North American ports

Details were still scant Thursday as to the exact problem that occurred. The port authority had yet to respond to a JOC.com request for specifics.

U.S. exporters moving goods out of the Port of New York and New Jersey are getting a better understanding of how terminals at the largest U.S. East Coast gateway will handle the new SOLAS rule.

A mega-fireboat is dedicated to protect mega-ships in Long Beach.

The largest container terminal in the Northwest Seaport Alliance has stated its position on SOLAS VGM generation.

The Port of Virginia has closed its Virginia International Gateway terminal to inbound truck traffic.

Latin America’s demand for polyethylene, the key raw material for plastics production, is forecast to rise sharply.

Containerized imports are expected to spike in the fall.

Motor carrier offers SOLAS-aimed weighing service, believed to be the first in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

A new automobile shipping processing operation will open at a site adjacent to the Port of Baltimore.

The Port of Oakland’s largest terminal operator is addressing looming congestion problems by preparing to charge a fee to support night gates.

The June 26 opening of the Panama Canal's expanded locks is an event U.S. Gulf ports have been preparing for.

Until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes a study of the Arthur Kill turning basin, the size of some ships on trans-Pacific strings that call at the four big container terminals on the western side of the New York-New Jersey harbor could be limited.

Pressure is building on U.S. maritime regulators to quickly decide whether ports and container lines can hash out details on a strategy that could dramatically simplify exporters’ meeting the SOLAS container weight rule.

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a fiscal year 2016 and 2017 budget.

The associations representing marine terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach and Oakland made an important announcement regarding their position on SOLAS.

The U.S. parcel giant expressed frustration, not only with the patchwork of guidance policies from individual nations, but from individual terminal operators as well.

Containerized imports and exports moving through West Coast ports declined in April on a year-over-year basis.

Volume rose slightly at East Coast ports as traffic declined elsewhere.

Truck turn times at the Port of Long Beach's newly automated Long Beach Container Terminal are half those at other terminals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.

Uncle Sam is seeking input from shippers, transportation providers and others on how to make U.S. ports more competitive.

China Cosco Shipping and Hanjin Shipping have added a call at the Port of Mobile, Alabama.

"If you don't have the infrastructure outside your gates, you're dead in the water."

Mandatory appointments will help OICT manage truck flow.

With an average of 15 percent of chassis invoice charges inaccurate or subject to dispute, motor carriers that automate the reconciliation of invoices save thousands of dollars annually, according to a chassis billing specialist.

Redevelopment of the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 moved forward this week.

The operator of Portland’s only container terminal is confident that liner services will once again call at Oregon’s only container port.

Several world regions seem to have planned much more container terminal capacity than needed for the coming decades.

Liability, costs and technology are just a few of the questions.

The Port of Jacksonville is bullish on its growing Asian import trade, but success hinges on keeping a key Asian terminal operator in town.

Allegations by the mayor of Newark that union hiring practices at the Port of New York and New Jersey promote racial, ethnic and gender inequity have attracted federal scrutiny.

The Port of Charleston has changed its mind on its previously announced SOLAS policy.

It is unclear if the container trade has a future in Portland.

Container lines and U.S. ports have asked the U.S. maritime regulator for permission to get together to craft a common strategy for dealing with SOLAS.

The 2014 to 2015 congestion crisis at U.S. West Coast ports exacerbated the shift of Asian imports to East and Gulf Coast ports.

Congressional pressure is intensifying on stakeholders in the containerized supply chain to find an agreeable response to the SOLAS rule.

Containerized imports and exports moving through the Northwest Seaport Alliance ports of Seattle and Tacoma increased in April.

Although port authorities and trucking organizations in Oakland and Los Angeles-Long Beach have been leading the way in implementing global-positioning satellite and Bluetooth technologies to increase cargo velocity, ports and truckers on the East and Gulf coasts are anxious to follow. Technology products are expected to surface at other ports in short order.

The looming SOLAS summer deadline has left many shippers wondering where and how they will be able to obtain certified VGMs.

With less than two months before the SOLAS container-weighing rule takes effect, questions of the strength and scale of the enforcement’s bite in the U.S. are mounting.

Decisions by carrier alliances in Southern California shape throughput patterns.