East Coast Ports reopen after Hurricane Matthew

After going through Hurricane Matthew, ports in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida are getting back to normal operation conditions.

Ports of Wilmington and Morehead City  in North Carolina and Wando Welch and North Charleston Terminals in South Carolina will resume normal hours at all facilities today, October 10.

As per the Georgia Ports Authority, the control was restored to Colonel’s Island Terminal, Mayor’s Point, Logistec in Brunswick, and Garden City, Ocean Terminals in Savannah.  The Coast Guard is evaluating the Savannah river channel and vessels are expected to be allowed to transit from the Monday morning, October 10. Moreover, container operations in the Garden City Terminal will start on this evening, with gate operation starting Tuesday morning, October 11.

Furthermore Florida’s Port Authority set up some temporal operation restrictions at Jacksonville and Fernandina terminals: all vessels over 300 TEU can not transit until full evaluation of the channel has been completed and the port considered to be safe for transit.

On October 9 hurricane was decreased to tropical storm after it started to go to the Atlantic. Nevertheless it is still reaching maximum winds of 75 miles per hour.

Dear clients,

Please be advised that due to Hurricane Matthew there might be some shipping delays. Currently Ports out of the East Coast are closing based on Hurricane Matthew's approach. Florida has been declared on state of emergency and Georgia has closed down its operations. We are working on keeping your vehicle's secure. For more information or details please contact shipping@auctionexport.com.

Please be advised Savannah and Miami warehouses are temporarily closed as a safety precaution and as a result of state government evacuation orders in the light of Hurricane Matthew.

Neptune lines has launched RORO service to Middle East

From now on Neptune Lines will be offering a short sea vehicle transportation service to the Middle East ports. The new service will link few Arabian Gulf states such as  United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.

As per Neptune Lines representative, the new RORO move took place on September, 27 this year and is a result of a growing demand for vehicles transportation to the Middle East market.

As of today, Greek shipping company is providing service to more than 20 countries and 30 ports worldwide within Mediterranean and the Black Seas.

Based on Hurricane Matthew's current path towards the US, the port in Jacksonville, FL has already declared that the terminal will close tomorrow (10/6) at 10:00 am for receiving. In addition, they will be closed on Friday (10/7) as well.