The Florida Gulf Coast port handed 25,778 TEUs for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, an increase of 83 percent from the preceding 12-month period.
The terminal operator concluded a contract for the delivery of six electric powered ship-to-shore cranes and 29 electric-powered rubber tire gantry cranes for its deep water terminal currently under construction at the Puerto Limón/Moín port complex.
The French Mediterranean port handled 60.9 million tons of cargo during the first nine months of 2015, a year-over-year increase of 4 percent.
U.S.-flag vessels on the Great Lakes carried 9.8 million tons of cargo in September, a year-over-year drop of 8 percent.
USCIB names new director of customs and trade facilitation, while Coastal Cargo Group picks general manager for New Orleans office.
Meanwhile, a Navy tugboat is en route to the last known location of the ill-fated cargo vessel near Crooked Island, Bahamas carrying equipment to search for the sunken remains of the El Faro, including the voyage data recorder.
The ocean carriers’ decision to withdraw the joint Great Sea/AE3 service is due to low demand out of Asia; service to Black Sea will be maintained through transhipment.
The airline said Friday CEO Oscar Munoz had been admitted to the hospital, but did not provide any additional details.
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, Bahri, posted net profits of 510.3 million riyals for the quarter ending Sept. 30 and 1.25 billion riyals for the first nine months of 2015.
The U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a five-year sentence for Frank Peake, the former president of Sea Star Line, which recently rebranded as TOTE Maritime.
Truckload pricing grew 3.2 percent for the month compared to September 2014, the seventh consecutive monthly increase, according the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.
Cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport rose 1.1 percent year-over-year in September to 368,000 tons after six straight months of year-over-year declines.
Year-over-year rates dropped 2.3 percent in September, the ninth consecutive month of declining prices, according to the latest Cass Intermodal Price Index.
Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a finance lease agreement with JSC Sberbank Leasing to acquire two AN-124-100 Ruslan freighters.
The former Odin Seafood dock on the Prince Rupert waterfront is scheduled to be completely demolished by mid-December.
Ocean carriers Maersk Line, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, Evergreen Line, OOCL and Hamburg Sud issued general rate increases.
Spend Management Experts appoints senior marketing analyst, while Bibby Ship Management names deputy managing director for India.
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