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Volume Growth Continues in November; Cargo Diversification Effort Shows Positive Results

Four Consecutive Months of Growth in Auto Imports

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Volume decline spurs Baltimore terminal to close for two days

“The Seagirt Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore will be closed Monday and Tuesday. Ports Ameri...

VOCPT container volumes rise 8.2% in FY20 to 804,584 TEUs

“Dakshin Bharat Gateway Terminal Pvt Ltd (DBGT) posted a 40 per cent growth in volumes in FY20, help...

VOC Port records 8% growth in cargo traffic

“The V O Chidambaranar Port (formerly Tuticorin Port), a major port in Thoothukudi, has recorded a 8...

VO Chidambaranar Port registers record 13.16% growth in August 2019

“VO Chidambaranar handled 353,306 TEUs of containers with a growth of 13.16 percent compared to the same period in 2018.” To learn more, see the original story at Indian Transport and Logistics News. Source: Indian Transport and Logistics News (JK)

Visy Oy joins the Container Owners Association

“Finnish company Visy Oy has joined the Container Owners Association (COA), the company announced in a recent newsletter.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Visser Shipping Chooses Hybrid-Ready Scrubbers for Its Ships

“Dutch shipping company Visser Shipping has signed a contract to outfit its three 9.0 MW containerships with hybrid-ready scrubber systems.” To learn more, see the original story at World Maritime News. Source: World Maritime News (JK)

Visit of MSC vessel helps PSA Balboa – PSA Panama International Terminal break move record

“PSA Panama has broken its record for the highest number of moves in a single call following the arrival of MSC Anchorage.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Visible SCM becomes a Maersk company

“Business-to-consumer (B2C) logistics company Visible Chain Management (Visible SCM) has become ‘Visible SCM – A Maersk organization’.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Visibility and agility will become more important to supply chains than speed

“Better visibility and more responsive supply chains are the only way for shippers and their forward...

Visakhapatnam port sets new record with 63,256 TEUs container throughput in June

"The Visakhapatnam Port Authority achieved a remarkable feat in June by registering a record-breakin...

Visakha Container Terminal set to become regional trans-shipment hub on east coast

“Container lines Hapag Lloyd, ONE, YML, COSCO and OOCL will jointly run a new direct service from Vi...

Virginia unveils plan to reverse falling export volumes

“Virginia Governor Ralph Northam wants to reverse a decline in containerized exports from the state,...

Virginia to Become US Hub for Reefer Imports

“The Port of Virginia has completed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Southeast In-Transi...

Virginia Port Authority to Order USD 217 Mn Worth of Cranes

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Virginia Port Authority Eyes Tighter Ties with Cuba

**The Virginia Port Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Cuban National...

Virginia Port Authority begins work on terminal expansion

**“The $320 million project at the Virginia International Gateway container terminal has officially...

Virginia Opens Wider Channel; Now Supports Two-Way Ultra-Large Container Vessel Movement

The following release was published by the Port of Virginia:

The Port of Virginia’s wider shipp...

Virginia International Gateway stack-yard project done

“The expansion has doubled the terminal’s annual container throughput to 1.2 million container lifts a year.” To learn more, see the original story at American Shipper. Source: American Shipper (JB)

Virginia International Gateway Container Terminal Wraps Up Major Expansion

“A USD 320 million expansion project at the Virginia International Gateway (VIG) container terminal...

Virginia expands capacity with four inbound truck gates

“Four new inbound truck gates have been placed into service at Virginia International Gateway (VIG),...

Virginia box volumes up 4.6% in April

**“Container throughput at Port of Virginia terminals has increased 7 percent so far in the fiscal y...

Virginia avoiding vessel backlogs plaguing other East Coast ports

“The Port of Virginia credits its ability to mitigate the backlogs that have challenged other large...

Violent protests against Adani’s Kerala port project

"At least 150 people were injured and over 3,000 booked Monday after a violent protest against the c...

Violence in South Africa disrupts port operations

“Days of violence in South Africa have disrupted ports operations at Durban and Richards Bay and a r...

Vincent Clerc new ceo of Maersk’s container and logistics business

“Vincent Clerc has been promoted to run AP Moller – Maersk’s core ocean and logistics business in a...

Vinalines: Port Ventures saw positive performance

The following release was published by Vinalines:

Despite improvements in ­performance in the fir...

Vinalines to try its luck with second public share offering

“The state-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) will try a second public share sale of...

Vinalines to operate as joint stock company in September

“Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) will officially begin operations as a joint stock compa...

Vinalines to divest capital from 13 firms this year

“State-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) plans to divest capital from 13 member companies this year, Vietnamese media have reported.” See the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JK)

Vinalines to build 2 terminals at $299 mln in Lach Huyen Port

The following release was published by Vinalines:

Vinalines is seeking approval from the governme...

Vinalines eyes to join Global Shipping Alliances

“The Vietnam National Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) will devise a number of measures to fur...

Vinalines buys back 75% stake in Quy Nhon port

“State-owned shipping group Vinalines has bought back its stake in a central port after illegally selling it to a private firm” To learn more, see the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JK)

Vinalines and Erria extend cooperation

” Vinalines and Erria have today signed a MOU at the headquarter of the Danish Shipowners´ Associati...

VIMC launches service to bring Vietnamese goods to Malaysia and India

“Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC), formerly Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines), has star...

VIMC eyes transshipment project with MSC

“Vietnam Maritime Corporation’s (formerly Vinalines) subsidiary Saigon Port plans to work with Medit...

Vietnamese feeder ship demolishes crane

“A feeder container ship crashed into a crane on the Long Tau river near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on Sunday, 21 February.” See the original story at Container News. Source: Container News (JK)

Vietnam’s maritime transport sees impressive growth in 2019

“Vietnam’s maritime transport in 2019 has had an impressive year with key metrics witnessing remarkable growth after a period of recession during 2014-2015.” See the original story at Hellenic Shipping News. Source: Hellenic Shipping News (JK)

Vietnam’s liner shipping connectivity leaps

"Vietnam’s emergence as a manufacturing powerhouse is showing up in ever greater detail on the globa...

Vietnam’s Haiphong Deepwater Port Ready for Business

“The Lach Huyen International Gateway Port in Haiphong, Vietnam, will commence operation later this month.” For more, see the original article on Maritime Executive. Source: Maritime Executive (LF)

Vietnam’s former ‘white elephant’ port, Cai Mep, set for major expansion

“The expansion of Vietnam’s busiest deepwater container port, Cai Mep, could pave the way for additional Asia-Europe calls.” See the original story at The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (JK)

Vietnam’s Cai Mep terminals see strong container volume growth

” Container volumes in Southern Vietnam’s Cai Mep port complex grew 21 % the first 10 months of the year and reached 2.4m teu.” To learn more, see the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JB)

Vietnam’s Cai Mep port gets set to benefit from supply chain switch from China

“South Vietnam’s Cai Mep-Thi Vai container port recently saw the maiden call of 2M’s TP17 service –...

Vietnam's Ports Benefit From Geopolitics and Trade Wars

"Vietnam’s main ports have shot up the world rankings in terms of volumes of container-based traffic...

Vietnam Welcomes Its Largest Boxship to Date

“Earlier this month, Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) welcomed the largest container vessel to...

Vietnam unveils plans for US$1.5 billion-worth container shipping fleet

“With learning from the disruptions caused due to Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Vietnam Logistics...

Vietnam to pilot open system around Cai Mep port

“From mid-2022, an open system will be pilot tested on the terminals in Vietnam’s Cai Mep port, in a scheme to reduce logistics costs when moving containers across the port.” See the original story at Container News. Source: Container News (JK)

Vietnam taking significant volume of US-bound box exports away from China

"Global trade patterns are being remoulded at a fast clip, with reshoring now clearly diminishing Ch...

Vietnam Surpasses Hong Kong in Port Throughput

“Vietnam’s container throughput surpassed Hong Kong’s in the first half of this year, possibly in part due to trade diversion amid the trade war between China and the U.S.” To learn more, see the original story at CX Live. Source: CX Live (JK)

Vietnam ports container volumes up 21% in H1

“Container cargoes moved by Vietnamese ports grew by 21% year-on-year, to more than 14.7m teu during...