AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) appoints vice president of its Americas division, while Crane Worldwide names six new VPs, and Virgin Atlantic Cargo adds account manager in Sydney.

Despite new technologies the ocean freight industry is being presented with, it is clear that a disconnect remains between the established guard at shippers and carriers, and the rhetoric around the new technologies.

The container terminal operator posted a net profit of 75.9 million euros on revenues of 639.4 million euros, year-over-year increases of 3.3 percent and 8.1 percent, respectively.

Shippers, forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers are concerned about carriers’ financial stability, quality of customer service and reliability, according to a joint survey by Drewry and the European Shippers’ Council.

Major container ports in the United States handled 1.43 million TEUs in February 2017, down 7 percent from the previous year, according to the Global Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

The fully-automatic reefer container monitoring system, which was implemented at the C. Steinweg (Sud-West Terminal), eliminates manual checking, utilizes the port’s terminal operating system and is compatible with all current reefer manufacturer models.

The airline introduced a suite of solutions, consisting of three separate levels, designed to maintain the freshness of perishables and consumables during transport.

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) CO., Ltd in China will construct the 38,000-dwt vessels, which will be delivered in 2020.

The Singapore-based ocean carrier, now a subsidiary of France’s CMA CGM, will commence the Asia Fremantle Express (AFX) service between Singapore and Fremantle on April 27, 2017.

The South Carolina Ports Authority handled 192,311 TEUs in March, surpassing the January 2017 record by more than 7,000 TEUs.