The port authority’s fiscal year 2017 saw a 6.7 percent volume increase compared to the year prior, with all cargo, including containerized cargo, reaching record fiscal year highs.
Seaboard launches new Miami-South America container service
The new weekly service is being supported by three dedicated vessels providing direct transits through the Panama Canal between Miami and a handful of cities in Ecuador and Peru.
Bahri profits sink over 50% in first half 2017
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia’s net profit tumbled 51.6 percent year-over-year for the first half of 2017, but looking ahead, it plans to complete the establishment of a joint venture with Bolloré Logistics Sas by the third quarter of 2017.
Milaha Maritime commences new Qatar-Oman cargo loops
The Qatar-based shipping and logistics company has launched a service with two loops and five weekly sailings between Qatar and Oman, according to a recent tweet.
Philly Shipyard to build up to four containerships for Hawaii trade
Philly Shipyard has declined to name the entity that it signed the agreement with, saying only that it’s “a blue chip U.S. shipping operating company.”
Port of Rotterdam container volumes jump 9.3% in 2017
The port saw substantial increases in eight of the ten market segments during the first half of the year.
Maritime group to study effects of vessel noise on whales
As part of the study, the speed of participating vessels will be reduced through waters in the Pacific Northwest when it’s feasible and safe to do so, between Aug. 7 and Oct. 6.
Port of Felixstowe increases crane height at Trinity Terminal
The United Kingdom port terminal will get two new 59.5-meter cranes, while ten existing cranes will be raised to a height of 46.5 meters, the port authority said in a statement.
Shyp downsizes, suspends operations on the U.S East Coast
The “Uber for shipping” start-up will be moving operations to San Francisco – and halting those elsewhere – in wake of decreased profitability, according to CEO Kevin Gibbon.
Italian citizen sentenced to 37-month prison term for counterfeit Apple products
The U.S. Justice Department said Italian national Rosario La Marca, 54, will spend the next 37 months in prison for illegally smuggling counterfeit iPhones, iPads and iPods from China into the United States.