Maritime

Five hundred of the 3,000 units will be MCI Star Cool containers, which have the refrigeration integrated directly into the boxes.

John Stubbings and Rachel Morley are elected, Larry Klimczyk is hired and Carsten Mortensen is appointed nonexecutive chairman.

A deadly maritime accident has killed several people during a ship repair job in China. Accounts differ but it is clear that either eight or ten people are dead. A further 19 were hospitalized and are believed to be in a serious condition, but stable.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union begins “limited job action” and says it will not disrupt trade at Canada’s busiest port as contract talks continue with a federal mediator.

An explosion and fire that tore through a berthed container ship at the weekend caused 133 people to be hospitalized.

Port authority’s long-term goal is to become the East Coast port leader for railed containers to the Midwest.

Democrats boost maritime programs over Trump’s budget

Awards also given for safety practices and to Circular IQ, Dayton Freight, Duluth-Superior, Manhattan CFO, Nola, Old Dominion, Pacesetter ports and Worldwide.

Planned walkout by 2,000 ILWU members at Global Container Terminals’ Deltaport and Vanterm facilities would seriously disrupt operations at Canada’s largest port.

More than 3,200 containers will have to be discharged at the Port of Halifax, where the ship arrived Monday, ONE said.

The first three are set to be delivered in mid-June with subsequent deliveries in August and October.

CEO Skou reports “good progress” on business transformation, but says new tariffs could potentially reduce expected growth in global container volumes by 1%.

The 23 crew members temporarily left the ship but returned about 8:30 a.m. Friday after a ballast transfer, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Improved vessel utilisation is the key to maintaining profitability in what is expected to be a challenging market according to Soren Skou, Chief Executive Officer of Maersk (Nasdaq OMX: MAER). The company has maintained a tight rein on capital expenditure over the past year with no large terminal projects or costly new ships ordered and […]

China’s ports have handled just under 4.3 billion tons of cargo between January to April. The country’s main seaports have also handled 82.3 million TEU.

The Justice Department said Edison, N.J. resident Gene Shilman now faces up to five years in jail for violating the Arms Export Control Act.

A looming workforce supply gap in the freight forwarding sector has caused the industry to reach out to over one million high school students.

U.S. Department of Transportation agencies are looking at addressing such areas as CDL endorsements, hours of service rules and roadside inspections.

The Teekay companies continue to concentrate their focus on oil and LNG shipping.

Shipping line orders additional “smart container” equipment from Traxens that allows shippers to monitor cargo.