Marine terminals

The Port of Charleston and the state of South Carolina over the next decade will spend a combined $2.2 billion to handle New Panamax ships.

Global container terminal operators are changing their strategies in response to a “perfect storm” that is squeezing their profit margins.

Global Ports’ container traffic slumped in the first half.

One of the largest container depots at the Port of New York and New Jersey has begun accepting empty containers of bankrupt Hanjin Shipping.

The containers were set to be exported, but Hanjin’s Aug. 31 bankruptcy filing prevented them from being loaded.

HHLA, the largest terminal operator in Hamburg, Europe’s third-largest port, has exercised an option for three more ship-to-shore cranes.

DP World has won a 30-year concession to manage and develop a multipurpose cargo complex at the deep-sea port of Berbera in Somaliland.

"DPW tends to focus on origin and destination ports in emerging markets, which are relatively less sensitive to cyclical downturns as opposed to transshipment ports,” Moody's said.

The new partnership with Summa will also focus on developing and implementing “cutting-edge” freight delivery and port processing technologies, Dubai-based DP World said.

To obtain an insider’s perspective on current conditions and future prospects, special correspondent Greg Miller interviewed Charles Baker, the general director of the PSA International-operated container terminal in Mariel, Cuba.

China Merchants Ports Holdings reported a decline in net profit for the first half of the year despite double-digit growth in throughput.

The stark reality that Hanjin can’t be counted on to pay any of the expenses normally billed to a carrier has led to a variety of approaches and ideas at US container terminals.

The Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy isn’t just delaying containerized freight shipments, it’s stranding empty containers.

DP World is shoring up its position as the largest private terminal operator in India.

APM Terminals is to invest millions in a new berth at its Port Elizabeth terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

The container-leasing industry is facing its toughest financial challenge since the downturn of 2009.

The South Carolina Ports Authority has ordered 12 rubber-tire gantry cranes for use at Charleston’s Wando Welch terminal.

Eurokai’s first-half profit surged, but the leading pan-European container terminal operator warned the industry faces an uncertain future.

The world’s No. 2 container maker, slumped to a loss in the first half of 2016.

Cheaper production and material costs and sagging demand have contributed to the decline.

Hutchison Port Holdings expects to open a second container terminal in Pakistan by October.

LA-LB terminal operators decide to individually negotiate hosting arrangements with chassis-leasing companies.

Terminal operators and chassis providers spar over cause of equipment shortages in Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Cosco Shipping Ports appears to be bucking the trend of poor throughput growth reported by major terminal operators so far this year.

Logistics property developer GLP has entered into a long-term agreement with box-maker China International Marine Containers.

APM Terminals Pipavav, or Gujarat Pipavav Port, did as much as a port could ask to increase its traffic in the first fiscal quarter but fell short.

DP World’s profit surged in the first half and the global container terminal operator said it will continue to outpace market growth.

Show-cause petition by equipment lessors charges LA-LB proposed chassis services fee violates Shipping Act.

Beneficial cargo owners are lauding a peak-season program of flex and late gates.

Private terminal operators in India, especially those at major public ports, are extremely peeved that they have been shut out of the process tied to providing the verified gross mass, or VGM, of export containers to shippers.

Volumes were up, but profit was well down at APM Terminals in the second quarter.

HHLA’s operating profit slumped by almost one-fifth in the first half of the year.

A Turkish port operator is determined to transform an Ecuadorian port into the largest container terminal in Latin America.

Manila-based global container terminal operator International Container Terminal Services saw year-over-year net profit drop despite throughput expanding healthily.

Pushback against terminal operators' proposed chassis gate fee in Los Angeles-Long Beach intensifies.

India’s biggest private port infrastructure developer continues to build on its recent growth.

The pool of potential buyers of Sepetiba Tecon outside Rio de Janeiro has shrunk from five to three.

Modern Terminals’ Chief Operating Officer Peter Levesque will succeed Sean Kelly as managing director.

Terminal operators in Southern California faced criticism over this newest fee.

DP World has signed an agreement to operate and expand the container terminal at Saint John, New Brunswick.