Archive for 'Shipping News' Category
APL Introduces 53 Foot Ocean Containers
2 November 2007APL is taking delivery of the first 53 foot ocean capable containers November 7th and will deploy them as a weekly service on APL’s premier South China to Los Angeles service. 53 foot containers have been in use for intermodal transportation in the U.S. but have not been strong enough for ocean shipments, however, the [...]
Eric Shen New Transportation Planning Director for Port of Long Beach
30 October 2007Eric Shen, a transportation planning official for the city of Pasadena, has been hired by the Board of Harbor Commissioners as the Director of Transportation Planning for the Port of Long Beach.
Shen has 15 years of experience in the field, including the last seven years as Transportation Planning and Development Manager for Pasadena.
At the Port [...]
Port of Tacoma Plans NYK Line Terminal
26 July 2007The Port of Tacoma is planning to construct a new terminal which will be leased to Yusen Terminal Tacoma for the NYK Line.
The Port of Tacoma today announced plans to build a $300 million, 168-acre (68-hectare) container terminal on the industrial east side of Tacoma’s Blair Waterway. The terminal will be leased to a container [...]
Andre Grikitis New Head of Intermarine
8 February 2007The board of directors of Intermarine has elected Andre Grikitis as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Andre will assume the position held by Roger Kavanagh, founder and prior CEO of Intermarine, who recently died after a lengthy battle with cancer. Andre stepped into the role as Interim-President in September 2006. Prior to taking [...]
Panalpina Panprojects - Project Forwarder of the Year
11 November 2006Panalpina’s Panprojects division, was recently named “Project Forwarder of the Year.”
Press release follows:
Organized by Lloyd’s Freight Transport Buyer Asia (FTB) and endorsed by the Economic Development Board of Singapore, there were four finalists in the category “Project Forwarder of the Year”. Nominations were determined from votes cast by readers of “Freight Transport Buyer”, “Containerisation [...]
