From Seatrade Maritime: China Merchants Port Holdings saw 2016 net profit rise 14% to HKD5.49bn ($706.5m) on gains in both container and bulk terminal volumes. Revenue from the group’s core ports operation rose 14% to HKD24.51bn...
Read MoreFrom Maritime Executive: Just after midnight on April 4, the small freighter Dan Fighter collided with the newly built container ship Maersk Genoa on the waters of the Westerschelde, the estuary leading to the Port of Antwerp....
Read MoreExcerpts from Maritime Executive: The average wage for the dockers is only $40 per month, with a maximum of about $10 per day if container volumes are high; without these wages, the dismissed unionists are struggling to pay the...
Read MoreExcerpts from ‘Who will head Long Beach’s port?’ in the Press-Telegram: This week the board running the Long Beach port interviewed seven finalists in hopes of finding the nation’s second-busiest container port’s...
Read MoreFormer Port of Seattle CEO Ted Fick entered a guilty plea to reckless driving, admitting that he displayed “a willful and wanton disregard for the safety of others.” More at the Puget Sound Business...
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