Houston sees pick up in container activity
Port Houston’s container activity in August neared 2019’s record volume levels for the first time since the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the month of August, the port handled 248,630 TEUs,
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New agreement could make Cairo, Ill., an inland waterways container hub
An agreement announced today could position Cairo, Ill., as a national logistics and distribution hub for the intermodal container shipping industry. The agreement between the Alexander Cairo Port District, Plaquemines Port Harbor
MSC to install Jotun Hull Skater on 14,000 TEU containership
Hull coatings specialist Jotun, Sandefjord, Norway, has signed a contract with MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) that is its first in the containership sector for its ground-breaking Jotun Hull Skating Solutions (HSS), introduced
Port of Baltimore sets new record for container moves
The Port of Baltimore has completed its greatest ever number of container moves from a single ship, with 5,536 moves conducted over three days by longshore workers handling the Maersk Edinburgh. This
Plan for Plaquemines Parish container terminal makes progress
A project that aims to develop a multimodal container terminal in Plaquemines Parish, La., has taken another step forward. The proposed 1,000-acre terminal, with 8,200 feet of Mississippi River frontage 50 miles
Seven Danaos-managed containerships recoated with Nippon Paints Marine antifouling
Nippon Paint Marine has completed the recoating of seven Danaos-managed containerships, with the last two vessels in the series, the 8,463 TEU Phoebe and the 6,500 TEU CMA CGM Moliere, leaving dry
COVID-19: U.S.-flag containership held off Virginia Beach
Vessel tracking services were this morning showing the U.S.-flag containership Maersk Idaho as still at anchor some 8 miles off Virginia Beach, Va., as its owner Maersk Line Limited worked on a
AMH offsets container-on-barge service carbon emissions
SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH) subsidiary SCF Marine reports that its container-on-barge service, operated by SEACOR AMH, is participating in a 12-month accredited U.S.-based carbon offset program starting June 2020. “Through this
MM&P: Crews of five U.S.-flag containerships trapped by crew change breakdown
The International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) says that crews of five U.S.-flag containerships are among the thousands of seafarers essentially being held hostage aboard their vessels because of the
MAN’s most powerful engine yet powers giant containership
HMM’s new series of twelve 23,964 TEU ultra large containerships will each be powered by an MAN B&W G95ME-C10.5 low-speed main engine. As we reported earlier, the first of these ships, the