International ports

The Panama Canal has the same number of weekly loops as it did before its expansion.

Growth at China’s top 20 container ports is gaining momentum.

Shippers are not worried about the higher rates.

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has doubled the penalty for containers kept in its yards past free time.

Valencia likely will slip to second place behind Algeciras in the second half of the year.

The port of Rotterdam has consolidated its position as Europe's leading container port after several years of sluggish growth.

There were 12 vessels waiting to enter the port Friday morning.

The stagnant traffic was also due to the delay in deepening the river Elbe.

Brazilian chicken exporters are cheering.

The government of Bangladesh has been rushing to provide relief to the port of Chittagong.

The huge container ship that ran aground while leaving the Port of Antwerp, obstructing access to Europe's second busiest port, has been refloated.

The Chittagong port authority has imposed fresh limits on vessels calling the port.

The new depth is still shy of the original draft.

Intermodal rail lifts, a mainstay of Pipavav, seem to be picking up.

The Chennai port is transforming from a congestion-ridden harbor.

The toll changes will be the first since the canal opened new locks in June 2016.

JICA signed the loan deal with the Cambodian government in Tokyo on Monday.

The petitioners have two weeks to appeal the ruling.

“The congestion in Chittagong port has gone beyond the tolerable limit.”

The project was high on the agenda of a delegation led by Indian Shipping & Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.

The situation is so acute at Santos that it has grabbed the attention of the highest levels of the federal government in the capital of Brasilia.

Bronka’s proximity to the ring road means that shippers will not have to rely on rail as much to get shipments into St. Petersburg.

India’s top container gateway is leading the gains.

“We will work together with Abu Dhabi to build the UAE-China Industrial Capacity Cooperation Demonstration Zone into a landmark program of the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative.”

The port authority has also commenced 24/7 operations to ease the backlog of containers.

The newest provisional port statistics collected by JOC.com show JNPT handled 401,923 TEU in the last month.

Shipping lines and shippers are apoplectic.

Local shipping sources also told JOC.com that truck lines leading to the terminal have now shortened considerably.

The opening of the new locks in June 2016 shifted the competitive advantage back to the Panama Canal.

China Merchants Port Holdings also owns and operates Colombo International Container Terminal.

The key Brazilian port of Santos’ efforts to bounce back from draft restrictions were set back this week.

The market share gains came even as Brazilian coffee exports fell.

Europe’s leading ocean container hub handled 6.7 million TEU in the first six months of 2016.

An analysis of April-to-June productivity statistics shows GTI has steadily outperformed its rivals in the port complex.

The congestion appears to be worsening.

Total throughput increased 2.8 percent to 111.4 million metric tons.

Several changes seemingly had a positive impact on Chennai’s productivity levels in the last month.

The deep-water Liverpool2 facility is capable of accommodating the world’s largest container vessels and connects road, rail, and canal networks linking directly to the heart of the UK mainland.

In its tight competition with Paranagua for the title of chicken export capital of the world, Itajai will need to be able to handle larger tonnage if it is to succeed.

On a year-to-date basis, throughput at the top 10 Chinese ports reached 70.4 million TEU.