International ports

The sagging hopes for dredging the port of Santos to 17 meters have been given a lift by a new wave simulator at the University of Sao Paulo.

A tariff hike for the DP World facility in Cochin Port could make shippers using the terminal rethink their decision.

China’s top ports booked a healthy rise in throughput year-over-year in September.

Rotterdam announced a dip in its container traffic in the first nine months of 2016, just days after its top rival Antwerp booked an increase to further close the gap with Europe’s top box hub.

Antwerp’s container volume grew in the first nine months of 2016, keeping the Belgian port on course to post another record year and cement its position as Europe’s second-largest container hub.

The Brazilian Ministry for Transport, Ports, and Civil Aviation has decided to privatize dredging operations at the country’s top three ports of Santos, Paranagua, and Rio de Janeiro.

The Panama Canal Authority said increased rainfall has permitted an increase in maximum allowable drafts at the canal’s new locks.

The competition to develop much-needed modern port facilities in Bangladesh has intensified.

Maersk Line is ramping up its feeder operations at Kakinada Port, an emerging alternative cargo gateway on India’s east coast.

Extra charges collected by private terminal operators are hurting the progress of direct port delivery services meant to relieve congestion at the harbor and lower logistics costs for shippers.

The value of second-hand Panamax container ships has plunged by as much as 45 percent.

The effort is aimed at alleviating landside congestion issues that have been a key contributor to the shift of traffic to privately-operated minor terminals.

It is now easier for Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust shippers to take advantage of a “direct port entry” scheme meant to speed export traffic.

Container ship transits through the Panama Canal are running well below capacity following its $5.25 billion widening.

Indonesia is considering a reduction in transshipment charges.

The $48.1 million bridge links Sao Paulo state with Tres Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, enabling truckers to bypass several congested highways and a hydroelectric dam.

Construction is scheduled to start by the end of 2017 on Porto Central.

APM Terminals and Maersk Line have joined a consortium that is bidding to develop a new container terminal in Colombo.

Productivity and capacity improvements via the government's Sagar Mala investments are beginning to produce results.

Vietnam is planning a major new port facility to alleviate congestion at the Da Nang Port complex.

The Port of Brisbane on Tuesday began work on a wide-ranging roadwork project.

The Port of Rotterdam is aiming to expand its reach into the central European hinterland via containerized rail.

Shippers of meats, furniture, tobacco, would chips, shoes, and resins and petrochemicals will be the biggest beneficiaries from the service.

Hyundai Merchant Marine and T.S. Lines have reorganized their joint India-China Express Service.

A research outfit affiliated with Japan’s largest freight forwarder has laid out its expectations for the country's container trade.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has been working feverishly to ease congestion and shore up productivity levels over the past year but did not gain a volume increase commensurate with its efforts in the first fiscal half through September.

Work on the project is slated to begin in summer 2017 and finish up in fall 2018.

A major dredging project at the port of Guangzhou signals its intentions to capture Pearl River Delta cargo currently traveling to other competitors in the region.

A judge has put an end to months-long industrial actions, in which dockworkers at the port of Santos disrupted operations and even boarded vessels.

Colombo International Container Terminals this week hosted the MSC Maya, reportedly the largest container ship ever to call Sri Lankan shores.

The Mercosur trade bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela are all set to increase their food exports to Russia this year.

Cosco Shipping Ports on Wednesday entered into an agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports to build and operate a new container terminal at Khalifa Port.

Japan is seeking to re-establish a leading position of investment and influence in Africa.

Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa Port is continuing its upward march.

Angry dockers in Santos that are disrupting operations at four Santos container terminals have stepped up their rhetoric.

Terminals at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, India’s biggest container gateway, have come under fire from customs authorities for collecting “unauthorized” charges from shippers.

Eight dockworkers boarded a container ship berthed at Santos as part of ongoing industrial action in the harbor.

The top ports of each continent owe their success to a number of factors unique to their geography, global trade patterns, corporate management, and state support.

China’s main ports booked strong year-over-year growth in container throughput in August, fueling speculation of a possible trade recovery.

Krishnapatnam Port is targeting western hinterlands served by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, the country's biggest public container handler.