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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)...

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3 C’s see Port of New York and New Jersey through 2020

It’s been a year like no other for everyone everywhere, and resiliency has been a word used perhaps more in 2020 than any other year. It’s a fitting word for U.S. ports, which saw huge numbers of canceled sailings when factories shut down in China and then record import surges when manufacturing restarted and supply chains were rebooted. 

“As our industry navigates the ongoing economic and market impacts of COVID-19, which now includes record cargo volume, we must be resilient facing and...

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South Carolina Ports on brink of ‘truly historic’ 2021

Jim Newsome, president and chief executive officer of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), delivered his 12th State of the Port address virtually Wednesday. 

“Usually I have the privilege of speaking to 800 well-attired leaders of the maritime community,” Newsome said, noting that although the annual in-person gathering was moved online because of the coronavirus pandemic, “this is a message of great optimism about our future.” 

And Newsome didn’t dwell on the fact that the COVID-19...

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‘Untraditional peak’ a good thing at Port of New York/New Jersey

The Port of New York and New Jersey expects container volumes that have rebounded sharply from the height of the coronavirus pandemic to remain strong through the rest of the calendar year.

Canceled — or blanked — sailings commonplace during the economic shutdown in the spring and early summer have waned. The port said there are only two more blanked calls on the books for this year.

And last month the port welcomed the CMA CGM Brazil, the largest container ship to call a U.S. East Coast port,...

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South Carolina sees uptick in port activity

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) said its September volumes reflect the strongest year-over-year activity since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and show a continued recovery and strength in containers, vehicles and inland moves. 

The SCPA handled a record-September 195,101 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) at the Wando Welch and North Charleston terminals. It said the total was a “slight increase” year-over-year. The SCPA moved 581,912 TEUs in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, which...

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Largest LNG-powered container ship making maiden voyage

The world’s largest container ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) launched on its maiden voyage Wednesday. 

The CMA CGM Jacques Saadé is the first of the French shipping line’s nine planned 23,000-twenty-foot-equivalent-unit (TEU) container ships powered by LNG. The vessel is named in honor of the CMA CGM Group’s founder, the late Jacques Saadé.

CMA CGM said the Jacques Saadé will sail on its “most emblematic line,” between Asia and Northern Europe, launching in Pusan, South Korea, and...

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Record-breaking Containership Glides Under Bayonne Bridge

  • Massive container ship, bigger than 4 football fields, sets record under Bayonne Bridge.
  • The 1,200-foot-long CMA CGM Brazil, the largest container ship ever to call on the bi-state port, or any other port on the U.S. East Coast.
  • This highlights the benefits of the Port Authority’s significant investment in critical port infrastructure and the far-reaching effects it has on the broader region and its economy.
  • The Bayonne Bridge was raised to allow some of the world’s largest and newer, more...

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South Carolina Ports encouraged by steady rebound

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) looked on the bright side when reporting August volumes. Yes, the number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled in August was down 10% year-over-year, but the performance was 18% better than the month before. 

The SCPA “saw some positive cargo trends in August, pointing to a slow but emerging recovery during the ongoing global pandemic,” the announcement said. 

The Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals handled 208,837 TEUs in...

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