International ports

India’s Chennai Port Authority plans to seek fresh proposals from all seven pre-qualified bidders for the construction of its long-planned third container terminal, currently estimated to cost Rs. 3,686 crore (approximately $682 million).

Bob Goldfield, CEO of the Port of Dover’s harbor board, will step down on May 31, 2013, after 11 years in the post.

The Montreal Port Authority has applauded the dual announcement made by Sylvain Gaudreault, Quebec minister of transport and minister of municipal affairs for regions and land occupancy...

India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new deep-draft port at Sagar Island in West Bengal through a public-private partnership.

The Indian Ports Association reported container throughput at major ports fell about 4 percent year-over-year in April, the first month of fiscal year 2013-14.

JadeWeserport in Germany has handled 33,000 containers since it opened in September 2012...

NUTEP, a container terminal operator in the Black Sea Port of Novorossiysk, has completed the latest phase of its development program with the upgrade of its railway facilities.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Kobe in western Japan fell 1.3 percent in 2012 from a year earlier to about 2.071 million 20-foot equivalent unit, according to preliminary figures released by the Kobe municipal government.

Cargo throughput at India’s Port of Mumbai plunged about 30 percent year-over-year in April, the first month of fiscal year 2013-14, according to the latest provisional figures released by the port authority.

Hong Kong’s Hutchison Port Holdings and French shipping group CMA CGM are among the four bidders shortlisted for the contract to build and operate a third container terminal at the Port of Melbourne, Australia.

Abu Dhabi’s new Khalifa super port could eventually rival DP World’s neighboring Jebel Ali for Middle East container shipping hub status.

Rotterdam handled 4 percent more ocean containers in the first quarter than a year ago, but an increasing number were empty because of the continuing economic downturn across Europe.

Antwerp’s container traffic declined 2.8 percent in the first quarter from a year ago even as total throughput was up 1.4 percent on sharply higher liquid bulk shipments.

Ka-shing Li, a Chinese billionaire with investments in container port facilities around the world, including in Hong Kong, has moved to end a four-week strike at his docks in Hong Kong by hiring new workers...

India’s Cochin Port Authority has completed a dredging project to allow the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal to handle deep-draft ships.

Spurred by new, heightened concern about extreme weather events, discussion groups such as the World Economic Forum and the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals have intensified their efforts to create comprehensive frameworks and common standards for evaluating and enacting risk-mitigation initiatives that are proactive and strategic, rather than reactive or tactical.

Trinity Industries has acquired the assets of Forjas Metálicas for about $23 million, plus assumption of certain specific liabilities.

The Port of Koper, Slovenia, reported container throughput in the first three months of 2013 totaling 146,903 20-foot-equivalent units, down 3.4 percent compared with 152,072 TEUs in the same period in 2012.

As customer expectations for improved service and rapid fulfillment of orders in the e-commerce space increase, retailers of all sizes must achieve excellence in their supply chains, according to a logistics expert.

The Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia reported container traffic in the first quarter of 2013 was 112,670 20-foot-equivalent units, jumping 26.3 percent from 89,214 TEUs in the first quarter of 2012.

India’s Tuticorin Port Authority on Thursday awarded a contract to Hyderabad-based Transstroy-OJSC Consortium for the construction of two new general cargo berths at the southeastern port.

The Port of Brisbane, Australia, will increase trade charges, on average, by 2.5 percent, starting July 1.

EuroFruitPorts, the refrigerated fruit terminal that recently opened in Belgium’s Port of Antwerp, has opened its cold storage facilities.

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors have completed the first stage of the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s Maasvlakte 2 expansion in the Netherlands.

Ongoing congestion at India’s gateway Port of Chennai is continuing to drive demand for alternative port options on India’s east coast.

The Federal Enterprise Rosmorport and companies of NCSP Group operating at the Port of Novorossiysk in Russia have signed a deal to...

Malaysia’s Northport has plans to spend 1 billion ringgit (about US$328.8 million) to finance new redevelopment projects over the next five years, beginning in 2014, according to Abi Sofian Abdul Hamid, Northport’s CEO.

Hutchison Port Holdings’ earnings are expected to struggle in fiscal year 2013, as labor disruption at the Port of Hong Kong is likely to drive up wages and limit Hongkong International Terminals’ subcontracted labor flexibility...

The supervisory board of the Port of Tallinn in Estonia has agreed to extend the deadline for completion of the Muuga container terminal by 12 months until July 2014.

The Barcelona Container Terminal, part of Grup TCB, has introduced an asphalt pavement solution that will be applied on its yard as part of its proposed expansion project, scheduled for completion in mid-2013.

Australia’s New South Wales government has leased Port Botany and Port Kembla, following a six-month bidding process, according to Mike Baird, treasurer of New South Wales and member of the New South Wales Parliament.

As many as 2,700 employees, with the help of two dozen robot arms, produce hundreds of thousands of refrigerators in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, each year for consumers in the U.S. Brazil, Europe and Venezuela, reflecting growing Mexican manufacturing capacity.

Officials with America’s Central Port in Illinois and the Port of New Orleans have formalized a marketing agreement to identify and facilitate commercial opportunities between the two ports.

The U.S. and Mexico must boost their ability to manufacturer products together by speeding up the movement of goods at the border, and the latter must increase certain manufacturing capabilities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The debate over U.S. infrastructure funding surfaced at a Senate hearing on the expansion of the Panama Canal today, with speakers noting the broad impact the bigger canal would have on U.S. ports, shipping lines, railroads and truckers.

Germany’s Port of Hamburg will receive a call from the first of eight 13,380 20-foot-equivalent unit newbuildings at HHLA’s Container Terminal Tollerort.

Nearly all stevedores from ports in Chile are back at work, following a port strike that halted labor activities and delayed shipments of copper, fruit and wood pulp, ABC News reports.

About 42 percent of the work on the new locks for the Panama Canal expansion has been completed, the Miami Herald reports.

Hanjin Shipping, STX Pan Ocean and KMTC Line have expanded their joint intra-Asia container service by adding a direct call at the Port of Pipavav, India.