North American ports

Southeast US ports are preparing for Hurricane Matthew.

The Port of Virginia is also improving road and terminal gate fluidity to keep its existing local and regional shippers happy after rashes of congestion.

US ports so far have been doing a reasonably good job loading and unloading mega-ships within the required berthing windows, but carriers’ relentless deployment of ever-larger vessels will soon catch up with terminal operators.

The South Carolina Ports Authority is suing a pair of contractors over the initial design of a containment area that ultimately will support the wharf of a new cargo terminal in North Charleston.

The US House of Representatives’ passage of a water resources bill improves the chances for the ports of Everglades and Charleston gaining federal funding for harbor-deepening projects, but it's still up to legislators to decide whether, or how, to dramatically shake-up how port projects such as those get funded in the first place.

Port Corpus Christi has taken the first step toward a project to widen the Texas port’s channel and increase its depth.

Productivity levels at the world’s top 30 container ports have shown little sign of improvement over the past two years, and ports in several regions are showing worrying levels of decline.

US importers stand to see faster clearance of their containers as Customs and Border Protection expands a pilot providing pre-clearance of shipments from four ports to every port in the country.

A stronger export season is taking shape in the westbound trans-Pacific.

The Port of Houston Authority said Hanjin Shipping containers at the port have been cleared for release.

The Port of Houston Authority said Hanjin Shipping had agreed to pay terminal charges to clear the way for the port authority’s release of 380 Hanjin containers.

The Port of Virginia has cleared the way for the port to begin work doubling capacity at a deep-sea container terminal where space has been tight as traffic has increased on the Virginia waterfront.

The individual in charge of $4.5 billion worth of infrastructure upgrades at the Port of Long Beach has been tapped as the port’s interim CEO.

After sitting anchored at sea for more than two weeks the Hanjin Miami is expected to soon enter the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Beneficial cargo owners and truckers in Northern California support extended gate hours at Oakland's largest terminal.

Irrational exuberance could result in inflated expectations and overbuilding of transportation infrastructure to the US interior if the cargo volumes don’t materialize.

The volume of laden import containers through the port of Savannah surged to a record for August.

“Cost, consistency and capacity will determine the gateways through which Asian imports enter the US."

The International Longshoremen’s Association is refusing to load Hanjin Shipping containers aboard ships or allow Hanjin boxes to leave US East and Gulf Coast terminals.

Peak season finally arrives in the trans-Pacific.

The intensity of industrial real estate activity around the Georgia port underscores the strong demand nationally for logistics properties as well as shipper implementation of long-term plans to use Southeast versus West Coast ports to access inland markets.

A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday denied a motion by several fuel and towing companies to lift the prohibition on them seizing ships operated by Hanjin Shipping.

Billed as the “Mid-American Arc,” the GPA’s rail-focused initiative will allow the port to better serve markets from Atlanta to Memphis, St. Louis, Chicago, and the Ohio Valley.

Despite strong steel and project shipments in several ports, general cargo volume on the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System during the first half of the system’s 2016 navigation system.

The first barge to sail in a new cross-harbor service designed to increase productivity in the Port of New York and New Jersey will embark Thursday.

The port says the new service could boost traffic by 30,000 TEUs per year.

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.

The second of four Hanjin Shipping vessels stuck off the US West Coast has been given permission to berth at the Port of Los Angeles.

The new Inland Port Dillon will build on the momentum of South Carolina's first inland operation in Greer.

The former chief operating officer of CMA CGM America will head operations at the Georgia Ports Authority.

Lax oversight by regulators has made it possible that maritime workers with criminal backgrounds are working at US ports.

The Port of Houston Authority is exploring the possible use of an innovative technology that would move containers to and from port terminals.

Groups like the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness have found a place in the spotlight in recent months as the US government has shown a keener interest in port productivity.

A South Korean bankruptcy court has approved the use of $10 million by Hanjin Shipping to unload four of its stranded ships in US waters, a US bankruptcy court in New Jersey heard Friday.

Jon Slangerup has resigned from his position as Port of Long Beach CEO.

No movement of Hanjin ships at US ports is expected until a bankruptcy court in New Jersey rules on protection, possibly on Friday.

The volume of loaded containers imported through the Port of New York and New Jersey fell in July for the fifth consecutive month.

Operating ports handle terminal fees much differently than terminal operators at landlord ports.

A federal judge Tuesday granted Hanjin Shipping temporary bankruptcy protection, giving US importers awaiting cargo on ships anchored outside US ports hope they will get their goods soon.

Containerized imports moving through the West Coast in July continued the recent trend of modest growth.