International ports

Australia's Port of Melbourne’s $1.6 billion port capacity project has been given the green light, following a decision by Matthew Guy, planning minister, to provide the planning approval for works to commence at the city’s Webb Dock.

Busan Port Authority has been designated by South Korea’s government as an autonomous public enterprise.

Brazilian firm Triunfo Participações e Investimentos reported container traffic in January was 49,414 20-foot-equivalent units, increasing 9.6 percent year-over-year from 45,102 TEUs.

Ship agents at the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), India, are protesting a tariff revision proposal that could substantially push up costs for container vessels calling at the country’s largest box gateway.

Ed Fast, Canada’s minister of international trade and minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway; Robin Silvester, president and CEO of Port Metro Vancouver; and other terminal and railway partners have applauded the construction of the South Shore Corridor Project at Port Metro Vancouver.

The Port of Tauranga, New Zealand, reported container volume in the last six months of 2012 was 431,840 20-foot-equivalent units, jumping 25.5 percent year-over-year from 344,081 TEUs.

Port Metro Vancouver in British Columbia has introduced its Smart Fleet trucking strategy, a three-year action plan to improve the efficiency and reliability of the container truck sector and reinforce the port’s...

Zim Integrated Shipping Services said it will add a weekly call at the Port of Cochin, India, in March to its independent Asia-Med-Europe Service, known as the AME service.

The Maritime Employers Association and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 375 have signed a six-year collective agreement...

Container terminals in India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) remained closed on Thursday as local dockworkers continued to participate in a 48-hour nationwide general strike called by major trade unions.

The Port of Nagoya in central Japan overtook Narita International Airport near Tokyo to become the biggest export hub among the nation’s airports and seaports for the first time last year in terms of value, according to figures from Tokyo Customs and Nagoya Customs.

Port Metro Vancouver in British Columbia handled a record 2.7 million 20-foot-equivalent units in 2012, rising 8 percent year-over-year.

Three years ago, Amway, the U.S. direct sales giant, began shifting most production of its 1,700 different household products overseas, where 90 percent of its $11.3 billion in revenue come from.

The Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) is at a standstill as dockworkers at India’s largest container gateway take part in a nationwide 48-hour general strike.

The Port of Marseilles Fos Authority in France reported container throughput rose 13 percent in 2012 to a record 1.1 million 20-foot-equivalent units, driven primarily by a 16 percent surge in deep-sea volume.

Cargo throughput at India’s Port of Mumbai climbed 7 percent year-over-year in the first 10 months of fiscal 2012-13, the port authority said in a statement on Monday.

A strike by truck drivers at India’s Port of Cochin has entered its second week, preventing the movement of containers in and out of Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal, operated by DP World.

Hamburg’s container traffic slipped 1.7 percent in 2012 from 2011 on sharply lower Asian imports.

Copenhagen Malmo Port, the transnational port authority for the cities of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmo, Sweden, reported total port activities in both Sweden and Denmark increased 3 percent in 2012...

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s board of directors has re-elected Craig Neeser as chair for another two-year term, beginning March 1.

Peel Ports in the U.K. has invested in a larger vessel for its Manchester Ship Canal container service.

Eleven companies have responded to a request for formal expressions of interest in building and operating a new container terminal at India’s Port of Ennore.

A strike over working conditions has paralyzed cargo movements to and from Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal, a DP World facility in India’s southeastern port of Cochin.

Luka Koper, the operator of the Port of Koper in Slovenia, reported container throughput at the port in 2012 was 5.29 million metric tons, down 0.8 percent compared with 5.33 million metric tons in 2011.

The container terminals at the Port of Algeciras in Spain handled 4.1 million 20-foot-equivalent units in 2012, a 13 percent increase year-over-year.

Duisburg’s container traffic reached an all-time high in 2012 even as total throughput at the world’s largest inland port slumped 12 percent on sharply lower coal and steel shipments.

HAROPA, an alliance of three ports on the Seine river, including Ports de Paris, Grand Port Maritime de Rouen and Grand Port Maritime du Havre, reported container traffic in the waterway increased 1 percent year-over-year in tonnage...

The port of Tyne, Europe’s biggest handler of wood pellets, announced plans to invest £180 million ($283 million) in additional facilities to handle, store and distribute imports for the UK’s power plants.

The European Port Community Systems Association has appointed Alan Long, managing director of Felixstowe, England-based Maritime Cargo Processing, as chairman, and Piet Jan ten Thije, strategy and business director of Rotterdam...

The government of Canada has allocated a maximum of C$19.9 million, through its Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative, to a C$45-million overpass on the Deltaport Causeway...

The Indian Finance Ministry has approved a proposal by DP World to invest 4.4 billion rupees (about $82 million) in a new container terminal project at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva).