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   Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding said its shipyard on China’s Xiushan Island, Tsuneishi Group (ZHOUSHAN) Shipbuilding, Inc., has  received orders for four 1,020-TEU container carriers from the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd., a state-owned company in mainland China.    SIPG is active in port operations, such as cargo handling and logistics […]

   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which nine months ago placed greater strategic emphasis on improving air quality in and around ports, last week announced a new effort to recognize seaports for their green operations and $4.2 million in grants to support diesel-emission reduction programs at six ports.    Ports are considered hot zones for […]

   Federal and local government officials, including Chip Jaenichen, the acting administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd), Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo, Sen. Tom Ada and port representatives participated in a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday to mark the final stage of a $50-million expansion of the Port of Guam.    MarAd, which is administering the project […]

   Due to bureaucratic delays, the railroad industry will no longer be able to install positive train control on 40 percent of its nationwide network by Dec. 31, 2015, according to the Association of American Railroads.

   Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd and Chile’s Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) signed a binding contract Wednesday to merge CSAV’s entire container business with Hapag-Lloyd.    The relevant corporate bodies of both companies have already approved the merger. The closing of the transaction is subject to the approval of competition authorities.    Another condition is that […]

   Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said it believes the breakup of the container ship MOL Comfort last year was not the result of the ship’s design or construction. The ship owner, Mitsui O.S.K. Line, is seeking $135 million.

   The volume of container cargo handled at the nation’s two largest ports moved in different directions last month. Container volumes were down slightly at the Port of Long Beach, while the Port of Los Angeles showed strong gains.

   The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved JaxPort’s application for dredging Wednesday by issuing a signed Chief’s Report.    Congress will now consider the proposal, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown and Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown announced at a press conference at the port Wednesday.    According to reports, Brown said the JaxPort project is now […]

   The volume of standard shipping units handled at the Port of Charleston increased 10 percent to 150,516 TEUs in March, the South Carolina Ports Authority announced Wednesday. For the first three quarters of the fiscal year, volume is up 5.3 percent to 1.2 million TEUs.    The number of containers — whether 20-foot or […]

   A spokesman for the Pacific Maritime Association confirmed today that the employer group will begin contract negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on May 12.

   Maersk has provided additional details on the service it will begin offering May 19 connecting the U.S. East Coast with the West Coast of South America.    Maersk will charter space from MSC on its Andean Feeder Service, with an allocation of 150 FEUs each week. Half of that allocation will be from Port […]

   The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday awarded funding to more than 600 agricultural trade organizations to help promote exports of their products to overseas markets.    The funding was made available through the 2014 Farm Bill. USDA will begin accepting applications for 2015 export development program funding Thursday.    “Now that Congress has […]

   To download this report you must be an American Shipper Global Schedule Subscriber, a BlueWater Reporting Individual Subscriber or a BlueWater Reporting Corporate Subscriber or you may purchase the report directly by visiting https://www.bluewaterreporting.com/G6TATPAnalysis     The G6 Alliance of liner carriers, which includes Singapore-owned APL; Japan’s NYK Line and MOL; HMM of South Korea; […]

   The Transportation Intermediaries Association has updated its joint broker-shipper contract with the National Industrial Transportation League due to regulatory changes stemming from MAP-21 and released a new broker-forwarder contract. 

   The European Parliament has voted to make regulations regarding airport noise restrictions more transparent. Once signed into law, the new regulations are expected to take effect in 2016.

   The Antwerp Port Authority has acquired the former General Motors plant inside the port area.    The Belgian port plans to develop the 96-hectare site to attract manufacturers of industrial and petro-chemical products to the port complex.    “Such sites are invaluable because they make it possible to attract new industry and generate additional […]

   Cory Logistics, part of Braemar Shipping Services, has entered a joint venture with supply chain specialist Navarm Ltd. to provide a range of surface transportation logistics services to the nuclear power industry.    Cory-Navarm, based in Somerset, U.K., will start work with EDF Energy, which is developing the Hinkley Point C power station in […]

   Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to pay $108 million and plead guilty to felony violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to avoid prosecution, the U.S. Justice Department and SEC announced.

   World Trade Organization economists expect global trade to grow by 4.7 percent in 2014 and 5.3 percent in 2015, the WTO said this week.    Although the 2014 forecast of 4.7 percent is more than double the 2.1 percent increase of last year, it remains below the 20-year average of 5.3 percent, the organization […]

   Three of the biggest U.S. less-than-truckload carriers will post shipper-direct spot rates on the online freight marketplace uShip, the company said Wednesday.