Port Manatee set records for container volume and cargo tons moved during its recently completed fiscal year, besting marks set in 2010 for both categories.
October 11, 2017BusinessLogistics
Gem Containers Receives Funding From Crestline
Crestline Investors Inc. will provide an unspecified amount of financing to Gem Containers Ltd. to expand its tank container leasing and management business.
September 25, 2017Business
Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland Shatter Records
All three major containerports in California reported record-setting volumes in July, prompting an industry consultant to forecast the summer of 2017 one of the best peak retail shipping seasons in U.S. history.
August 11, 2017BusinessTechnology
Hub Group Offers New Tablet, Smartphone Platform to Track Containers
Hub Group has launched a tablet and smartphone platform to allows customers to track and trace containers.
August 11, 2017BusinessLogisticsTCA
Port Manatee Sets Container Volume Record With Two Months to Go
Container volume at Florida's Port Manatee reached a full-year record for the first 10 months of its current fiscal year.
August 8, 2017Business
World’s Largest Container Line Hit By Global Cyber Attack
Maersk said its customers can’t use online booking tools and its internal systems are down. The attack is affecting multiple sites and units, which include a major port operator and an oil and gas producer.
June 28, 2017Business
US Ocean Imports Set to Grow Amid Glut in Container Capacity
While Asian-U.S. imports and exports are due to rise in 2017, an overcapacity of containerships will continue to create problems for the ocean freight industry this year.
April 10, 2017TCA
Samsung Builds World's Largest Containership
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries set a new world record by completing the world’s largest containership, SHI and customer Mitsui OSK Lines said.
March 28, 2017GovernmentBusiness
Sen. John Thune Seeks FMC Examination of SOLAS Amendments
The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee has asked the Federal Maritime Commission to examine a controversial requirement that shippers weigh and certify the precise weight of every container loaded onto an ocean vessel.
May 23, 2016BusinessLogistics
Ocean Carriers, Six Ports Reach Deal on Container Weight Procedures
Container carriers that belong to the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association trade group and six ports have announced the first united approach to meeting new international freight weight requirements that take effect July 1.
May 20, 2016