Port News

Marine terminals have measures at their disposal to improve gate times and eliminate long truck queues, but this increased productivity must be paid for by one or more parties to the transaction, according to transportation consultants.

Auto Warehousing Company’s facility at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6 has received approval for export shipments to China following inspections by governmental auditors from that country.

Import volume at major U.S. retail ports is expected to rise 9.1 percent month-over-month in October, despite concerns over the government shutdown...

New York Container Terminal has ordered two rubber-tire gantry cranes and two rail-mounted gantry cranes from Konecranes for use in waste handling in New York.

Vessel traffic on the Mississippi River has returned to normal, as remnants of Tropical Storm Karen dissipated.

Cargo operations at Port of New Orleans terminals continued uninterrupted Friday, despite the closure of Southwest Pass at the mouth of the Mississippi River in anticipation of effects from Tropical Storm Karen.

Cargo throughput at India’s Port of Mumbai slid 4.5 percent year-over-year in the first half of fiscal year 2013-14, according to the port authority.

Geraldine Knatz, general manager of the Port of Los Angeles, announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of the year.

Port of New Orleans terminals will continue scheduled operations Friday, despite the impending closure of the Mississippi River at Southwest Pass because of potential effects from Tropical Storm Karen.

The Port of Oakland will leverage one of its greatest strengths, its deep harbor, and will improve its marine terminal productivity, in order to grow the port’s cargo base, Executive Director Christopher Lytle said Thursday.

Several members of Congress have asked U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to use the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement talks to help resolve the months-long lockout of International Longshore and Warehouse Union grain workers in the Pacific Northwest by two Japanese grain conglomerates.

Nectar Group, a U.K.-based provider of port-related services, has entered into a joint venture with Portman India to offer port and terminal management services in India.

Three organizations have responded to a request for qualification for the public-private partnership contract to build and operate a new container terminal at India’s Port of Chennai...

New York-New Jersey remains top dog among East Coast container ports, though smaller rivals are starting to chip away at its dominance.

Original equipment manufacturers are urgently targeting the heady potential offered by Myanmar’s untapped consumer market, low wages and excellent trading potential.

Port of Oakland Executive Director Chris Lytle will meet with harbor truckers, terminal operators and other stakeholders Thursday in an attempt to head off a possible week-long disruption threatened by owner-operators.

West Coast ports in August enjoyed a welcome bump in container traffic after seven months of lackluster performance this year.

The Association of Canadian Port Authorities’ board of directors has selected Sylvie Vachon, president and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority, to be chair of the board for 2013-14.

Fresh Del Monte Produce has renewed its 1995 contract with the Port of Hueneme for a third time, agreeing to partner with the California port for another five years.

The Georgia Ports Authority moved 280,873 20-foot-equivalent units in August, up 3.8 percent year-over-year.

The second phase of a €100 million (about US$135.3 million) modernization program at Conakry Terminal in Guinea is still on schedule...

The Port of Houston handled 176,963 20-foot-equivalent units in August, down 5.4 percent from the previous month and 4.7 percent year-over-year.

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries has commissioned Kalmar to increase the operating height of four ship-to-shore cranes for APM Terminals Algeciras in southern Spain.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott and members of the state’s cabinet have approved $150 million in bond proceeds to finance projects at Florida ports through the Seaport Investment Program.

The intermodal industry in the coming years will have to learn to live with at least several different chassis models, but one thing for certain is that the cost of handling containers at railyards will increase.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Osaka in western Japan rose 1.8 percent in the first half of this year from a year earlier to 1.036 million 20-foot-equivalent units, according to preliminary figures released by the Osaka municipal government.

India’s Mumbai Port Authority has awarded Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors a contract for maintenance dredging of port berths to help alleviate draft restrictions.

Liebherr Container Cranes has received an order from APM Terminals Gothenburg in Sweden for two ship-to-shore cranes and two rail-mounted gantry cranes.

The ports of Seattle and Tacoma’s combined container volume in August was 296,289 20-foot-equivalent units, declining 5.5 percent from 313,602 TEUs in August 2012.

When the South Carolina Ports Authority broke ground for an inland port at Greer, S.C., it implemented a strategy that was based upon securing an anchor tenant and linking that exporter to the Port of Charleston with multi-modal transportation options that include short-haul rail.

Port Manatee and The Pasha Group are teaming up to develop and market a roll-on, roll-off terminal near the entrance to Tampa Bay in Florida.

Russia’s Global Ports reported its first-half net income fell 25.9 percent from a year ago to $53.7 million on stagnant container traffic and lower oil products shipments.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Nagoya in central Japan edged up 0.8 percent in the first half of this year from a year earlier to 1.226 million 20-foot equivalent units, according to preliminary figures released by the Nagoya municipal government.

The U.S. port and inland waterway industry is celebrating that a major port and inland waterway bill is headed to the House floor for a vote next month after being passed by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013, which aims to streamline the infrastructure project delivery process.

The Duluth Seaway Port Authority’s board of commissioners today appointed Vanta E. Coda II as its new executive director, effective Oct. 1.

A working group comprising terminal operators, CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been formed to improve service reliability in the wake of this summer’s operational problems at the port.

The Port of Virginia handled 198,329 20-foot-equivalent units in August, putting it among the top 5 all-time most productive months, in terms of TEUs handled, in the port’s history.

A prominent trucking industry executive warned that operational changes at rail ramps and other inland locations because of the accelerating exit of ocean carriers from the chassis business are placing added stress on the fragile intermodal drayage industry.