International ports

Port of Tauranga in New Zealand has appointed Dan Kneebone as property and infrastructure manager, effective January 2013.

Container volumes at Port Botany were up 1 percent to 2.04 million 20-foot-equivalent units for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, the port’s 11th consecutive year of container trade growth, according to the Sydney Ports Corp.’s annual report.

Port of Rotterdam Authority recently reported that construction of Maasvlakte 2, an extension of the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte industrial area, is still on schedule to open in 2013, with the first phase close to completion.

Russia-based port operator PJSC Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group reported cargo turnover from January to October was 134.4 million tons, a 3.6 percent increase year-over-year.

Estonia’s Port of Tallinn and the China National Corporation for Overseas Economic Cooperation recently signed an agreement to support the port’s industrials parks for Chinese exporting companies.

The long-planned project to build a second container port in Nova Scotia got a leg up this month when the Maher Melford Terminal provided proof to the provincial government and the municipal government of Guysborough that financing for the $300 million terminal is in place, clearing the way for the two governments to buy the land where the terminal and the adjacent logistics park would be located.

Port Metro Vancouver Vancouver is facing a problem not unknown in the industry: truck moves in and out of its terminals during the day are creating growing congestion. But it’s not easy transitioning that traffic to nighttime gates because many truckers and cargo receivers only work during the day.

Bechtel today announced that the Research on the Passing Effects of Ships project, a global research initiative led by the construction and engineering company that will set new international guidelines...

UK port group Associated British Ports today announced that after six years as chief executive, Peter Jones will retire at the end of March 2013.

The Port of Rotterdam reported cargo throughput was 332.60 million tons during the first nine months of 2012, an increase of 1.7 percent from last year’s 326.90 million tons during the same period.

Canadian motor carriers, cargo interests and marine terminal operators at Port Metro Vancouver are struggling with a capacity issue during the widely used daytime shift.

The Port of Halifax and Canadian National Railway jointly hired Ajay Kumar Singh as a representative in Mumbai, India, effective Oct. 1...

Canada and the U.S. have launched a pilot project at the Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, to facilitate trade and enhance cargo security at their border as part of the Integrated Cargo Security Strategy in the Beyond the Border Action Plan.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Footwear is one of the most price-sensitive consumer products, so increasing production costs in China have motivated U.S. importers to source more shoes in lower-cost countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia.

Klaipeda Port and Butinges terminal in Lithuania handled 31.9 million tons of cargo in the first nine months of 2012, a 6.5 percent decrease year-over-year.

The Port of Hamburg suffered a setback after a German court halted long-delayed work to deepen the River Elbe.

The contracting phase of Miami-Dade County’s “Deep Dredge” project to deepen PortMiami’s channel to minus 50 feet was kicked off Oct. 15...

Alberto Aleman Zubieta, 62, will receive the 2012 Connie Award, presented by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute on Dec. 10 at The Newark Club in New Jersey...

The Panama Canal reached record tonnage of 333.7 million Panama Canal tons during fiscal year 2012, which ended Sept. 30.

The port of Le Havre, France’s second largest, was crippled yesterday when all 2,400 dockworkers went on strike, RFI reports.

The Panama Canal expansion project will create huge opportunities for countries throughout Latin America, but ports in countries from Argentina to Venezuela have a lot of work to do if they’re to take full advantage of the trade growth that will develop when the enlarged canal opens in 2015.

WASHINGTON D.C.— The U.S.-Panama free trade agreement likely will take effect in November, with the signature of President Ricardo Martinelli being one of the last steps to implementing the long-delayed pact.

Damco has appointed Pernille Fabricus global chief financial officer of the logistics arm of Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk group.

The Panama Canal expansion project began in 2007 and, when finished in 2014, will allow for larger ships to pass through the canal, doubling its current capacity.