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GT USA welcomes first Moroccan citrus vessel for the 2022-2023 season

The Port of Wilmington has received its first shipment of fresh Moroccan citrus for the 2022-2023 winter fruit season.The M/V Crown Garnet, a specialized refrigerated vessel, was welcomed last week to the U.S.’ foremost marine terminal for perishable cargo and immediately began discharging her cargo of over 5000 pallets of fresh clementines.During this winter fruit season, which will run through May 2023, the Port anticipates receiving approximately 12 shiploads of ... [+]

No signs of cargo slow-down at Port Houston

In October container volume at Port Houston once again grew by double digits, continuing the trend seen throughout 2022. A total of 371,994 TEUs were handled during the month, a 13% increase compared to October 2021. Loaded container TEUs reached the highest volume ever and ... [+]

Port of Baltimore receives top Coast Guard security assessment again

It’s 14 consecutive years and counting for the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore after receiving another top U.S. Coast Guard security assessment for its state-owned, public marine terminals.The Coast Guard’s annual inspection of facilities included a detailed review of all security protocols and procedures ... [+]

Port of Savannah sees container demand ease in November

The Port of Savannah moved 464,883 TEUs in November, a decrease of 6.2% or 30,866 TEUs compared to the same month last year. This marks a 28% increase over three years. That rate of growth is well above the Georgia Ports Authority’s pre-pandemic expansion, which ... [+]

ZIM upsizes four vessels on 2M Jacksonville service

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has upsized four vessels utilized in its weekly container service operated through the 2M Alliance calling JAXPORT, replacing the smaller ships with two larger 11,700-TEU and two larger 11,923-TEU vessels.The four newly-built ships are the largest ships ever to be included ... [+]

$1.8B port expansion project announced for Port of New Orleans

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a historic public-private partnership between the state of Louisiana, the Port of New Orleans and two global maritime industry leaders to build a $1.8 billion state-of-the-art container facility on the Lower Mississippi River. The new Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) in ... [+]

Ellerman City Liners brings new trans-Atlantic service to JAXPORT

U.K.-based Ellerman City Liners is now offering direct container service at JAXPORT to/from three destinations in Europe. Ellerman will begin calling the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal with the arrival of the containership SC Mara in early January.The bi-weekly service ... [+]

Peter Levesque appointed new president of CMA CGM America, APL

The CMA CGM Group announced that Ed Aldridge, president of CMA CGM America and American President Lines (APL), will retire on December 6. Peter Levesque, an international global supply chain executive with more than 30 years of industry leadership experience, will assume the presidency of ... [+]

Port of Hamburg handles 91.8 million tons of seaborne cargo

In the first nine months of the year the maritime industry in the Port of Hamburg handled 91.8 million tons of seaborne cargo, a 4.3 percent drop on the previous year. Also down 7.4 percent at 27.5 million tons, handling of bulk cargo was especially ... [+]

Port of LA executives honored for efforts to advance women in transportation industry

Two Port of Los Angeles executives have been honored by WTS Los Angeles (previously known as Women’s Transportation Seminar) for their outstanding leadership in promoting and advocating gender diversity within the global transportation industry. Chief Harbor Engineer Dina Aryan-Zahlan has been named WTS-Los Angeles 2022 Woman ... [+]

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