APM TERMINALS ELIZABETH

APM Terminals Elizabeth boosts electrification with US$1.4M EPA grant

APM Terminals Elizabeth is thrilled to report significant strides in its US$5 million investment for the Electrification Pilot Project, made feasible by a generous US$1.4 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA).

This endeavour underscores APM Terminals’ unwavering dedication to sustainability and forward-looking innovation.

The DERA grant, geared towards curtailing diesel emissions and enhancing air quality, has facilitated...

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APM Terminals Elizabeth enhances operations with new container cranes

APM Terminals Elizabeth has announced the commissioning of two cutting-edge ZPMC Super-Post Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes.

Boasting an impressive 23-container outreach, these cranes are crafted to seamlessly handle both ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) and Neo-Panamax Vessels.

The cranes have completed all testing and are ready to handle the largest ships calling US east coast ports, capable of carrying up to 18,000 TEUs.

“The new cranes will improve our productivity by enabling us to...

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US east coast ports make major plays to become intermodal gateways

US importers and forwarders are looking to New York’s Port Elizabeth Terminal for a faster intermodal link to the US Midwest and Canada.
APM Terminals Elizabeth is marketing a new service that claims faster transfers from ship to rail, with multiple daily train departures to the interior.
Key to the operation is a direct-to-rail landing zone at the terminal for rapid transfer of containers to an 18-track rail operation to build double-stack …

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APM Terminals Elizabeth to enhance intermodal cargo operations

APM Terminals Elizabeth has announced its plans to expand intermodal cargo volumes to and from the Midwest and Canada.

Using a direct-to-rail landing zone section on the terminal during vessel discharge operations, APM Terminals Elizabeth is able to expedite rail cargo to its near dock rail facility 12 hours on average after discharge, according to a statement.

Once cargo arrives at the Millennium Marine Rail-operated terminal, port Labor and APMT teams work on the 18 track rail operation...

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APM Terminals Elizabeth courts customers needing intermodal rail service to Midwest

A photograph of a CSX train at the terminal.

APM Terminals Elizabeth in New Jersey wants shippers to consider using its terminal for their intermodal needs, citing “abundant space” at the Millennium Marine Rail facility, a 12-hour dwell time for import rail cargo and four outbound train departures daily to the Midwest. 

The terminal on Friday said it is seeking to expand intermodal cargo volumes to and from the Midwest and Canada. CSX (NASDAQ: CSX), Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) and Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI) all serve the terminal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/apm-terminals-elizabeth-courts-customers-needing-intermodal-rail-service-to-midwest

Land CMA CGM Marco Polo tour with ‘most beautiful’ photos

The largest container ship to call the North American East Coast is drawing shoreline crowds on its first visit. CMA CGM is even offering tours of the Marco Polo to those who post the “most beautiful” images of the mammoth container ship to Instagram. 

The next opportunity to capture the berthing of the CMA CGM Marco Polo, with a carrying capacity of 16,022 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), comes Wednesday morning, when the vessel calls the Port of Savannah. The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA)...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/land-cma-cgm-marco-polo-tour-with-most-beautiful-photos

Among Piers: APM Terminals Elizabeth converts to green energy

APM Terminals Elizabeth at the Port of New York and New Jersey last month began using green power, an initiative that is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45% this year.

APM Terminals Elizabeth said in a press release that it had “embarked on a decarbonizing plan in 2016 as part of a multiyear effort to reduce energy consumption through improved efficiency, equipment upgrades and electrification to reduce emissions and create a safer, cleaner working environment for employees.” 

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Green power is the next decarbonisation step for APM Terminals Elizabeth

APM Terminals Elizabeth has proceeded with its decarbonisation strategy, starting to use green power, from a supplier that offers renewables such as wind and solar.

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BREAKING: New York terminal operator sues Maersk for ‘tens of millions’

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Container carriers and terminal operators could increasingly come to blows as COVID-19 rewrites the global business equation. A now-escalating court battle in New York could be a taste of things to come.

In one corner: Maersk Line and Hamburg Sud, owned by AP Moller Maersk (APM), the largest container carrier operator in the world, with group revenues of $39 billion in full-year 2019.

In the other corner: Vancouver, British Columbia-based Global Container Terminals (GCT), which operates the...

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APMT Elizabeth launches appointment system

AP Møller Terminals Elizabeth, APMT’s largest terminal on the east coast of North America, announced on January that TERMPoint, an appointment system for terminals, trucks, and trucking agents, is targeted to Go-Live in late February 2020.

The current plan is to introduce the appointment system via a soft roll-out (ex. on a Saturday Gate.)

Launching new reservation system, APMT Elizabeth will become the second terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey to operate an appointment system. GCT...

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