August 2023
The 15,432teu Evergreen vessel Ever Max became the largest vessel to visit Maryland in mid-August.
Baltimore has a 50-foot-deep channel and neo-panamax cranes to serve shipsof this size.
Previously, the largest container ship to visit the Port of Baltimore was another Evergreen vessel, the Triton, which first visited in 2019 and has a capacity of 14,424teu.
Port of Baltimore figures to May show major commodities at the state-owned, public marine terminals such as ...
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P&O Ferries is to exit the Liverpool-Dublin route, saying that its current P berth in Liverpool is no longer available to it in 2024 and negotiations to extend the lease or find an alternative have been unsuccessful.
The operator will continue to run the Cairnryan-Larne route.
The two vessels currently serving the ...
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German-owned forwarder Dachser USA has reorganized management in the Northeastern US. It has appointed Andreas Kayser as new general manager, responsible for branches in New York, Boston and Baltimore and Robert Crimmins has been appointed branch manager for Boston.
Kayser (pictured, top) has been with Dachser in Germany since April 2022, ...
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Portsmouth’s port’s solar and battery system is now fully operational.
Managed by the in-house energy services and building services teams of Portsmouth City Council installed by Custom Solar and assisted by engineers at the port, the last piece of the project was finalised in July 2023, where an upgraded connection to ...
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Etihad Cargo has added a weekly freighter service from its Abu Dhabi hub to Guangzhou, China. It brings the carrier’s total freighter services tomainland China to ten per week.
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We’re all striving to be as ‘green’ as possible these days, but few companies take things to such lengths as Swiss coffee manufacturer Atinkana and its forwarding partner, Austrian-owned, Gebrüder Weiss.
Not only does it cultivate its coffee plants in Colombia in a natural cycle, with hardly any emissions thanks to ...
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FTA Ireland will be holding its annual Transport Manager Seminar on 19 October 2023 at the Johnstown House Hotel in Enfield, County Meath.
As Spiderman once said, ‘With great power comes great responsibility’ and the country’s transport managers are responsible for directing, coordinating, planning and overseeing tasks and operations while also ensuring ...
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Entertainment and events specialist Rock-it Global has become the new logistics partner of Rally dos Sertões and will transport vehicles, motorbikes, and team equipment for the Americas' biggest rally until 2026.
Rally dos Sertões is a cross-country off-road competition that has been held in Brazil since 1993 and is named after ...
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Rhenus Warehousing Solutions opened its first new multi- user warehouse at the Rhine port of Wesel on 11 August. The 86,000sq m fulfills BREEAM Excellent standards as part of Rhenus’ ‘Green Gate to Europe’ policy.
It says it is one of the largest combined solar panel systems in Europe with peak ...
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Freight forwarder Scan Global Logistics has opened an office in Port Elizabeth, its fourth in South Africa within two years. Existing locations are in Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town, while SGL opened its first office in Kenya in July and also has a presence in Togo, Benin, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire ...
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