Regional News : Caribbean

Seaboard Marine said it has started a service to and from Belize via Miami, Houston and New Orleans, as well as Cristobal, Panama, and Puerto Limon, Costa Rica. The service will offer northbound departures direct from Belize to Miami every Tuesday. “Belize customers will be able to utilize the Seaboard network throughout the Caribbean Basin," said Jose Concepcion, Seaboard Marine vice pre...

Crowley Maritime Corp. has acquired Islandwide Air and Ocean and entered an agreement with its sister company, Islandwide Logistics, to provide logistics services including warehouse management, inventory management, pick-and-pack and retail time-sensitive delivery services in Puerto Rico. This acquisition and partnership will allow Crowley to offer customers a range of logistics services...

Liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it has started a new Caribbean feeder service. The weekly service, to be operated with two 1,500-TEU vessels, will have a rotation of Freeport, San Juan, Rio Haina, Port of Spain and Freeport. ...

Venezuela said it has signed an agreement to have China's Harbor Engineering Co. (CHEC) develop a new container terminal in Puerto Cabello. The government said the terminal would be able to accommodate post-Panamax vessels up to 70,000 deadweight tons, up from the 30,000 dwt ships the port can handle today. (A 70,000 dwt ship equates to a capacity of about 5,300 to 5,600 TEUs accordin...

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency has awarded a $813,000 grant to the Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale (AAN), Haiti's national airport authority, to conduct an analysis of priority airport infrastructure modernization projects. This assistance will allow the authority to design and implement important upgrades at Haiti's principal international airport in Port-au-Prince, USTDA said. ...

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky has forwarded a wide-ranging set of recommendations for revising the Shipping Act of 1984 to the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Lidinsky Included in the recommendations to committee Chairman Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, R-Md., are six proposals: • Bring container and chassis lessors within the ambit of...