International ports

Indonesia is mulling the introduction of 24-hour operations and fast-tracking a plan to double the number of bonded logistics centers in the country to reduce cargo dwell times at its major ports.

PSA Singapore has issued a circular detailing the price of retrieving Hanjin Shipping containers.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is seeking regulatory approval to increase tariffs.

Irrational exuberance could result in inflated expectations and overbuilding of transportation infrastructure to the US interior if the cargo volumes don’t materialize.

Although the rate of decline in Russia’s container trade slows, a dispute over pricing for container-handling services is clouding the medium- and long-term outlook for the trade.

The Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is studying the feasibility of a new terminal that would handle breakbulk and bulk cargoes.

The Port of Melbourne will have new owners for the next 50 years after a $7.3 billion bid was successful.

“Cost, consistency and capacity will determine the gateways through which Asian imports enter the US."

Ongoing slowdowns by Brazilian customs officials at the port of Santos are set to get worse.

Hongkong International Terminals has tried to shine a positive light on its role in the chaotic aftermath of Hanjin Shipping’s collapse following harsh shipper criticism.

The proposed block exemption for liner shipping in Hong Kong is off for public consultation.

The South Korean port of Gwangyang is doing all it can to ensure that cargo handling continues as smoothly as possible in the chaos that Hanjin Shipping’s fall into bankruptcy spawned.

India’s top port is continuing to work intensely to improve productivity after a tumultuous 2015.

After devastating flooding forced the closure of South America’s largest port and cast doubts on the viability of dredging plans so it can handle mega-ships, one consultant thinks he has come up with a solution.

ECT, a leading Rotterdam terminal operator, has slashed charges for releasing containers unloaded from ailing Hanjin Shipping’s vessels.

Iran’s ports are clearly benefitting from the relaxation of international sanctions on a tonnage basis year-over-year, though those gains have yet to materialize for the container trade.

India’s major state-owned ports booked healthy growth in container volumes in August.

The Hong Kong Shippers Council is putting pressure on the government to convince HIT to drop its high Hanjin container release charges or it will launch a court action against the terminal.

The South Korean government is giving the port authorities of Busan and Yeosu Gwangyang millions of dollars in an effort to spur an early recovery of transshipment volumes from bankrupt Hanjin Shipping.

Shippers in the West African country of Ghana are welcoming a decision by the government to order shipping lines to withdraw terminal handling charges introduced at the country’s major ports.

President Michel Temer can now focus on increasing investment in Brazil’s transportation infrastructure.

Shippers using the DP World terminal at Cochin forced the terminal to abandon its efforts to charge them for SOLAS verified gross mass, or VGM, compliance.

Chennai Port, India’s second-busiest public container handler, will need to put in mighty efforts to retrieve some of the cargo lost to nearby private rivals.

An accelerating shift of cargo to private, or minor, ports is the key driving force behind major port modernization efforts via heavy investments in infrastructure upgrades via the Sagar Mala program and administrative restructuring with new legislation.

Hanjin Shipping's collapse is having a heavy impact on South Korea's busiest container port.

The Panama Canal’s expanded locks have opened a new path for roll-on, roll-off carriers.

First-half profit at Shanghai International Port Group fell as the economic slowdown in China dampened demand for shipping services.

Asia’s transshipment hubs are facing turbulent times.

Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa Port is accelerating its expansion of capacity.

An 11-year high tide combined with beach erosion to shut down South America’s busiest port and cast doubt on plans to dredge deeper so the port can handle larger ships.

It took years longer than expected, but CMA CGM is on its way to transforming the container transshipment terminal in Kingston, Jamaica, into a regional powerhouse.

Shippers are welcoming a Russian government plan that could save them thousands of dollars and up to a week in transit time.

Rotterdam dockers have voted in favor of an agreement on job security in the container sector.

China's Zhuhai port is banking on increased trade with Pakistan and South America to help it more than double container traffic.

JNPT is the first major, or public, port to take advantage of a new policy under the Sagar Mala infrastructure development program.

Cosco Shipping Ports is tipped as a likely frontrunner in the bidding for a tender to build and operate a third container terminal at the southern Spanish port of Algeciras.

Container throughput at China’s main ports rebounded in July after a poor first half of the year.

The Chinese Olympic team wasn’t the only group of visitors from the manufacturing powerhouse in Brazil this month.

The decision follows Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims’ attack on port privatizations in the country.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust shippers are claiming that container line charges are eroding the benefits of direct port delivery services.