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China’s cheap EVs redraw the map of where cars get made
| April 23, 2024 | International Trade | Maritime | Breakbulk News
China is set to change the map of global automaking by stepping up electric-car exports that will intensify mass-market competition, according to the International Energy Agency.
Port of Lake Charles cracks nation’s top 10 for cargo
Brunswick sets record month for autos
| April 17, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Colonel’s Island Terminal at the Port of Brunswick continued its record-setting pace in March, handling 77,236 units of Roll-on/Roll-off cargo, an increase of 13,438 units or 21 percent over the same month last year...
Joe Kramek appointed as New President & CEO at World Shipping Council
| April 17, 2024 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Breakbulk News | Bulk | People | Appointments
The World Shipping Council (WSC), the united voice of liner shipping, is happy to announce that the WSC Board has appointed Joe Kramek as its new President & CEO, to succeed John Butler upon his retirement at the end of July...
Bridge disaster in Baltimore gets FBI criminal investigation
| April 15, 2024 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Breakbulk News | Bulk | Technology
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into what occurred on the cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Finnlines has set sail from Malmö on its new route to Świnoujście
| April 10, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
The shipping company Finnlines newly announced the launch of a new service between Malmö, Sweden and Świnoujście, Poland with first departure this morning on April 10. Finnlines thus expands its network and now connects to over 20 ports across Europe.
Port of Brownsville awarded $1.1M for vessel suitability and feasability project
Port of Davisville likely to see 25% increase in auto imports
| April 05, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals | Ports | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project
The Quonset Development Corporation anticipates that auto imports at the Port of Davisville will increase by as much as 25%, or 4,000 vehicles per month, as a result of the realignment of shipping traffic due to the collapse of the Key Bridge outside Baltimore Harbor. QDC Managing Director Steven J. King, P.E. said it was too soon to tell how long the increase might last...
INTERCARGO and RightShip launch Dry Bulk Centre of Excellence (DBCE)
| April 03, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Today, RightShip, the leading global ESG focused digital maritime platform, and INTERCARGO, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, launch the Dry Bulk Centre of Excellence (DBCE), an independent, not-for-profit industry organisation dedicated to the administration of the Dry Bulk Management Standard (DryBMS) framework.
Car shipper takes $10 million hit from Baltimore bridge collapse
| April 03, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Ford, GM divert shipments as bridge collapse upends supplies
| March 27, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals
The US automotive supply chain will be disrupted by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, dealing another blow to America’s automotive ecosystem still recovering from pandemic-related setbacks.
The ‘no-fail’ mission to protect the Red Sea isn’t working
| March 27, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
The US and its allies have been trying to stop the Houthis but their attacks on ships continue.
Aloha Marine Lines launches new barge built by Gunderson Marine & Iron
Auto supply chains face delays on Baltimore bridge collapse
| March 26, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals
The US automotive supply chain will be disrupted by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, dealing another blow to America’s automotive ecosystem still recovering from pandemic-related setbacks.
China files WTO complaint over US electric-vehicle subsidies
| March 26, 2024 | International Trade | Maritime | Breakbulk News
China is taking its dispute with the US over electric-vehicle subsidies to the World Trade Organization, challenging elements of President Joe Biden’s signature climate law passed in 2022.
Tesla fuels jump in China car imports at Canada’s top port
| March 25, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals
Canada’s busiest port is seeing more autos arriving from China than the US and Mexico, after Tesla Inc. started shipping electric vehicles from its gigafactory in Shanghai.
oceanis sees downside risk in banks pricing abilities moving forward in its Q1 State of Ship Finance report
| March 25, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
The Panama Canal averts a crisis for now — but at a cost to drinking water
| March 15, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Recycling canal water to combat drought is making potable supplies saltier...
LNG-fueled car carrier CERULEAN ACE delivered
| March 13, 2024 | Green Shipping | Maritime | Breakbulk News
MOL Moves Steadily toward Goal of 90 LNG/Methanol-fueled Vessels by 2030...
Panama Canal announces increase in daily slots at Panamax Locks
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