In 2016, the Swedish port’s most significant investments are geared towards its new terminal, the Port of Gothenburg Logistics Park, a new truck entrance at the port and new terminal surfaces at its container terminal.

Carl Kemp is returning to Long Beach, Calif. as vice president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association after a stint as senior advisor for legislative and public affairs at the Federal Maritime Commission.

After ironing out a dispute over taxing Internet access, the Senate is expected to vote this week on a Customs bill supported by industry because of its focus on trade facilitation and enforcement.

The Danish shipping conglomerate saw its earnings drop over 82 percent from the previous year thanks to what it called a “perfect storm” of falling container freight rates and low oil prices.

German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd has purchased two wide beam ships from NileDutch, and will charter two sister ships for use in South America as well as four wide ships for a Canada-Mediterranean string.

The South Carolina Port Authority has a “for sale” sign on its downtown Charleston headquarters and wants to build a new office adjacent to the Wando Welch container terminal to move corporate personnel closer to port operations.

A new position paper from the Agriculture Transport Coalition lays out options such as delaying enforcement of the SOLAS verified gross mass requirement or allowing weight variance, and requests a congressional inquiry into the IMO.

The Northern California port says cargo business from Outer Harbor Terminal LLC, a joint venture between Ports America and TIL, will be transferred to other terminals and night and weekend truck gates will be offered to help in the transition.

According to BlueWater Reporting’s Skipped Sailings Report, 191,069 TEUs of capacity are scheduled to be withdrawn on between China and North Europe from Feb. 7 to Feb. 20, 2016, a nearly 170 percent increase from the year before.

President Obama has signed into law the 2015 Coast Guard Authorization Act, which allows the Coast Guard to consider the future acquisition of a polar icebreaker and maintains current funding levels for the Federal Maritime Commission.