The Georgia Ports Authority Board has approved more than $34 million to help expedite an additional 1.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in capacity that will begin coming online in December. “In
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has ordered 20 eco-efficient Konecranes rubber tired gantry (RTG) cranes and 8 Konecranes ship-to-shore (STS) cranes for the Port of Savannah. Six of the STS cranes will
Cranes and material handlers—it’s something we haven’t written a whole lot about in Marine Log. Nonetheless, they are an essential part of shoreside shipping, whether they are at a container terminal on
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reports that the Port of Savannah exported more loaded containers than any other port in the U.S. from January through May, achieving a 12.2% market share. Garden
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017—The opening of the Panama Canal expansion last year has allowed a whole new breed of neopanamax containerships to call at U.S. East Coast ports. The 14,414-TEU CMA CGM Theodore
JULY 20, 2016 — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx yesterday announced the appointment of 29 new members to the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Committee (MTSNAC). Established in 2010, the 40-member
OCTOBER 9, 2014—The $700-million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project that will allow deep-draft post-Panamax container vessels to call at the port after the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal is moving
OCTOBER 23, 2013 — In a reminder that new generation containerships ships are going to demand new generation cargo handling equipment, four super post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes that arrived at the Port of
NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — Scheduled for completion in 2015, the expansion of the Panama Canal will allow the transit of ships with drafts of as much as 50 ft. With that in
Start-up Canadian operator Vancouver Island Ferry Company (VIFC) reports that its two new Damen catamaran ferries have now arrived at the Nanaimo, B.C., Port Authority’s Assembly Wharf. Beginning August 14, they are
