International ports

Hamburg has finally pulled out of the container slump.

Ports of Auckland want to avoid bad blood that spurred industrial actions at Australian ports.

Managing the flow of trucks through the terminals at Vancouver and Montreal, Canada’s two largest ports, is a challenge for everyone involved with the process.

Port of Mumbai this week issued a trade advisory calling on shippers to use direct port delivery services for the clearance of their import cargo.

Porto Itapoa is on pace to be the fastest-growing port in Brazil for the second year in a row.

A customs change that would have forced shippers to divert cargo away from the port of St. Petersburg has been suspended.

The first phase of Qatar’s $7.4 billion Hamad Port is on track to be fully operational by the end of the year.

The Chinese conglomerate will pay an additional 88 million euros for the extra 16 percent stake in Greece’s largest port.

Traffic at major, or public, Indian ports rose in the first four months of the fiscal year, but growth could have been higher.

India’s busiest container handler this week launched phase two of a dredging project to handle mega-ships.

Canal officials said they're "very pleased" with operations so far.

The trend toward fewer services deploying larger vessels with multiple carriers pooling cargo will create winners and losers with the successful terminal operators most likely boasting strong connections to the dominant members of the alliances.

Waste caused by poor logistics is estimated to cost India around $45 billion per year, or 4.3 percent of GDP, according to global consulting firm McKinsey.

Drayage bottlenecks have long been a drag on growth at Chennai.

Although Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has maintained shippers are increasingly turning to rail instead of drayage, an analysis of the latest port traffic data collected by JOC.com paints a different picture.

APM Terminals will pay millions to keep its concession at the Terminal de Contenedores Quetzal in Guatemala after the global terminal operator was swept up in a bribery scandal that predated its takeover of the container terminal.

Krishnapatnam Port is emerging as a reliable alternative for shippers and major mainline carriers.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is boasting of seamless gate operations and greater efficiency, bringing smiles to shippers.

Record fog is delaying shipments at South America’s busiest port of Santos, Brazil, adding to other woes shippers are coping with, including from customs slowdowns and a recurring labor dispute.

The state hosting India's Vizhinjam port project met with the central government to express their concerns over the approval of a similar project in a neighboring state.

The government of India believes its landlord ports are underutilizing their assets and land.

Rotterdam’s lead over Antwerp as Europe’s largest container port continues to narrow.

Dockworker arrests are only the latest intrigue at South America's busiest container port.

The Brexit will slow U.K. containerized trade in the short term.

Port touts its proximity to distribution centers along Florida's I-4 corridor.

The owners of the second-biggest container port in Brazil are preparing to sell the facility.

Brazilian shippers are suffering from a double whammy of industrial action this week.

Maersk Line said it would reroute one of its Suez Canal strings just days before the Panama Canal opened June 26.

APM Terminals and port owner Cearaportus hope to turn the Brazilian Port of Pecem into a regional east coast South America hub.

The first-half volumes at Chinese ports have remained flat.

The shipping industry is anxiously awaiting efforts by the Hong Kong government to help the territory's port cope with a number of issues it is facing.

Shippers using the container terminals overseen by the Itajai Port Authority are livid with the government of Brazil.

Container traffic at Japanese ports sank for the first time in six years.

Terminals in India's busiest port are facing heat over allegations of unnecessary container weighing to meet SOLAS.

Hong Kong continues its downward trajectory that has seen volume decline every month since July 2014.

The number of mega-ships calling at the port jumped by 66 percent.

Traffic at India's Port of Cochin surged in the first half.

Santos dockworkers and port operators are continuing talks on staffing, with further strike action on the agenda.

The Panama Canal has ousted the Suez Canal as the leading route for all-water container services between the Far East and the U.S. East Coast.

Russia’s competition regulator has imposed a temporary ban on the increase of stevedoring rates.