Three terminal operators form joint venture to improve Savannah efficiency

A photograph of containers at a terminal.

Three companies have formed the joint venture Gateway Terminals in an effort to increase efficiency at the Port of Savannah.

Ports America, Ceres and SSA Atlantic have consolidated container terminal, truck gate and stevedoring services in order to take advantage of “compelling” growth opportunities, especially  “in light of the tremendous increase in demand for services to support Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the nation’s third busiest container port complex,” GPA noted in a release Thursday.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/three-terminal-operators-form-joint-venture-to-improve-savannah-efficiency

Today’s Pickup: Flock Freight reaches 12,000 pooled shipments

Good day,

Flock Freight, a logistics tech company that enables scaled freight pooling (the process of combining multiple loads onto one truck), today announced it has pooled more than 12,000 total shipments.

Additionally, Flock Freight’s hubless pooling product, FlockDirect, attracted new customers in 2020, including Berlin Packaging, Blue Diamond Almonds, Mueller Industries, Nature’s Bounty, and Tuft & Needle.  

Founded in 2015,  Flock Freight’s hubless pooling technology utilizes proprietary...

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German Container Ship Runs Into Steering Trouble in Kiel Canal

According to an article published in Maritime Bulletin, a container ship suffered engine failure in the Kiel Canal.

What happened?

The container ship Ceres suffered engine failure while transiting Kiel Canal in the afternoon Feb 2, and ran into an embankment. It was refloated in about an hour and a half by a tug, resumed transit, seemingly under own power, but escorted and assisted by a tug.

Steering problem

According to track details, the ship was experiencing a steering problem. As of now the...

http://mfame.guru/german-container-ship-runs-into-steering-trouble-in-kiel-canal/

“Enhancing the Understanding of New and Enduring Challenges in Maritime Safety Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean”

Dimitris Mitsatsos, Director, General/HELMEPA, presenting the program

“Enhancing the Understanding of New and Enduring Challenges in Maritime Safety Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean”

OnThursday, 3 October 2019 representatives of the maritime press in Piraeus, Greece were presented with this 3-year long project administrated by HELMEPA, supported by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation* (LRF) and implemented in Greece and Cyprus until 2022. The Press conference was hosted at the historic for...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/10/04/enhancing-the-understanding-of-new-and-enduring-challenges-in-maritime-safety-culture-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/

NO to single use plastics…

Pupils of 1st Primary School of Alimos at HELMEPA’s exhibition

“NO to single use plastics”

by HELMEPA and the Embassy of Canada in Greece

Raising awareness among children and adults on the need to reduce single use plastics is the aim of the joint initiative of HELMEPA and the Embassy of Canada in Athens, which began with the production of 1,200 cloth bags bearing the motto “We say NO to single use plastics”.  

The dissemination of the cloth bags has already began to pupils and teachers of Primary...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/22/no-to-single-use-plastics/