Port News

Hanjin Shipping terminals in the United States will begin to accept empty Hanjin-owned containers.

Southern California’s landmark “pool of pools” in which three equipment providers share more than 72,000 inter-operable chassis could be improved.

The postponement is the latest road-bump to a somewhat controversial program aimed at smoothing the peaks and valleys of truck traffic flows.

Construction is scheduled to start by the end of 2017 on Porto Central.

US exports may be finally on track for growth after two down years.

APM Terminals and Maersk Line have joined a consortium that is bidding to develop a new container terminal in Colombo.

Upward of 20,000 empty Hanjin containers remain scattered throughout Southern California with no place to go.

DP World Australia has ordered four ship-to-shore cranes for its terminals on the east coast of Australia.

Ports from Miami to Hampton Roads resumed cargo operations Monday.

Productivity and capacity improvements via the government's Sagar Mala investments are beginning to produce results.

Peak season 2016 has finally arrived, and it looks like it will be short but sweet.

Seattle and Tacoma, which since last year have operated under the Northwest Seaport Alliance, rank fourth in the US as a port complex, but that could change if it continues to lose cargo.

Vietnam is planning a major new port facility to alleviate congestion at the Da Nang Port complex.

For years, ports have pushed to ensure that all Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund collections are used for dredging and not diverted to other uses.

The Port of Brisbane on Tuesday began work on a wide-ranging roadwork project.

The Port of Rotterdam is aiming to expand its reach into the central European hinterland via containerized rail.

Shippers of meats, furniture, tobacco, would chips, shoes, and resins and petrochemicals will be the biggest beneficiaries from the service.

Hanjin ship to pick up about 1,000 empty containers in Seattle next week.

The port of Brunswick is aiming to become the top US port for vehicles.

Hurricane Matthew has disrupted vessel traffic and closed ports at Caribbean hubs and in Florida as the killer storm moves north.

Nearly 10 percent of container traffic at the Northwest Seaport Alliance has migrated to off-peak hours since night gates began.

Hyundai Merchant Marine and T.S. Lines have reorganized their joint India-China Express Service.

Southeast US ports are preparing for Hurricane Matthew.

Drayage drivers serving the Port of Montreal can track terminal wait times via a new app.

A federal judge has agreed to hear the arguments of several chassis, container, and fuel providers demanding Hanjin Shipping reply more quickly to their “urgent” requests for information on the location of their assets.

A research outfit affiliated with Japan’s largest freight forwarder has laid out its expectations for the country's container trade.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has been working feverishly to ease congestion and shore up productivity levels over the past year but did not gain a volume increase commensurate with its efforts in the first fiscal half through September.

Global trade infrastructure developer DP World is interested in building on its African investments to improve the quality of infrastructure on the continent.

Ports America and Cooper/T. Smith have merged their Houston breakbulk operations into a joint venture that has acquired all assets of Shippers Stevedoring and Chaparral Stevedoring.

Work on the project is slated to begin in summer 2017 and finish up in fall 2018.

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.

A major dredging project at the port of Guangzhou signals its intentions to capture Pearl River Delta cargo currently traveling to other competitors in the region.

A pilot program for the first truck appointment system in a terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey will begin in October.

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.

A judge has put an end to months-long industrial actions, in which dockworkers at the port of Santos disrupted operations and even boarded vessels.

Hanjin Shipping has set up a yard to accept and store its empty containers in central New Jersey.

Colombo International Container Terminals this week hosted the MSC Maya, reportedly the largest container ship ever to call Sri Lankan shores.

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.

With chassis shortages in Los Angeles-Long Beach reaching a crisis level, a Southern California warehouseman is ready to accept and store empty and leased Hanjin Shipping containers.

The Mercosur trade bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela are all set to increase their food exports to Russia this year.