Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group is adding more than 3,000 pieces of cargo handling equipment to its fleet through a $275 million investment, company officials announced Tuesday.
National Shipping of America announced Wednesday the start of the “Isla Verde Express,” a service that will connect Puerto Rico with the western United States via Houston every two weeks, staring May 29.
America Cruise Ferries, the company that operates the only commercial maritime connection between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, saw an influx of North American passengers during Easter Week, when the ship departed only from San Juan to the neighboring island nation.
The U.S. General Accounting Office released Wednesday a lengthy report assessing the impact of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico’s economy, saying, among other things, that the effects modifying the application of mandate “are highly uncertain, and various trade-offs could materialize depending on how the Act is modified.”
Domestic ocean shipping company Horizon Lines Inc. announced Wednesday it will move its northeast terminal operations to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Elizabeth, New Jersey, effective April 11, 2013.
New Jersey-based TOTE Inc. has contracted General Dynamics NASSCO to design and build two 764-foot TEU liquefied natural gas-powered containerships to serve the Puerto Rico maritime trade route, with options for three more vessels for additional domestic service, the companies announced Tuesday.
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