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Thursday, October 29, 2015
Maritime News

World’s Busiest Shanghai Port Logs First Quarterly Profit Fall in Over a Year

  SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Shanghai International Port Group Co Ltd, the operator of the world’s busiest container port,

October 29, 2015
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Monday, October 12, 2015
Pier A 3 Long Beach
Maritime News

Port of Long Beach Sets Another Cargo Record

  The Port of Long Beach last month achieved its busiest September ever, closing out a record quarter in the port’s 104-year history. Measured by

October 12, 2015
Total Views: 59

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Maritime News

Ship Photos of the Day – Port of Long Beach Annual Photo Contest Winners

The Port of Long Beach has announced the winners of its third annual community photo contest. The unique program, on exhibit at the Museum of Latin American

October 7, 2015
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Friday, September 11, 2015
Maritime News

Port of Long Beach Breaks Cargo Volume Record Again in August

  Another record at the Port of Long Beach as cargo volume once again breaks its all-time cargo volume record for the second month in a row. The Port

September 11, 2015
Total Views: 8

Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Maritime News

Record Long Beach Port Traffic Shows Strength in U.S. Demand

  By James Nash and Matthew Winkler (Bloomberg) — Electronics, auto parts and clothes from Asia are streaming through the second-busiest U.S. port

September 8, 2015
Total Views: 32

apm terminals
Maritime News

Maersk’s APM Terminals Expands in Latin America with Acquisition on Spanish Rival

  By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S’s terminal unit said Tuesday it agreed to buy a Spanish rival to expand its port

September 8, 2015
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Monday, August 17, 2015
Maritime News

Port of Hamburg Slashes 2015 Volume Forecasts on China, Russia

  HAMBURG, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The Port of Hamburg Marketing Association has slashed its forecast for container volumes at Hamburg’s port, a

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 12

Maritime News

Tianjin Port Resumes Operations After Blasts

  SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Many operations have resumed at China’s Tianjin port, trade sources said, after explosions last week

August 17, 2015
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Friday, August 14, 2015
News

Port of Long Beach Sets Cargo Record

  Cargo container volumes surged through the Port of Long Beach in July with an 18.4 percent increase over the same month in 2014, making it a record

August 14, 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Maritime News

Dubai’s DP World Kicks Off $1.6 Billion Jebel Ali Port Expansion

  By Tom Arnold DUBAI, July 28 (Reuters) – DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, has started building a new $1.6 billion

July 28, 2015
Total Views: 111

Monday, June 29, 2015
Maritime News

Georgia Ports Authority Sets All-Time Container and Total Tonnage Records

The Georgia Ports Authority set all-time records for both container volumes and total tonnage in May with strong growth across several key business

June 29, 2015
Total Views: 7

Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Maritime News

Maersk Line Will Continue Houston Port Calls After APM Terminals Exit

  The world’s biggest shipping company, Maersk Line, and its affiliated shipping services, SeaLand and Safmarine, has agreed to continue to call at

June 24, 2015
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Maritime News

Singapore Opens Next Phase of $3.5 Billion Container Terminal

Singapore opened the newest addition to its container port on Tuesday, aiming to handle more of the increasing number of mega-ships plying the

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 73

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Maritime News

Port of Long Beach: May Was Busiest Month Since 2007

  Cargo rose at the Port of Long Beach by 6 percent in May, the third consecutive month of growth, the busiest month since October 2007, and the busiest

June 17, 2015
Total Views: 22

Friday, June 12, 2015
apm terminals
Maritime News

APM Terminals Joint Venture Seals $1.5 Billion Port Deal in Ghana

  APM Terminals, the container terminal operating unit of Maersk Group, and its partners have sealed a massive $1.5 billion investment in Ghana

June 12, 2015
Total Views: 59

Thursday, May 14, 2015
Incidents

Bremerhaven Container Crane Fails, Operator Killed

Bremerhaven police have confirmed the death this morning of a 52 year old crane operator who was loading and unloading containers on Wednesday night from the

May 14, 2015
Total Views: 85

Wednesday, May 13, 2015
News

Petrobras to Use Edison Chouest Offshore Base at Brazil’s Açu Port

Petrobras will use offshore docks operated by U.S. ship-leasing company Edison Chouest to handle oil-service vessels at the Brazilian Port of Açu, the head of

May 13, 2015
Total Views: 22

Saturday, April 25, 2015
Maasvlakte II terminal
Maritime News

APM Terminals Opens High-Tech, Zero-Emissions Maasvlakte II Container Terminal in Rotterdam

APM Terminals has opened its new Maasvlakte II container terminal at the Port of Rotterdam, said to be the most technologically advanced and environmentally

April 25, 2015
Total Views: 238

Tuesday, April 7, 2015
santos port fire
Maritime News

Fire Still Restricts Trucks from Brazil’s Largest Port

A fire at a fuel-storage facility at the Port of Santos, the largest port in Brazil, burned for a sixth day on Tuesday, restricting access to trucks delivering

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 75

Monday, April 6, 2015
Maritime News

Watch: Parking a Triple-E at Felixstowe – Tug’s Perspective

This two-part series comes to us from Shipping TV‘s Chris Gosling who was aboard the tug Svitzer Stanford for the maiden call of the Triple-E

April 6, 2015
Total Views: 33