Port officials and employees of GCT USA today welcomed the captain and crew of the MOL Benefactor, the first container vessel to transit the expanded Panama Canal locks and visit an East Coast port, and the largest vessel ever to call on the Port of New York and New Jersey. This event signals a new era in shipping as the port continues to handle the largest vessels now transiting the recently expanded Panama Canal locks. The MOL Benefactor is a new Panama class vessel boasting a 10,100 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) cellular capacity. It is the first vessel to visit any East Coast port afterRead More →

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International Maritime Organization

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) SOLAS VI/2 regulation on verified gross mass (VGM) takes effect on Friday, July 1, 2016, at ports worldwide. All terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey will provide scale weights for use, at the carrier’s discretion, for export containers arriving to a terminal by truck without a VGM. Under those conditions, a $10 fee may be assessed by the terminals to the ocean carrier. When a shipper has a VGM, please coordinate directly with your ocean carriers for the timing and format for transmitting. Container weights provided by the railroads are not accepted for VGM purposes. •Read More →

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Port Newark Food Truck Fest

Attention gastronomical explorers and culinary entrepreneurs: The Port Newark Food Truck Fest will take place at The Seamen’s Church Institute’s International Seafarer’s Center, 118 Export Street, Port Newark, on Tuesday July 12, 2016 from 3 to 7 p.m. For tickets and information, email [email protected], call 973-589-5828, or simply stop by the International Seafarer’s Center at the port.   Read More →

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On June 7, officials at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed that the Port of New York and New Jersey will be able to handle 14,000 TEU vessels toward the end of 2017. The planned completion of the 50-foot Harbor Deepening Project later this summer and the anticipated completion of the navigational clearance project at the Bayonne Bridge late next year were cited as proof that the port will find itself prepared to handle new, larger classes of cargo ships within its previously stated time frame. Officials also pointed out that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey andRead More →

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The Amended Clean Vessel Incentive Program (CVI Program), launched on January 1, 2016, achieved superb results for first quarter 2016. A total of 253 qualifying vessel calls were logged, earning incentives totaling $385,000 for clean vessels. These figures represent increases of 35% and 10%, respectfully, over the same results polled in the first quarter 2015. NYK Line (North America) Inc. had the most qualifying vessel calls at 49, as well as the highest incentive award earned, totaling $86,000. Evergreen Marine’s vessel, Ever Libra, recorded the highest Environmental Ship Index (ESI) Score at 54.2, and was one of seven vessels with ESI scores above 50. TheRead More →

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