Investments are keeping Savannah ahead of new cargo demand, the Georgia Ports Authority executive director said in his annual State of the Port speech Thursday.
Data from BlueWater Reporting shows the termination of the NHX service between Asia and East Coast of South America will decrease weekly deployed capacity between the two regions by 10.2 percent.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis revised a previous prediction of a 3.7 percent annual growth rate in second quarter gross domestic product to a 3.9 percent increase.
Complaints against shipping companies involve telex charges, container seal fees and terminal handling charges, according to state news agency Xinhua.
The United States will host a meeting of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade ministers in Atlanta on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, preceded by a meeting of TPP chief negotiators from Sept. 26-29.
New orders for manufactured durable goods fell 2 percent to $236.3 billion in August following two straight months of growth, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Florida based shipping company announced it now offers a direct connections between Port Everglades and Mariel and Santiago de Cuba.
The U.S. International Trade Commission determined there is a “reasonable indication” domestic producers of hot-rolled steel flat products are harmed by similar imports.
Additionally, port calls in Mexico on the ocean carrier’s Pacific Coast-West Coast of South America Service will move from the port of Manzanillo to the port of Lazaro Cardenas.
The new 9,288-TEU containership was purchased for $81.5 million and is on charter to CMA CGM for five years.
The new service, which connects Chicago and St. Paul, Minn. with Seattle, features expedited service seven days a week for westbound traffic and six days a week for eastbound traffic.
The Spanish shipping company commenced a new service between the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands.
U.S.-flag vessel operator American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC) has appointed Eric P. Ebeling to president and chief executive officer.
Without an extension past the original Dec. 31, 2015 deadline for implementation of Positive Train Control, shippers say the resulting “large-scale service disruption would be dire.”
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, whose agenda in the U.S. includes commercial issues, Wednesday met with CEOs from Boeing, Apple and Cisco in Seattle on his way to visit President Obama in Washington, D.C. on Friday.
The global shipping industry has reduced total carbon dioxide emissions by more than 10 percent since 2007, according to the International Chamber of Shipping.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection discovered more than $6 million worth of cocaine hidden in cases of Costa Rican pumpkins and squash at the Port of Philadelphia last week.
Athens-based containership owner and chartering company Danaos Corp. partnered with its CEO in acquiring three ships at “attractive discounts to their market values.”
Three waterfront properties are available for development as the port eyes both conventional cargo and shale oil and gas.
U.S. lawmakers and industry advocates need to do more to address a “critical” shortage of skilled truck technicians and mechanics, according to Bill Graves, CEO of American Trucking Associations.
