Port News

DP World expects its modest growth in the first half of the year to speed up.

Plans for the second of six planned inland ports are moving ahead in Georgia, part of an effort to expand the port of Savannah’s intermodal reach into the fast-growing U.S. Southeast market.

The immediate roadblocks, stalemates and impasses the group confronted at the July 15 highlight the deep divisions among the members of the congressional working group and the challenges they’ll face in the months ahead.

The Brexit will slow U.K. containerized trade in the short term.

Port touts its proximity to distribution centers along Florida's I-4 corridor.

Australia’s top container terminal operator will have a new owner in short order.

The owners of the second-biggest container port in Brazil are preparing to sell the facility.

The Port of Long Beach says its power needs won't be threatened by ongoing green efforts.

Brazilian shippers are suffering from a double whammy of industrial action this week.

The Port of Baltimore is not giving up on a project to raise the Howard Street tunnel enough to allow the passage of double-stacked freight trains.

Maersk Line said it would reroute one of its Suez Canal strings just days before the Panama Canal opened June 26.

The Port of Philadelphia has appointed a new CEO.

APM Terminals and port owner Cearaportus hope to turn the Brazilian Port of Pecem into a regional east coast South America hub.

The first-half volumes at Chinese ports have remained flat.

In trucking, warehousing and, in fact, in a number of industries, worker misclassification is possibly the hottest topic today in labor relations.

Virginia's port will get more capacity and an operational overhaul.

The shipping industry is anxiously awaiting efforts by the Hong Kong government to help the territory's port cope with a number of issues it is facing.

Shippers using the container terminals overseen by the Itajai Port Authority are livid with the government of Brazil.

Container traffic at Japanese ports sank for the first time in six years.

Terminals in India's busiest port are facing heat over allegations of unnecessary container weighing to meet SOLAS.

Trucks slowed to a crawl, and stopped entirely, creating an extensive traffic snarl at the Port of New York and New Jersey at lunchtime Monday.

Truckers that service the Port of New York and New Jersey are preparing for possible congestion and delays Monday.

Hong Kong continues its downward trajectory that has seen volume decline every month since July 2014.

Representatives of the railroad industry and labor unions — many of whom actively opposed the group’s formation in the first place, but nevertheless landed seats at the table — took little time before questioning and criticizing the very existence of the new Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group.

Ocean Alliance members CMA CGM, COSCO Container Lines, Orient Overseas Container Line and Evergreen Line see major opportunity in deploying more services to the East and West coasts.

The port of Boston moved a step closer being able to handle some of the the larger ships able to traverse the expanded Panama Canal.

APM Terminals is caught up in a Guatemalan bribery scandal.

Container maker struggling amid weak demand, currency fluctuations and market slump.

Truck lines in Los Angeles-Long Beach got slightly longer in June.

The number of mega-ships calling at the port jumped by 66 percent.

Traffic at India's Port of Cochin surged in the first half.

Santos dockworkers and port operators are continuing talks on staffing, with further strike action on the agenda.

Port of Los Angeles imports in June decline as trade awaits beginning of peak season.

The Panama Canal has ousted the Suez Canal as the leading route for all-water container services between the Far East and the U.S. East Coast.

Russia’s competition regulator has imposed a temporary ban on the increase of stevedoring rates.

Structural challenges could make life harder for high-flying terminal operator Westports Holdings, which is active in Port Klang, Malaysia.

The first steps were taken Tuesday toward development of a new zero-emission terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is seeking shipper and trade support as it gets ready for a final decision on its truck toll.

Laden containerized imports in Long Beach increased in June as the second-largest U.S. port transitions to the summer-fall peak-shipping season.

U.S. containerized imports should slightly rise over the second half of 2016.