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Month: February 2010

Deeper Columbia River channel reaps early dividends

The $190 million project to deepen the Columbia River’s shipping channel from 40 feet to 43 feet will be finished by the end of this year. Construction got under way in 2005, following almost two full decades of planning and...

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CMA CGM resumes Port-au-Prince service

Having been heavily involved in the relief effort since the earthquake struck Haiti, the CMA CGM Group has announced that it has resumed a regular service between Port-au-Prince and Kingston in Jamaica. On February 7th, a 516...

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First of the monster ships calls on Virginia port

One of the largest container ships ever to call on the East Coast, the hulking vessel [that visited Harbor Roads on Monday] is a harbinger of the size of ships that will call regularly once the Panama Canal expansion is...

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