Maritime

The temperature-sensitive containers will be used to transport vaccines and other high-value biopharmaceutical shipments.

The commission voted 3-2 Thursday to deny an ILWU appeal of a permit that allows APM Terminals to test automated terminal equipment at Pier 400.

Six crew members have been arrested on federal charges and face possible life sentences after about 17.5 tons of cocaine were found on the ship in Philadelphia.

All current members will step aside as part of the acquisition agreement.

The Harbor Maintenance Tax is a disincentive for short sea shipping because it is imposed at both the port of entry and secondary port, a House subcommittee was told.

Following a second large drug bust aboard its box-ships this year, international ocean container shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company has had its Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) certificate suspended by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. The agency acted after two of MSC’s ships this year were found to have large volumes of […]

Among other honorees are ONE’s Jeremy Nixon, APL, Crowley, LoadDelivered, PSA Singapore, AFLAS and World Post & Parcel winners and Pinnacle recipients.

Maersk (Nasdaq OMX: MAER) will find out how much customers are willing to spend on its ambitious environmental agenda with a carbon-neutral container service. The world’s biggest shipping line is offering voyages on ships using a blend of cooking oil and regular heavy fuel oil. The biofuel blend, which was produced by Shell, is a […]

Portline Bulk International in federal court Thursday agreed to pay a $1.5 million criminal fine for willfully dumping oily bilge into the ocean and falsifying its ship’s oil records.

Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed China Merchants Energy Shipping (SSE:601872) is engaging in a new private share placement of up to 4.1 billion Chinese Yuan to fund a fleet renewal program.

Japanese company Inpex (TSE: 16050) has today announced that it has filed a revised plan of development for the US$18-$20 billion Abadi Liquefied Natural Gas Project. The revised plan is for a land-based development scheme and an annual production capacity of 9.5 million metric tons of LNG and up to 35,000 barrels of condensate each […]

The port agency for Seattle and Tacoma is encouraging terminals to use extended hours, “peel-off” piles and street turns to ease congestion.

Changing harbor tax could help smaller ports compete with trucks

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners narrowly approved a permit that would allow Maersk’s (Nasdaq OMX: MAER) terminals subsidiary to automate container moves at the largest marine terminal on the U.S. West Coast. The board voted three-to-two against an appeal of the permit filed by the local chapter of the International Longshore and Warehouse […]

One of the highest-profile owners in ocean shipping expounds LNG’s appeal.

When the doors of the container were opened, the system recognized it was not at the correct location.

One lease extends the auto processor’s current lease at Blount Island Terminal, while the other provides 22.4 new acres of property at the Dames Point Marine Terminal.

Bonnie Reemsnyder and David Kooris are elected and Christopher Favreau and Kevin Boyer are hired.

An end to alliances also could result in fewer services calling only a limited number of ports.

Clothing retailer H&M, the first user of the product, wants to use its “size to be a force for good and enable scaling innovative solutions.”