Updated September 15, 2017. 9:00 a.m. EDT Seaboard Marine wishes to advise our valued customers that from an operations perspective, we are now mostly in final stages of recovery efforts from Hurricane Irma. Please note, all our actions, both before and after the storm, have been based on protecting the safety of our vessels, personnel, equipment [...]
Seaboard Marine wishes to advise our valued customers the Port of Houston Authority has lifted operating restrictions on Port of Houston marine terminals and our Jacintoport International LLC terminal resumed normal operations on August 31, 2017. Rail service in the area remains suspended. At this time, the USCG has partially reopened a portion of the [...]
Seaboard Marine recently added 1,070 40 high cube refrigerated units to its refrigerated container fleet to meet the growing needs of our perishable import/export customers. The new containers are among the most energy efficient in our fleet. Also, Seaboard Marine acquired in the past six months over 4,000 new 20, 40 and 45-foot dry containers [...]
Seaboard Marine’s terminals at Miami and Houston recently became certified by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as part of its new Marine Port Terminal Operator (MPTO) designation, known as the AQUA Lane program. After inspectors had vetted our facilities at PortMiami and Houston, it was determined that Seaboard Marine met and, in many cases, [...]
PortMiami unveiled a 2,700 square foot banner last week recognizing Seaboard Marine, for its milestone achievement in moving over eight (8) million TEUs through PortMiami since 1987. The sign, which could be seen from MacArthur Causeway when entering or exiting South Beach in Miami, Florida, was erected to commemorate the long-standing partnership between PortMiami and [...]
Purchased earlier this year, Seaboard Marine just completed an extensive drydock of the M/V Jana, a 974 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent) container vessel. The versatile ship, renamed the M/V Seaboard Patriot, will soon be arriving at PortMiami. “The Seaboard Patriot has the proper size and characteristics for the various types of cargoes that we carry to [...]
Seaboard Marine is nearing completion on its most recent phase of installing additional refrigerated plugs at its PortMiami terminal. With 140 more plugs being on-line by the end of the month, the total capacity of permanent electric outlets will be 432 plugs at the PortMiami facility. The recent progress is part of a three year [...]
Seaboard Marine today received 500 new 45’x102”-foot high-cube containers to better serve our valued customers. The newly acquired equipment, which was offloaded from a vessel this morning at PortMiami, will immediately join our fleet for use throughout the Seaboard Marine network with an emphasis on Central America and Hispaniola. These new "extra-width" containers, which have [...]
Seaboard Marine recently sponsored the 2015 Optimist North American Championship in Antigua. This event provides a safe, supervised area for youth sailors throughout North America and the Caribbean to compete. As a headline sponsor, Seaboard Marine provided the transportation services needed to relocate dinghies for the vast majority of the participants. The event, held in [...]
To support nearby residents, Seaboard Marine's offices in Kingston, Jamaica, participated last weekend in a 5K walk/run organized by the Shipping Association of Jamaica. The event raised funds for education within the local community it resides and to fund a mobile health clinic. Further, our Seaboard Marine Jamaica office sought the participation of business partners, colleagues [...]
