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Biden Administration to provide billions for US-built STS cranes

News22 Feb 2024

As part of an Executive Order aimed at strengthening maritime cyber-security, the Biden Administration plans to invest over US$20B over the ...

News17 May 2016

The Port of Everglades has announced that its terminal operators are “already equipped” to help shippers handle the requirement for cont...

News14 Apr 2016

While some shippers claim providing a VGM is unworkable, the US Coast Guard says there is “no reason” for the VGM requirement to cause a...

News21 Mar 2016

While the Coast Guard maintains the US will be compliant with the SOLAS amendment on container weighing, US Shippers are interpreting guidan...

News7 Mar 2016

A remark by the U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Paul Thomas that SOLAS places no legal obligation on shippers in respect of the Verified Gross...

News1 Feb 2016

Some shippers, who appear to have slept through the debate on the IMO SOLAS Chapter VI amendment, requiring a container to have a verified g...

News1 Dec 2015

A BIFA seminar in London indicates that there is confusion in the forwarding market about the new SOLAS Ch VI requirements...

News1 Jan 2009

The TT Club has followed up earlier advice on avoiding hydraulic fires in mobile handling equipment (see WorldCargo News July 2007, p36) wit...

News14 Mar 2001

The US Coast Guard and the Ministry of Transport of Japan have signed a "declaration of intent" to share information on the transport of con...