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Fednav Shores Up Maritime Operations
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 - 10:32am | 368Canada's largest privately owned bulk carrier has placed all of its marine-related activities under the leadership of a new single Marine Department. Montreal-based Fednav Ltd. also placed Tina Revsbech, executive vice president, in charge of the Marine Department, which will combine the shipping...
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New York Terminal Loses Court Bid To Block Maersk Exit
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 4:03pm | 1027A last-minute court plea – infused with rhetoric about coronavirus fallout – has failed to derail Maersk's plan to switch from the GCT New York terminal on Staten Island to the APM Terminals (APMT) facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey. A Maersk spokesman confirmed to FreightWaves that a New York...
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No COVID-19 Found On CMA CGM Marco Polo
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 3:34pm | 237CMA CGM said Wednesday that no crew members on board the Marco Polo are infected with the coronavirus. The French carrier said earlier in the week that one crew member was sick and had been isolated until he could be tested for COVID-19. The container ship was off the coast of Spain at the time. "...
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Maersk Completes $545 Million Performance Team Acquisition
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 12:25pm | 424Global container shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk (OTCMKTS: AMKBY) said April 1 that it has completed its $545 million acquisition of U.S. warehouse and distribution firm Performance Team. With the acquisition, Maersk's number of North American warehouses increases to 46 and will allow the...
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COVID-19 Confirmed On Gjertrud Maersk
Monday, March 30, 2020 - 2:20pm | 294The Gjertrud Maersk has become what is believed to be the first container ship in the world reported to carry the coronavirus. Seven crew members were evacuated from the vessel in Ningbo, China, on Thursday. "One of the seafarers has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and four seafarers are...
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Maersk Crew Hospitalized In China With Suspected Coronavirus
Friday, March 27, 2020 - 3:46pm | 384A.P. Møller-Mærsk (OTCMKTS:AMKBY) has confirmed that crew members have been evacuated from the Gjertrud Maersk and hospitalized in Ningbo, China, with suspected cases of the coronavirus. Christian Kjærgaard-Winther, Maersk senior press officer in Denmark, said in an email to American Shipper that...
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Ransomware Rears Its Head Again As 150 Countries Hit By New Virus
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 1:31pm | 409Ransomware cyberattacks broke out Tuesday from the United States to India to Russia, where computer systems monitoring radiation at the site of the former Chernobyl nuclear plant were knocked offline. The attacks affected roughly 150 countries, including government offices and infrastructure in the...