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MSC upgrades ScanBaltic to USA service

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company’s ScanBaltic to USA container service, now calling the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) bi-weekly, will increase its sailing frequency into Jacksonville to weekly beginning in early August 2023. The service connects Jacksonville with seven destinations in Northern Europe.The port rotation is Klaipeda, Lithuania; Gdynia, Poland; Gothenburg, Sweden; Bremerhaven, Germany; Felixstowe, England; Antwerp, Belgium; Le Havre, France; New York; Philadelphia; Norfolk; and Jacksonville.ScanBaltic to USA calls the SSA ... [+]

Trade cools in June at Port of Long Beach

Trade moving through the Port of Long Beach cooled in June as retailers continued to clear warehouses.Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 597,076 TEUs last month, a 28.5% decline from June 2022, which was the Port's busiest June on record. Imports were down 34% to 274,325 ... [+]

ZIM Expands Partnership with 40Seas

ZIM recently announced the expansion of its partnership with cross-border trade financing platform 40Seas, integrating the 40Seas' flexible digital financing solution via ZIM’s website as well as Ship4wd’s, ZIM's award-winning digital freight forwarding subsidiary.The expanded collaboration demonstrates ZIM's commitment to transforming traditional shipping practices into ... [+]

ZIM American to Expand Headquarters in Virginia

ZIM American Integrated Shipping Services, a subsidiary of the Israeli international shipping company, has announced that it will be investing about $30 million to relocate and expand its US headquarters in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia Beach, VA.That region is home to the Port ... [+]

AAL Transports Critical Power Station Components

AAL Shipping recently completed the successful transportation of critical Toshiba-built power station components on a single shipment from China and Japan to Queensland, Australia. The units were carried for global logistics provider DB Schenker and are to be used in the repair of the Callide ... [+]

Grain sector on rise at Port of Montreal

The grain sector at the port of Montreal is enjoying strong growth, up 15% overall in the first five months of the year. This increase is mainly due to last year's bumper crop, and the growth trend is set to continue into 2023.The Port of ... [+]

Oakland Port Commissioners elect Barbara Leslie to 2nd term as Board President

Oakland Board of Port Commissioners elected Barbara Leslie for a second term as Board President. Yui Hay Lee will begin his second term as the First Vice President. Andreas Cluver will replace outgoing commissioner Cestra “Ces” Butner as Second Vice President.Port Board President Leslie joined ... [+]

Pasha Hawaii announces delivery ‘MV Janet Marie’

Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii, together with Texas-based AmFELS (A member of Seatrium Group), announced the delivery of the MV Janet Marie, the second of two new ‘Ohana Class, 774-foot Liquefied Natural Gas (“LNG”) powered container ships built at AmFELS. The new vessel joins Pasha Hawaii’s fleet ... [+]

Port Everglades Reaches New Operational Performance Heights

Port Everglades’ ratings for container operational performance are soaring thanks to aggressive capital investments in cargo handling infrastructure by the port and the actions of its container terminal operators and labor.In just one year, Port Everglades became the 89th-ranked port for operational performance worldwide, surpassing ... [+]

Ports of Los Angeles, Nagoya sign agreement to expand cooperation

Officials from the ports of Los Angeles and Nagoya, Japan, have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to broaden cooperation on key sustainability and operational efficiency initiatives, including port community systems and digital supply chain information sharing, zero-emission vehicle and equipment testing, and a ... [+]

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