International ports

India’s merchandise exports increased for the fourth month in a row in December.

Europe's second-largest container hub, the port of Antwerp, saw above-average market growth in 2016, narrowing the gap with leader Rotterdam and pulling further ahead of third-ranked Hamburg, a trend that looks as if it will continue this year.

DP World dramatically slashed its container dwell times at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in December.

Chennai Port hopes to kickstart a 2017 that will help it leave behind the throughput and productivity struggles of the past few years.

Drug smugglers are using new techniques to hide contraband among legal cargo at the port of Santos.

The new alliances are likely to have only a limited effect on productivity and the number of services available to shippers at North Europe ports.

PSA said the agreements take Singapore one step closer to the reality of autonomous freight transport.

India’s busiest public container port is looking to nearly double participation in a program that dramatically speeds import discharges.

Shippers using the port of Santos are grappling with delays after an explosion on Thursday afternoon.

The pace of growth could accelerate in the coming months.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is struggling to convince shippers to shift freight to intermodal rail from trucks.

Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Container Terminals handled over 2 million twenty-foot-equivalent units for the first time ever in 2016.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is well positioned in 2017 to capitalize on efficiency improvements made throughout 2016.

Southeast Asia’s port scene is incredibly dynamic, and 2017 will be a year of significant changes with big implications for shippers.

Reliance on growth from an ever-expanding pie of box volumes growing in the high single or double-digits is a thing of the past for Chinese ports.

An exciting region for port development globally, South Asia had a busy 2016 and much more is expected in 2017.

Customs authorities at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and shipping lines are in a dispute over the cause of delays in the port's direct port delivery services.

The Port of Antwerp handled 10 million 20-foot-equivalent units for the first time in 2016, extending a growth trend that will further boost its market share in the highly competitive Le Havre-Hamburg port range.

China’s top ports continued a relatively strong second-half throughput performance in November.

Indian shippers appear less keen to rely on the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka for their international transshipment.

Shippers have seen cargo delays and higher storage fees, thanks to six months of labor actions.

Adani Ports has launched a roadshow to position its Hazira Port as an alternative to India's top port.

The return of coastal services to the Embraport terminal in the port of Santos gives a much-needed Yuletide boost to the ailing facility.

Three of Hong Kong’s container terminals entered a collaborative agreement in an effort to compete more effectively in an environment of increasing consolidation in the global liner shipping industry.

The selection of a private partner to build and operate a new container terminal in Colombo is in limbo.

Local trade sources told JOC.com that getting everything back on track at the east coast public harbor would take some time.

Debt restructuring at a Santos container terminal that now relies on breakbulk cargo paves the way to a concession extension.

International Container Terminal Services Inc. is set to open its new Melbourne terminal in January.

"The city looks like a war torn area. It will take at least a week to restore normalcy.”

Cyclone Vardah left devastating damage to India’s eastern seaboard on Monday.

The proposed Novaporte project at Sydney and a rival one at Melford, 200 miles across Cape Breton Island, have been trying for several years to attract investors and dispel industry skepticism about their prospects.

More unrest is on the way to the quays of Brazilian ports as the union representing customs officers accelerates ongoing labor actions that have plagued shippers since summer.

Terminal operators continue to drive up prices for their services at Russian ports despite the intense scrutiny of the country’s competition regulator.

Efficiency gains as a result of direct port delivery services and other measures are helping Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust slash on-terminal dwell times that have long been frustrating and costing shippers using India’s biggest container gateway.

The port of Rotterdam said it will make risk-bearing financial investments in selected companies that help to reduce its carbon footprint as part of a major strategy to transition the port to a carbon neutral environment and renewable energy hub.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust shippers are showing keener interest in direct port delivery services that greatly improve port productivity.

India’s major, or public, ports booked strong growth in container volumes in November.

In order to draw in more international and national investors, the Brazilian government is poised to extend its minimum period for port concessions.

Russian and global transport companies are in a heated fight for control of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, Russia’s largest stevedore company.

The Port of Rotterdam has increased the discount for transshipped containers for the third year running.