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St. Lawrence Seaway enters peak season with shipments up 4%
The upward trend of the 2018 St. Lawrence Seaway shipping season continues, driven by Canadian grain exports and improving salt shipments.
Overall tonnage for the period March 29 to September 30 totaled 25.7 million …
20,000 TEU COSCO SHIPPING Sagittarius Named in Shanghai
On October 18, the naming ceremony for COSCO SHIPPING Sagittarius, the 9th 20,000 TEU ULCS of the COSCO SHIPPING constellation series, was held at the shipyard of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SWS).
Vice …
Project Forward paves the way for meeting IMO’s reduction on CO2 emissions
The Project Forward initiative led by Athens-Based Arista Shipping, with Wärtsilä as one of the participants, demonstrates that with LNG as fuel, an advanced hull design, and highly efficient propulsion …
South Carolina Ports (SCPA) Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year Growth
Thursday (Oct16) South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) reported a 7.5 percent fiscal year-over-year container volume growth of twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) through September.
SCPA has handled 580,361 TEUs …
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Direct Continuation of Time Charter Contract for mv Astarte with Glencore
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, Wednesday announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has agreed to extend the present time …
US Agriculture & Domestic Steel Reinforced by Great Lakes Seaway Shipping
Best Month on Record for St. Lawrence Seaway System Traffic During 2018 Navigation Season
The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership reports overall gains for the St. Lawrence Seaway with year-to-date (YTD) total cargo …
Siport21: Big Data and Artificial Intelligence will save time and money at port sector (Video)
The maritime and port engineering company, Siport21, in cooperation with Instituto Tecnológico de Informática (ITI) have developed an algorithm to predict six degrees of freedom of a moored vessel at the …
AAL Shipping Uses “Vaculift technology”, in Aussie First
AAL has announced the successful deployment for the first time in Australia of multi-lift ‘vacuum pad’ units, used in the discharge of pipes with its partner Qube. The cargo, which comprised 24,996 steel …
Long-Standing Chinese relationship pays off as major shipping line announces Liverpool call
The Port of Liverpool has demonstrated the strength of its relationships with China by announcing it will welcome a vessel call from COSCO on Wednesday 17 October.
The MV Jork will call at Liverpool after a stop in …
Eagle GO Guaranteed Extended to APL’s Asia-Middle East and India Subcontinent Networks
APL today announced the expansion of Eagle GO Guaranteed for cargoes destined for the Middle East and India Subcontinent from all direct and non-direct loading ports in Asia, in addition to China.
Eagle GO Guaranteed …