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MSC teams up with GCMD

MSC and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD) have announced the signing of a five-year Impact Partnership agreement.This agreement sees MSC, the world’s largest shipping line combine forces and industry expertise with GCMD. GCMD, strategically located in Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub and second largest container port, aims to help the industry eliminate GHG emissions by shaping standards for future fuels, financing first-of-a-kind projects, and piloting low-carbon solutions ... [+]

Oceanus Line service links Florida and Texas to Mexico

A new direct liner service of Oceanus Line is now providing an efficient all-water link between key seaports of Mexico and Colombia and the dynamic U.S. ports of SeaPort Manatee on the Florida Gulf Coast and Port Freeport on the Texas Gulf Coast.With inaugural calls ... [+]

APM Gothenburg to double reefer container capacity

Food, batteries and pharmaceuticals are just some of the goods that need to be transported in temperature-controlled reefer containers. To meet increased demand, APM Terminals Gothenburg will double its reefer connections to more than 200 in the first half of this year. Improvements to the ... [+]

APM Terminals announces partnership in Vietnam

APM Terminals recently announced that it is engaging in a strategic partnership with Vietnamese HATECO group for a project to develop two new deep-water berths at Lach Huyen port in Haiphong City located in the north of Vietnam.The project entails the investment into and development ... [+]

MSC brings new European container service to JAXPORT

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is now offering direct container service with seven destinations in North Europe through the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT). MSC’s ScanBaltic to USA rotation is Jacksonville’s only direct container service to/from Scandinavia.The bi-weekly service begins calling the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (JCT) ... [+]

Port of Savannah adding 55 hybrid yard cranes

The Georgia Ports Authority has agreed to spend $170 million on 55 hybrid-engine rubber-tired gantry cranes to outfit the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal, as it is redeveloped into an all-container facility.“This significant investment in new equipment will help prepare the Port of Savannah to ... [+]

Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Port of Amsterdam join forces with Routescanner

Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Port of Amsterdam are offering Routescanner’s ‘Direct Connections’ on their websites. This service shows all available connections from the ports. Routescanner is the route planner for container shipping and shows not only the fastest container routes, but also the most sustainable. Since ... [+]

Port of Virginia on schedule

Port of Virginia® is on schedule to complete the expansion of its rail operation at Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) in 2024 and in doing so boost the port’s capacity to handle rail cargo by more than 35%.“Modernizing and expanding the capability at NIT’s Central Rail ... [+]

Ports of Stockholm explores autonomous shipping

Ports of Stockholm and its collaborative partners have been awarded funding from the Swedish Transport Agency maritime transport research and innovation portfolio. Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) is coordinating the research project, which has the name PLUZ Policy Lab Urban Zjöfart. Other actors participating in ... [+]

Michael Meekins Named Port Executive Director of Port of Palm Beach

Michael Meekins, the Port of Palm Beach's current Director of Operations and Business Development, will take the helm on Monday, March 20th as the new Executive Director of the Port of Palm Beach. The Port of Palm Beach District Board of Commissioners finalized Meekins three-year employment ... [+]

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