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A Fundamental Shift In Ocean Transport

Danish shipping and oil group A. P. Moller-Maersk could split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive.

International Coalition Asks European Union To Act Against Slavery In Thai Seafood

The aim is to convince Thailand to build upon positive reforms that have recently been made to its fishing industry, to ensure that the reforms have longevity.

A group of international labor, environmental and human rights organizations, including Human Rights at Sea, has sent a letter to Karmenu Vella, the EU Commissioner for fisheries, maritime affairs and environment (pictured) urging the Commission to maintain pressure on Thailand on human rights abuses in the nation’s fishing industry.

Port Of Oakland Develops Continuity Plan Following Outer Harbor Terminals Lease Termination

Port of Oakland

If the bankruptcy court approves the lease termination agreement, Outer Harbor Terminal will close April 29.

The Port has developed a continuity plan to move ships and cargo to adjacent terminals when Outer Harbor Terminal closes. It has worked with other terminal operators to relocate ships and cargo from Outer Harbor Terminal. It has also implemented a $1.5 million Transition Assistance Program to extend gate hours at Port terminals.

Customized Brokers Set To Clear Perishables Entering Port of Charleston, S.C. Pending Expansion Of Cold Treatment Program

This development would indicate an expansion of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) cold treatment pilot program that has previously been rolled out in South Florida and in Savannah, Ga.

Blueberries from Peru are inspected by Crowley Fresh employees after being cold treated for pests.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Individual U.S. Ports To Determine Container Weight Mandate For Exports

The enforcement of the SOLAS container weight mandate for U.S. exports will be done by each port, and the U.S. Coast Guard will only get involved if it boards an incoming vessel and finds it doesn’t have verified gross mass for each box.

The mandate, under an amendment to the International Maritime Organization’s, Safety of Life at Sea, or SOLAS, convention originally approved in 2014, prevents carriers from shipping any containers without the verified gross mass of each container.

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Oakland Port Terminal Files For Bankruptcy

Port of Oakland

In a Chapter 11 petition filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, Outer Harbor Terminal, which operates part of the Oakland port, listed both assets and liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million.

Outer Harbor Terminal LLC, which operates part of the Oakland, Calif. port, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, two weeks after terminating its lease held in a joint venture with Ports America.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Traffic Delays Clog New York And New Jersey Port After Strike

International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)

About 200 trucks were waiting in half-mile lines outside the gates of the Port Newark Container Terminal and Maher terminals on Monday.

With about 60,000 containers passing through the port’s terminals each week, even small delays can cost retailers, manufacturers and other importers thousands of dollars.

Maersk Line Launches Weekly Shipping Service Between Columbia And Northern Europe

A.P. Moller- Maersk

Using StarCare technology refrigerated containers, which are designed especially to carry bananas over longer distances (up to 45 days); Maersk Line is setting new standards within the containerized controlled atmosphere business.

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CMA CGM Signs Cooperation Pact With Iran Shipping Lines

The agreement, signed during a goodwill visit to Paris by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, covers capacity sharing, joint route operations, and cooperation in using port terminals, the French government said.

French firm CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping operator, signed a significant cooperation agreement Thursday with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), according to Maritime Executive.

Risk/Compliance

Cargo Thieves Plague California Nut Growers And Processors

Port of Los Angeles

Since last fall, truckloads of pistachios, almonds and walnuts have been misdirected and stolen in Madera, Kern, Fresno and Tulare counties.

Lipari Foods, LLC, of Warren, Mich., has issued a voluntary recall of various raw pistachio products packaged by sister company JLM due to potential Salmonella risk

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U.S. Expands Permissible Exports to Cuba

The rule changes will allow more U.S. exports related to disaster preparedness, food processing, public transportation and more

The changes, which go into effect Jan. 27, will permit more U.S. exports related to disaster preparedness, education, agricultural production, food processing, public transportation and art.

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Expanded Panama Canal Likely To Open In June

Panama Canal Authority (PCA)

Panama Canal Authority Administrator Jorge L. Quijano told the AJOT at an American Association of Port Authorities conference in Tampa "early May or late May, we should be functional, and maybe June for the inauguration."

This is an artist's impression of the Panama Canal Expansion on completion.

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