International ports

Structural challenges could make life harder for high-flying terminal operator Westports Holdings, which is active in Port Klang, Malaysia.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is seeking shipper and trade support as it gets ready for a final decision on its truck toll.

A rise in imports has driven up the volume of loaded 20-foot-equivalent units moving through Mexican ports this year despite a slow-moving economy.

The recent opening of the expanded Panama Canal is shaking up the deployment pattern of container ships.

The purchase would boost the Australian presence of the parent company of China’s leading state-owned terminal operator, China Merchants Holdings (International).

Hyundai Merchant Marine plans to deploy six ships with capacities of 10,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units on an existing Asia-U.S. East Coast service via the enlarged Panama Canal.

India is scouting for U.S. investment and technology for its infrastructure development program.

The successful arrival and departure Monday night of the Hammonia Venetia at the Port of Tuxpan, the first ever ship to dock there, ushered in what could be a fierce fight among Mexican ports on the Gulf Coast.

There's more good news for the Narendra Modi-led government that has made port development a high priority.

Senior politicians in Kerala state, where a greenfield deep-sea transshipment port similar to Enayam is already under development, have expressed opposition to the recently approved Enayam project.

Stevedores from the Sindicato dos Estivadores do Santos union, known as Sindestiva, carried out a 24-hour stoppage.

"It is unprecedented that unions and companies have succeeded in coming to this agreement despite the market being under such pressure,” the port authority said.

“Currently, all of India’s transshipment traffic gets handled in Colombo, Singapore and other international ports," the government said.

The introduction of cross docking at Tecon Santos will create savings for shippers using the terminal.

The sale, which was agreed in April, hit a hitch last week after Cosco raised concerns that the Greek government had changed the terms of the deal.

“This acquisition reflects our confidence in the Danish market and our goal to expand our Scandinavia profile,” said Joe Nicklaus Nielsen, vice president and head of port Investments at APM Terminals.

Shippers at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust are preparing for another service levy as India’s biggest container handler rolls out more ease-of-doing-business initiatives.

India is prioritizing dozens of last mile port-rail connectivity projects to speed up cargo evacuation and help address chronic landside congestion problems at its ports.

When the U.S. ban on trade with Cuba is lifted, plans are in place to transform Cuba’s Mariel container terminal into a major transshipment hub that would serve Gulf of Mexico ports.

Fast growing apparel trade is keeping South Asia container volumes well above the global average.

The port of Tanjung Pelepas is planning billions of investments to aid in its quest to become a premiere Southeast Asia transshipment hub.

Shippers using South America's busiest containe port dodged two bullets.

A new market friendly government in Brazil is keen to get U.S. investment for infrastructure.

There are no reports of disruption at Europe’s three largest container ports Friday as the SOLAS rule took effect.

China Cosco Shipping says the Greek government is not living up to its side of the bargain in the deal they struck for the port of Piraeus.

Truck turn times at Cochin Port should improve greatly because of a new technological initiative rolled out by the port authority.

Berth congestion at the Port of Yangon has eased, but congestion in container yards remains a serious problem.

Shippers and ocean carriers using Bangladesh’s main gateway port of Chittagong have been battling heavy congestion for the past few weeks.

Cosco Shipping Panama on Sunday made the first commercial transit of the Panama Canal’s new locks.

The larger locks of the Panama Canal open on Sunday, but what impact will they have on global trade and container shipping?

The 2M Alliance plans to shift one of their Asia-to-U.S. East Coast services to the newly expanded Panama Canal.

Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service is investigating the country’s leading terminal operators over price-fixing allegations.

Antwerp Port Authority announced the appointment of the previous head of Belgium’s national electrical company as its new chief executive officer.

The projects are part of a long-term government program to more than double the country’s overall port capacity.

The port of Rotterdam will introduce a “paperless” transfer of containers between its major terminals.

DP World is upgrading its Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal, or NSIGT, at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

The Port of Hamburg suffered a setback after European Union envoys agreed to extend sanctions on Russia.

A coordinated effort, coupled with rail upgrades and gate automation, is driving significant benefits for shippers using terminals at Chennai Port.

Container throughput at China’s top ports stayed positive in May.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, India’s biggest public container handler, which experienced heavy congestion for much of last year, is turning things around.