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JNPT's rail push advances with new depot
Indian Special Correspondent |
The depot opens another intermodal link for the country’s dominantly industrialized northwestern hinterlands.
International ports
Kobe unseats Yokohama as Japan's No. 2 port
Tomoo Yatsuhashi, Japan Special Correspondent |
Container traffic at the port of Kobe was the highest since 1995, when a devastating earthquake hit the port city.
International ports
China Merchant profit soars on strong volume growth
Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports |
CM Port Chairman Li Xiaopeng said container throughput in 2017 will likely break the 100-million-TEU barrier.
Marine terminals
DP World Nhava Sheva taps new tech for truck gates
Special Indian Correspondent |
Technology aims to reduce wait times at India's busiest container gateway.
International ports
Drayage
Singamas: Carriers, lessors rushing to order containers
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
Singamas has reported a full orderbook for the first quarter as carriers and container lessors try to avoid any shortages in boxes.
Maritime
Container lines
Marine terminals
LA-LB's handling of new alliances hinges on cooperation
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Fostering cooperation among supply-chain sectors is the main challenge LA-LB faces in handling the new alliances.
North American ports
Wal-Mart’s Mobile DC to build on Gulf’s Asia import gains
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
World's largest retailer plans to build a $135 million import distribution center.
North American ports
Expansion key after Cosco Shipping Ports' profits tumble
Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports |
The company sees overseas expansion increasingly important in the wake of the launch of the new alliances.
Marine terminals
Scotland’s Greenock terminal eyes doubled traffic in five years
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Greenock Ocean Terminal is deepest Scottish container terminal renowned around the world for its exports of Scotch whisky.
International ports
CMA CGM, PSA double capacity at Singapore terminal
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
CMA CGM said the terminal has achieved an average gross berth productivity of more than 160 moves per hour.
International ports
South Brazilian terminal invests as it bucks recession
Rob Ward, Brazil Special Correspondent |
New equipment at Tecon Rio Grande worth $40 million should help the south Brazilian port handle growing volume.
International ports
Adani Ports ratchets up efforts to grab JNPT cargo
India Special Correspondent |
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone's first global conference was attended by representatives from cargo interests, freight forwarders, and manufacturers.
Marine terminals
New signs point to possible container shortage
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
A decline in production numbers and China regulations on paint look set to limit the availability of containers, which could spell trouble when demand picks up in peak periods.
Maritime
Marine terminals
Container traffic rebound points to market uptick
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The fourth-quarter performance might be a blip, but there are plenty of indicators it isn't.
Port News
LA-LB chassis back-up sends warning signals
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Current back-up of chassis in LA-LB port is sign of deeper problems.
Marine terminals
Drayage
Fewer major transshipment hubs likely in new alliances
Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports |
“We should expect a general development wherein networks will gradually migrate toward designs with fewer but larger hubs.”
Port News
Container lines
Thessaloniki port attracts three bids
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The successful bidder will be obliged to invest 180 million euros in the port over seven years.
International ports
India's Pipavav Port expands intermodal rail
India Special Correspondent |
Vadodara is an intersection of Indian rail routes and a major industrial and manufacturing location.
Marine terminals
US West Coast ports target better flow
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
US West Coast ports focus on operational improvements.
North American ports
US bill reintroduced to prevent labor slowdowns, disruptions
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
The same legislation was introduced once before without ever making it out of the Senate.
Longshore labor
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
North American ports
PSA International volume rises, profit drops
Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports |
The global terminal operator handled 67.63 million twenty-foot-equivalent units last year.
Marine terminals
DP World Cochin upbeat despite trade concerns over tariff hike
India Special Correspondent |
DP World is brimming with confidence about future prospects in the emerging Asian economy.
International ports
Indian dockworkers threaten strike to block port reform
India Special Correspondent |
India’s major ports face a fresh threat of labor stoppages.
International ports
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Trucker blockade adds to Brazilian meat shippers' woes
Rob Ward, Brazil Special Correspondent |
Brazilian meat shippers have suffered another blow.
International ports
Proposed California container fee would hit BCOs
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The fee proposed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District on March 3 would generate as much as $1.1 billion annually.
North American ports
Chinese ports start 2017 strong
Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports |
China’s container ports got off to a strong start in 2017.
International ports
US judge allows Hanjin creditor to sell container interests
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
A federal judge has allowed a bank to foreclose on and sell its interest in more than 1,500 Hanjin Shipping containers to repay the bank for owed lease payments.
Logistics Technology News
Marine terminals
Thessaloniki port privatization moves forward
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The bids for a 40-year operating concession will be submitted to the London office of US investment bank Morgan Stanley.
International ports
JNPT free trade zone draws US interest
India Special Correspondent |
The SEZ is designed with a 494-acre site for processing activities and a 190-acre zone for non-processing operations.
International ports
Spanish rejection of dock labor reform averts global port strike
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The International Dockworkers’ Council on Monday called off worldwide strikes slated for March 23.
Longshore labor
Need for NY-NJ port extended gates comes into focus
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
New York may be the city that never sleeps, but the four main terminals at its namesake port, the Port of New York and New Jersey, are closed by 7 p.m.
North American ports
Drayage
DP World profit tops $1 billion for first time
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The company posted a record adjusted EBITDA margin of 54.4 percent.
Marine terminals
Panama Canal aims to double big-ship transits with tech aid
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The system will help increase the number of New Panamax ships that can pass through the Panama Canal from an average of five a day at present.
International ports
Maritime
Logistics Technology News
Container lines
Nagoya, Yokkaichi ports reorganize, aim at Busan
Tomoo Yatsuhashi, Japan Special Correspondent |
Nagoya is Japan’s third-largest container port for foreign trade and Yokkaichi is ninth.
Marine terminals
Russia’s Global Ports swings to loss, traffic slumps
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The group, which is listed on the London stock exchange, swung to an operating loss of $500,000.
Marine terminals
US ports worry about potential cuts to security funding
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
“If we get a cut of what they are talking about, it’s going to be devastating.”
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
North American ports
Spanish dockworkers call off remaining strikes
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The strikes would have involved dockworkers stopping work every other hour.
Longshore labor
Container lines
JNPT's DP World terminal cuts fees for speedy import handling
India Special Correspondent |
The company told JOC.com that its terminals would be charging for only one “shift move” instead of two moves previously.
Marine terminals
Matchback tools are plentiful, but are they enough?
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
It’s unclear whether the private sector has what it takes to make sensitive matchback solutions sustainable.
Rail News
Marine terminals
Santos gained market share despite volume dip
Rob Ward, Brazil Special Correspondent |
The gains came despite draft restrictions and strikes by customs officers and stevedores.
International ports
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