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The port authority took over the operations of Port Newark and Newark Airport in 1948 and began modernizing both facilities and expanding them southward. The SS Ideal X, considered the first container ship, made her maiden voyage as a container carrier on April 26, 1956, [11] carrying 58 containers from Port Newark to the Port of Houston.
The terminal was purchased in 1973 by the New York City government for $47.5 million, [2] and United States Lines moved its container port operation there that year. [3] In 1985, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) leased the terminal for 38 years. [4] The PANYNJ took full ownership of Howland Hook Marine Terminal in 2024.
Port Newark on Newark Bay (foreground) and Port Jersey on Upper New York Bay CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, the largest container ship to enter the port as of on Sept 7, 2017. There are four container terminals in the port: Howland Hook Marine Terminal; Port Jersey Marine Terminal; Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal; Red Hook Marine Terminal
The container shipping company CMA CGM was formed via a merger involving CGT Following the 1973 oil crisis , the operation of SS France became even less profitable. In February 1974, the French government waived the compensatory subsidy which allowed the liner to continue to sail.
Messageries maritimes' 1879 sail- and steamship Oxus leaving port. In the beginning the Company operated on routes to the Middle East. Its ships were used as troopships during the Crimean War, and were so helpful for the army that the Emperor gave the company the right to operate on the Bordeaux – Brazil route as thanks. This was the first ...
CMA CGM business activities include shipping, port operation, supply chain management and warehousing, with a presence in 160 countries through 400 offices, 750 warehouses, 155,000 employees and a wide fleet of 593 vessels. CMA CGM serves 420 of the world's 521 commercial ports and operates 257 shipping lines. [4]
CMA CGM Fort Saint Pierre; CMA CGM Fort Sainte Marie; CMA CGM Fort Saint Georges; Built in the Taiwanese shipyard CSBC Corporation, Taiwan. Bureau Veritas is the classification society. The complete loop is made in 28 days and her ports of call are Dunkirk, Rouen, Le Havre, Montoir-de-Bretagne, Pointe-à-Pitre and Fort-de-France. The four ...
The port authority is an autonomous self-financing federal agency created under the terms of the Canada Marine Act. [35] The port authority's board of directors is composed of seven business people from the Montreal area. Each of three levels of government – federal, provincial and municipal – names a director.