal The  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Port of Oakland $277,885 to upgrade cargo-handling equipment and reduce exhaust emissions on the waterfront. The funds will be used at TraPac marine terminal, one of five terminals operating in Oakland. Under the EPA’s National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant, TraPac will use the funds to upgrade four rubber-tired ... [+]

Port of Houston’s Barbours Cut Channel Complete

The Houston Port Authority announces that the deepening and widening of the Barbours Cut Container Terminal is complete and the deeper channel is already attracting business. The dredging, which took the channel from 40 to 45 feet deep to match the depth of the Houston Ship ... [+]

Diana Containerships Inc. Announces the Sale of a Panamax Container Vessel, the M/V Garnet

Diana Containerships, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, announced that it signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement on Sept. 21 to sell to an unaffiliated third party the 1995-built vessel "Garnet" (formerly "APL Garnet") for demolition, with ... [+]

Crowley Partners with GTI Collaborative for LNG Training at JaxPort

Crowley Maritime Corp. recently participated as one of several Gas Technology Institute (GTI) funding collaborators on September 21 to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) awareness training to 150 stakeholders and first responders in Jacksonville. GTI, in conjunction with the Florida State College at Jacksonville Fire ... [+]

Brian Johnson joins NYK Ports

Brian Johnson is joining NYK Ports LLC company as Director of Business Development, effective Sept. 21, 2015.   In his new role, Johnson will assist in developing clear strategies to expand core business for NYK Ports, Ceres Terminals Incorporated and Yusen Terminals LLC.  He will also develop ... [+]

Big Ships Welcome Now At PortMiami

PortMiami is now ready to accept big ships. Celebrating the completion of PortMiami's -50/-52 foot Deep Dredge project and On-dock Intermodal Rail on September 18, the seaport became the only major logistics hub south of Virginia capable of handling fully laden post-Panamax vessels. More than $1 billion of capital infrastructure projects are ... [+]

GPA reports 16.6 percent container growth since January

At the Georgia Ports Authority board meeting Monday, Executive Director Curtis Foltz reported a 16.6 percent calendar year to date increase in container volumes, as well as capital projects necessary for future growth. The Port of Savannah has moved 2.55 million twenty-foot equivalent container units since ... [+]

Global Ship Lease Announces Agreement With OOCL to Acquire Third 8,063 TEU Vessel

Containership charter owner Global Ship Lease, Inc., announced that it has taken delivery today of a 2004-built, 8,063 TEU containership, the OOCL Ningbo. Upon delivery, the vessel commenced a time charter back to Orient Overseas Container Line UK Limited for 36 to 39 months at ... [+]

Philadelphia Regional Port Authority holds informational briefing on its Southport Project

In anticipation of the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) on September 23, Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) Chairman Jerry Sweeney and officials of PRPA held an informational briefing on its Southport Project at a meeting space on the Delaware River waterfront earlier today.  ... [+]

Hansa Heavy Lift Opens New Office in Monaco

Effective September 16, Hansa Heavy Lift now operates a regional office in Monaco to serve the South European market covering France, Italy and Spain. The new office represents part of the company’s on-going global expansion plans. “Monaco is in a strategic location which is perfectly positioned ... [+]

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