While in transit to conduct joint operations off the coast of Guyana as part of Operation Southern Cross, the US Coast Guard national security cutter Stone encountered ..
Dominican Republic
US Coast Guard, partner agencies interdict seven suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean over 10 days
The US Coast Guard, the US Navy, US Customs and Border Protection, and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard interdicted seven suspected drug-smuggling vessels over 10 days ..
Six missing after boat capsizes off Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico
US Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for possible survivors of a capsized boat in the Mona Passage near Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico. Four of the boat’s ..
DP World to transform Dominican Republic into vital logistics hub
DP World has inaugurated the expansion of the main berth at the DP World Caucedo port terminal, which will more than double port capacity from 1.2 million TEU to 2.5 million TEU per year.
The project, which is part of the company´s plan for growth in the Dominican Republic, will add 450m to the berth, while three super post-Panamax and five rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes have already been installed, which DP World describes as “the most sophisticated and robust equipment on the market.” Next...
https://container-news.com/dp-world-to-transform-dominican-republic-into-vital-logistics-hub/
ONE addition equals eight new South American destinations for JAXPORT
The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) said its customers now have access to a new container service to the West Coast of South America through Ocean Network Express (ONE).
ONE has added Rodman, Panama, as a port of call on its EC1 U.S. East Coast service, connecting JAXPORT’s TraPac Container Terminal at Dames Point in Jacksonville, Florida, to eight new destinations in South America.
The addition of a Rodman port call, which took effect at the beginning of October, provides connections from...
VESSEL REVIEW | Betelgeuse – Metal Shark supplies 26-metre coastal patrol boat to Dominican Navy
US shipbuilder Metal Shark Boats has handed over a new aluminium-hulled near coastal patrol vessel (NCPV) to the Dominican Republic Navy. Christened Betelgeuse in keeping ..
US Navy destroyer seizes US$6 million in cocaine in Caribbean Sea
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Kidd and its embarked US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team seized 225 kilograms of cocaine and apprehended ..
Metal Shark delivers 26-metre patrol boat to Dominican Navy
Metal Shark Boats has delivered a new coastal patrol vessel to the naval forces of the Dominican Republic. The aluminium-hulled, 26- by six-metre vessel has been ..
Metal Shark delivers 85′ patrol boat to the Dominican Republic
Shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered an 85’x19.5′ welded aluminum Near Coastal Patrol Vessel (NCPV) to the Dominican Republic’s navy.
Christened “Betelgeuse” in keeping with the Dominican tradition of naming military vessels after constellations, the new patrol craft was built at Metal Shark’s Franklin, La., shipyard and officially incorporated into the Dominican navy during a ceremony at the Las Calderas Navy Base on Aug. 6.
The vessel has been delivered to the Dominican Republic under a $54...
DP World volumes decrease, portfolio increases
DP World reported Monday that 2020 first-half volumes were down 3.9% from the same period last year and that it had acquired a 60% stake in UNICO Logistics.
DP World Ltd. handled 33.9 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first half of 2020, with gross container volumes decreasing 5.3% year-over-year on a reported basis and 3.9% on a like-for-like basis.
DP World said like-for-like container totals adjust for volumes at Posorja,...
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