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Strong breeze puts an early end to penultimate day at Para Worlds

Lake Michigan showed a different side on Friday as strong winds whipped up just off of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA at the Para World Sailing Championships. 

After days of light, challenging breeze, gusts of up to 35 knots were recorded on the racing areas as a decision was made just before 12:00 to cancel the day of racing.

Saturday is the final day of the competition at the Championships and the medals will be decided.

The 2.4 Norlin OD will sail their first ever Medal Race and as Damien Seguin...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/21/strong-breeze-puts-an-early-end-to-penultimate-day-at-para-worlds/

China skyrockets its U.S. exports before tariffs hit

By Kyunghee Park, Daniela Wei and Matt Townsend (Bloomberg) — The race is on to get Chinese goods into the U.S. before President Donald Trump’s tariffs bite.

At sea and in the sky, the U.S. president’s trade war with China has ignited a freight frenzy. Hyundai Merchant Marine Co.’s vessels leaving China for the U.S. are full, deliveries to California ports are surging, and cargo rates for journeys across the Pacific are at a four-year high.

The levies that kick in Monday have amplified the busy...

http://container-news.com/china-exports-u-s-tariffs-hit/

Edward DeNike, President of SSA Containers Presented with 2018 Connie Award

l to r: Michael DiVirgilio, CII President; Ed DeNike, President of SSA Containers; Mrs. DeNike; Ronald J. Forest, President of Matson Navigation and Sue Coffey, CII Treasurer

Edward DeNike, President of SSA Containers presented with 2018 Connie Award in Long Beach, CA

Long Beach, CA (September 21, 2018) – Edward Anthony DeNike, president of SSA Containers, a division of Carrix, received the 2018 Connie Award presented by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute in Long Beach, CA, on Tuesday,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/21/edward-denike-president-of-ssa-containers-presented-with-2018-connie-award/

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