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Four container cranes manufactured by the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries are scheduled to be shipped from Puget Sound to Tacoma, Washington, today on a 761-foot heavy lift ship.
With no contain...
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For the first time in the port’s history, Port of Corpus Christi was included in President Trump’s proposed budget.
The fiscal year 2019 budget includes $13 million for the port’s Ship Channe...
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After investing $1 billion and changing its name from the Port of Philadelphia to PhilaPort in 2017, the port had a record year for containerized cargo activity -- a success the port is prepared to re...
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The Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon handled a record 6.8 million tons of goods in 2017, marking the third consecutive year the port has handled more than 6 million tons and giving it a three-year average...
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Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) announced Tuesday that it is on schedule to deliver the first ballast free liquified natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel to Germany-based Bernhard Schulte Ship by the end of 20...
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Georgia Port Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch previewed a plan on Monday to more than double container handling capacity at the Garden City Terminal to 10 million twenty-foot equivalent ...
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Jeff Miles
Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville officials recently named Jeff Miles as port director.
Miles has more than 30 years of experience in senior-level management positions in the maritime transportation,...
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The Port of New Orleans moved 1.15 million cruise passengers at its Erato Street and Julia Street Cruise Terminals in 2017, setting a new record and marking the fourth consecutive year of more than 1 ...
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The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry project for the Outer Banks, North Carolina, is on schedule and will go into service mid-summer, according to a recent Passenger Ferry Stakeholder’s Committee.
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Looking to get its first hybrid tug design into the construction phase, Baydelta Maritime has turned to Seattle-based Jensen Maritime to design a 100-foot, Z-Drive hybrid tugboat, which will use Rolls...
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Ridership on ferries in Washington state last year was the highest it has been in 15 years with the ferry system carrying approximately 24.5 million people.
It was the ninth consecutive year of inc...
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Five Foss Maritime barges recently arrived in Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, carrying nearly 500 utility trucks tasked with restoring electricity to the island.
The barges made the trip in less than t...
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Louisiana lawmakers, business community and local leaders discussed federal tax reform, economic development, coastal restoration, flood protection and the $200 billion infrastructure grant package on...
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The Port of South Louisiana eclipsed the 300 million ton mark last year, driven by gains in its handling of chemicals and fertilizer, coal, crude oil, ores and phosphate rock, petrochemicals, and stee...
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) recently awarded $5 million in grants through the state’s Port Development Assistance Program to four projects supporting freight movement on the s...
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Amid ongoing efforts to deepen the Savannah River and expand capacity, the Port of Savannah handled a record 4 million 20-foot-equivalent (TEU) containers in 2017, an 11 percent year-over increase.
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Concerned with detention and demurrage charges enforced by steamship lines and maritime terminal operators in cases beyond shippers’ control, the National Industrial Transportation League and other ...
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OceanChain Foundation recently launched its new computer platform, Ocash, to support and simplify maritime trade.
The platform uses blockchain-powered currency to simplify transactions in internati...
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All 33 of the cruise lines that scored 100 during their 2017 United States Public Health inspections, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), are Cruise Lines Internati...
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Steve Hughes, president and CEO of HCS International and chairman of the Auto Care Association’s International Trade Committee, recently testified in front of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) i...
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