The US Coast Guard has been asked to re-clarify its position on the SOLAS weight mandate for containers after Rear Admiral Paul Thomas said the rule was a commercial matter… read more →
As the bunker surcharge drops, some shipping lines are rerouting their vessels to move around the Cape of Good Hope instead of voyaging through the Panama and Suez Canals. Carriers… read more →
On January 29th at 11AM EST, one thousand longshoremen at the port of New York walked out, violating the no strike provision of their contract, and effectively halting operations at… read more →
The Virginia Port Authority plans to enter an agreement to become a sister port with the Port of Mariel, Cuba to enhance trade between the two. Virginia Governor, Terry McAuliffe… read more →
On December 26th, the largest containership, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, called on Los Angeles, CA. With a capacity of 18,000 TEUs the Benjamin Franklin is the first megaship to… read more →
Port of Virginia surpassed 200,000 TEUs for ninth consecutive month and expects to exceed 2.5 million TEUs for 2015! We’ve been watching the Port of Virginia for the last several… read more →
Starting January 1st, the Port of Virginia’s chassis pool will roll out a new system that allows BCOs (beneficial cargo owners) direct billing thereby removing truckers and ship lines out… read more →
The Port of Virginia is ending one of the best years it has ever had in 2015 and they’re ready to make sure the next one is even better. When… read more →
The first sustainability report from the Port of Virginia has arrived and it shows their environmental compliance record is one of the best in Virginia. There hasn’t been a regulatory… read more →
In a record setting October, the Port of Virginia handled 233,466 TEU containers, making it the single busiest month ever and the eighth straight month with volumes over 200,000 TEU’s.… read more →