International ports

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.

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.