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Maher Terminals said its main terminal and empty-container depot will be open Saturday as the Port of New York and New Jersey’s largest container terminal works to recover from computer glitches in a new computerized terminal operating system.

Local agents of container lines have expressed skepticism and concern over a decision by India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru to develop its fourth container terminal project with “one mega terminal” instead of two separate facilities.

Ningbo Port and APM Terminals have signed an agreement to jointly invest in and operate berths 3, 4 and 5 at the Chinese port’s Meishan Container Terminal.

The Port of Tacoma reported its container volume in May was 758,071 20-foot-equivalent units, increasing 31 percent year-over-year.

Maher Terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey has diverted two more vessels to other marine terminals to be discharged, as the terminal operator struggles to get back on track after problems with...

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, a container-handling port in India, and Nhava Sheva Gateway Terminal, a subsidiary of DP World at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, today signed a concession agreement for the development of a...

The Port of Long Beach’s board of harbor commissioners has elected board member Thomas Fields as its president for a one-year term that will begin on July 1.

The European Commission’s social dialogue committee in the port sector launched today in Brussels with port authorities, terminal operators, dockers and other port workers across the European Union.

The South Carolina Ports Authority board of directors approved its fiscal year 2014 plan, which includes volume increases across business segments and $123 million in capital spending on a number of projects.

The first ship in a new G6 Alliance service linking Asia and the U.S. East Coast via the Suez Canal called at Global Terminal in Bayonne, N.Y.

Liebherr has opened a new sales and service center in Miami.

The Galveston County Rural Rail Transportation District has signed an agreement with Legacy Port Partners for a feasibility study for a new freight rail connection to Pelican Island...

Maher Terminals reports progress in recovery from severe delays that accompanied glitches in a new computer system, but CEO Gary Cross said additional ship calls may be subcontracted to other terminals this week in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Maher Terminals said a fifth ship has been diverted to a nearby terminal as the Port of New York and New Jersey’s largest container facility struggles with congestion and delays for a second week.

The Port of Long Beach reported total container volume in May was 583,588 20-foot-equivalent units, up 17.2 percent compared with the same month last year, making it the highest monthly container volume since October 2010.

The Port of Seattle has selected Panattoni Development Co. to develop the Des Moines Creek Business Park.

Maher Terminals said it will extend gate hours and waive free time and demurrage for another week because of delays that have caused four ships to be diverted to competing terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

The Port of Los Angeles reported cargo volume in May dropped 12.9 percent compared with the same month last year.

West Coast ports must seek a balance as they prepare for the onslaught of big ships carriers are bringing into the trans-Pacific. On the one hand, they need larger terminals to handle the big ships, but on the other, they don’t want to build too much capacity.

The Nicaragua National Assembly has ratified the government’s commercial agreement with HKND Group to develop the Nicaragua Canal and Development Project.

The St. Lawrence Seaway reported cargo shipments from March 22 to May 31 totaled 8.1 million metric tons, down 12 percent compared to the same period in 2012.

The American Trucking Associations has applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to reject two concession requirements in the Port of Los Angeles’ clean-trucks program.

Maher Terminals has announced that it will be open for the delivery of import cargo on Saturday, June 15, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting two more concession requirements in the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks program did not drive a stake into the heart of the port’s attempt to regulate harbor trucking, but it made the task of any port attempting to follow such a strategy more difficult.

The Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project is now about 60 percent finished, following the completion of Reach D, an 11-mile stretch of the Delaware River’s main shipping channel in Delaware...

The Port of Virginia handled 191,368 20-foot-equivalent units in May, rising 7.2 percent or 12,784 units from May 2012.

The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday struck down two more concession requirements in the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks program, further weakening the ability of a port to regulate harbor trucking for environmental or other goals.

APM Terminals officials have met with Olusegun Aganga, Nigeria’s minister of industry, trade and investment, along with a delegation of government officials and advisers, continuing talks on infrastructure investment to enhance Nigeria's logistics capabilities.

Maher Terminals has announced that it is continuing to work on the system-related issues that are affecting truck processing at the Port of New York and New Jersey.

The U.S. has threatened to ban ships from entering Nigeria unless the sub-Saharan African nation improves security in its ports and waterways, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

U.S. East Coast ports experienced widely varying impacts from the months-long threat of labor strife that began last year with the breakdown of talks for a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract.

Maher Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey will extend container free time and freeze demurrage charges through Wednesday as it clears a backlog caused by computer glitches during the changeover to a new terminal operating system.

The Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), India’s top container handler, has issued a new request for qualification from interested bidders for the development of its long-awaited fourth container terminal.

Maher Terminals said its main terminal and chassis depot in the Port of New York and New Jersey reopened to long truck lines at 6 a.m. today following Monday’s rough start to implementation of a new terminal operating system.

Wilson Sons reported that its container terminals in Brazil handled a total of 77,600 20-foot-equivalent units in May, jumping 14.0 percent from 68,100 TEUs in the same month in the previous year.

Maher Terminals is continuing to work on the computer issues affecting its main terminal and main chassis depot at the Port of New York and New Jersey and will not be receiving exports or empties at the main terminal for the rest of the day.

Peel Ports has launched dredging operations for its new post-Panamax container terminal at the Port of Liverpool in the U.K.

Maher Terminals is experiencing computer systems issues at both its main terminal and main chassis depot at the Port of New York and New Jersey and has stopped processing at both facilities.

HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. is working with the Nicaraguan government on an interocean canal project that could rival the Panama Canal, The Washington Post reports.