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Date: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 Source: AJOT Drones to deliver for port authorities Earlier this month the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) signed an agreement with Wilhelmsen Ship Services (WSS) and Airbus to develop an unmanned air system (UAS) to…
Date: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 Source: Port Break Waves The Port of New York and New Jersey welcomed one of the world’s most advanced, High-Efficient Ro-Ro (HERO) ships, the M/V Titus, on Tuesday, July 31, when it completed its maiden voyage from…
Date: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 Source: AJOT Wilmington, N.C. – North Carolina Ports moved a record number of containers through the Port of Wilmington during the 2018 fiscal year, which ended June 30. Wilmington recorded 38 percent year-over-year container growth and year-over-year…
Date: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 To Our Valued Customers: On June 15, President Trump announced another round of tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports. These Section 301 tariffs are separate from the recently imposed Section 232 additional tariffs on…
Date: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 Source: American Shipper China’s state-run COSCO Shipping Lines said Monday its network applications in the Americas have been completely recovered after the company’s operations had been hit by a cyberattack last week. “All communication channels, including telephone,…
Date: Thursday, August 1st, 2018 Source: AJOT Although only in early stages, the tit-for-tat exchange of retaliatory tariffs is setting up a food fight of epic proportions that will impact businesses large and small around the globe. Global Food Fight At…
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Source: Nikkei Asian Review India has increased duties on a range of agricultural, iron and steel products imported from the U.S., in a tit-for-tat move after the Trump administration imposed higher tariffs on some Indian…
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Source: Wall Street Journal The increase in consumer spending and growing concern among manufacturers and retailers over changes to U.S. trade policy are leading to a surge in cargo volume at U.S. seaports. In the…
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Source: American Shipper Container terminal operators in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach now expect their revised PierPass Off-peak program will go into effect in the fourth quarter instead of August as originally…
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Source: American Shipper The 2M Alliance of Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) is suspending its transpacific TP1/New Eagle service. The TP1/New Eagle will be suspended from week 27 (with departure from Busan on July…