Matson, a U.S. shipping company in the Pacific, recently purchased three 65 long-ton capacity cranes from Paceco Corp. for its Sand Island Terminal in Honolulu Harbor. Three existing cranes will also...
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As Hurricane Harvey continues to run rampant over Texas, the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex has been shut down and all the company’s personnel have been evacuated from offshore facilities affected by th...
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A semiannual meeting to discuss cooperative efforts related to safety, security and environmental protection in the tugboat, towboat and barge industry was recently held by the National Quality Steeri...
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Members of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) recently announced an investment of $1 billion in environmentally-friendly technology in order to reduce the industry’s environmental foo...
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The Port of Los Angeles and GE Transportation recently signed a commercial agreement worth approximately $12 million, extending for five additional years an existing partnership that uses a digital so...
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One of the busiest rail crossings in the country is one step closer to a massive infrastructure update, thanks to redirection of funds from the Port of Seattle. The port has, under a memorandum of ...
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The Port of South Louisiana recently held the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new petroleum liquid-storage facility, Pin Oak Terminals. The terminal, located on a 431-acre site on the banks of the ...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao recently sworn in Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, USN, as the new administrator of the United States Maritime Administration. In his new role, Buzby wi...
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Graduate students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology recently developed autonomous robot containers for shipping seafood. Their challenge was to find a solution to sustainabili...
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In what was its busiest July ever, the Port of Savannah handled more than 336,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), contributing to an overall 10.8 percent increase in TEUs for the Georgi...
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Buoyed by increased volume of commodities like steel, grain, and fertilizer, Port of Vancouver USA recently reported that its 2017 mid-year operating margin was 8 percent higher than the 2016 mid-year...
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A treaty to introduce global regulations to control the transfer of potentially dangerous invasive maritime species will enter into force on Sept. 8, 2017, according to a release from the Internationa...
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Attendees of the Seatrade Offshore Marine & Workboats Middle East (SOMWME) conference in Singapore next month will find their attentions largely focused on how to fix a massive shortfall in qualified ...
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Port Manatee, Florida recently set a record for container volume with two months left in the fiscal year. Between Oct. 1, 2016, and July 31, 2017, the port moved 32,907 twenty-foot-equivalent con...
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Shipping services and logistics company Crowley Liner Services will begin sailing weekly from Florida to Central America starting today. Ships will leave from the Port of Jacksonville and Port Ever...
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The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) recently hosted two roundtables focused on promoting professional service opportunities to local, small engineering and architectural firms. More than a dozen ...
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The Port of Vancouver USA recently received a $485,000 grant from the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC) for the construction of a multimodal path at Terminal 1 on the waterfro...
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The Port of Corpus Christi in Texas was named an official member of the community preparedness program StormReady this week, making it the first port in Texas to be so recognized by the National Weath...
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According to an announcement this week, signalled shipments utilizing the Ports of Indiana are up 19 percent over 2016. In total, the first six months of 2017 have seen shipments reach nearly 5.7 m...
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Foss Maritime recently announced that Will Roberts will be joining the company as its new Chief Commercial Officer. As part of his new position, Roberts will be responsible for a customer-facing t...
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