North American ports

Drewry Shipping Consultants estimates the international shipping industry contributes about 3.3 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, part of an enormous impact from global freight tr

The Port of Galveston named Capt. Michael J Mierzwa as its new port director, effective Feb. 16.

The South Carolina Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to rebuke Gov.

Steven Cernak, CEO and director of the Port of Galveson, will lead Port Everglades.

South Carolina’s House of Representatives is trying to reverse the approval by the state’s environmental agency of a permit to allow the deepening of the Savannah River to 48 feet by the U

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Savannah in December dropped 1.9 percent year-over year, but the decrease didn’t prevent the Georgia port from hitting an annual record.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach Clean Air Action Plan launched the port industry’s green revolution in 2006, and the improvements some five years later are far beyond what the Southern California por

The name of the game for ports in the Pacific Northwest is competition. They compete with California ports for West Coast market share. They compete with East Coast ports for trade with Asia.

Clean truck programs implemented by the Port of Oakland and the California Air Resources Board have cut harmful diesel emissions in the harbor area by 40 to 50 percent, according to the Berkeley Insti

Containerized exports increased 9.2 percent in December at the Port of Los Angeles, capping off the second straight year of record exports at the nation’s largest port.

Container imports at the Port of Long Beach in December fell 3.2 percent year-over-year, bringing total outbound shipments for the year down 3.3 percent compared to 2010.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach’s penalty for the operation of older trucks expired Sunday, as the ports became the first in the nation to have a fleet comprised totally of 2007 or newer trucks.

Total cargo throughput at West Coast ports in November rose 1 percent year-over-year, largely thanks to a 4 percent jump in containerized exports.

Container throughput at the Port of Seattle in November fell 1.8 percent year-over-year, as a 6.1 percent decrease in exports offset a 2 percent rise in imports.

The South Carolina State Ports Authority on Tuesday suspended funding for its joint project with the Georgia Ports Authority to build the Jasper

If the intent of the Occupy movement was simply to attract attention by attempting to shut down West Coast ports on Dec. 12, the loosely knit groups achieved a major coup.

The Port of Long Beach reported double-digit declines in cargo volume in November, largely because of the loss of a major tenant.

Three additional defendants and dozens of counts were added to a federal racketeering indictment accusing mob figures and ex-International Longshoremen’s Association officials of extorting New Y

Deepening the channel into the Port of Charleston’s harbor to 50 feet is unlikely to be finished before 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this week.

Cargo operations at West Coast ports returned to normal Tuesday after Occupy movement protests shut down operations at some terminals in Oakland and Portland the day before but largely fizzled out wit

Several hundred Occupy movement protesters blocked entrances to the Port of Oakland on Monday while police in riot gear lined up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to block attempts to shut do

Every three years, office clerical workers in Southern California sit at the bargaining table with waterfront employers and launch what may be the West Coast’s most contentious round of contract

Next February, Todd Lush will be among the first customers of a new marine highways venture by the Port of Stockton, Calif., when weekly container-on-barge service begins to the Port of Oakland.

Longshoremen and harbor truckers are preparing for possible disruptions on Monday when the Occupy movement intends to shut down West Coast ports on Dec. 12.

Environmental groups in Georgia and South Carolina filed an appeal with the South Carolina Administrative Law Court on Thursday challenging South Carolina’s approval of a dredging permit for the

A new container-on-barge service between the ports of Stockton and Oakland, Calif., will give shippers the opportunity to save money by moving containers that are too heavy for highway transit, said S

The waterfront arbitrator in Southern California ordered longshoremen back to work over the weekend, ruling they could not honor picket lines established by striking office clerical workers at marine

International Longshore and Warehouse Union office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach broke off contract talks and set up picket lines at four container terminals after 18 months of negotiatio

Drayage companies in Southern California by the end of the year will remove from service the final 280 trucks that do not meet the standards contained in the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-truck program

The Occupy Movement is calling for a shutdown of all West Coast ports on Dec.

Containerized imports generally lagged but exports continued to grow in October at the ports of Oakland, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.

The California Air Resources Board’s order of all Class 7 drayage trucks to meet the same emission standards that have been in effect for larger Class 8 trucks is intended to close loopholes in

Steel shipments in October through the Port of Houston rose 49 percent year-over-year and are up 60 percent year to date, while container traffic was flat last month.

The Georgia Ports Authority’s long-pursued plan to deepen the Savannah River cleared a major hurdle Thursday after a South Carolina environmental board unanimously reversed its ruling to block t

Container volume at North Carolina’s Port of Wilmington grew 2.7 percent in the quarter ending Sept. 30, helping push revenue at the N.C.

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Container throughput in September at the Port of Savannah jumped 13.5 percent sequentially from August and by 11.1 percent year-over-year.

Waterfront employers are working with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union to identify and isolate at-risk refrigerated containers arriving at West Coast ports from Vietnam.

Containerized imports into the Port of Seattle plunged 22.6 percent in September over the same month a year ago as a tumultuous month at Pacific Northwest ports brought a meek showing in the midst of

California’s container ports are working overtime to convince cargo interests that Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland should be their first choice in the trade with Asia, but the ports’ b