Port News

Euroports has agreed to sell Euroports Containers Meerhout, which operates the inland container terminal in Meerhout, Belgium, to Inland Terminals.

India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new deep-draft port at Sagar Island in West Bengal through a public-private partnership.

The boom in U.S. oil and gas production is transforming the infrastructure needed to deliver carbon-based fuels throughout the U.S. and especially in the Gulf ports that have traditionally served as gateways for crude oil imports.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation and its affiliated maritime unions in Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine are aiming to improve safety and working conditions...

Konecranes and the KION Group have entered into an agreement to collaborate in the container handling lift truck business.

International Container Terminal Services reported its net income in the first quarter of 2013 was $43.2 million, jumping 20 percent from $36.0 million in the first quarter of 2012.

The Indian Ports Association reported container throughput at major ports fell about 4 percent year-over-year in April, the first month of fiscal year 2013-14.

JadeWeserport in Germany has handled 33,000 containers since it opened in September 2012...

The Port of Baltimore has held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new 50-foot-deep berth and four super-post-Panamax container cranes at its Seagirt Marine Terminal.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union sympathizers attempted to block a grain vessel from being loaded this week at an export terminal in Kalama, Wash., making this the third incident in recent weeks in an ongoing feud between the ILWU and grain companies in the Pacific Northwest.

NUTEP, a container terminal operator in the Black Sea Port of Novorossiysk, has completed the latest phase of its development program with the upgrade of its railway facilities.

How long do drayage drivers spend getting in and out of container terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey? Motor carriers hope radio-frequency identification will provide answers.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Kobe in western Japan fell 1.3 percent in 2012 from a year earlier to about 2.071 million 20-foot equivalent unit, according to preliminary figures released by the Kobe municipal government.

Tay Yoshitani, CEO of the Port of Seattle, has promoted Kurt Beckett to the role of deputy CEO.

St. Peter Port Harbour in Guernsey, U.K., has received delivery of a Terex Gottwald HMK 170 E mobile harbor crane from Terex Port Solutions.

Cargo throughput at India’s Port of Mumbai plunged about 30 percent year-over-year in April, the first month of fiscal year 2013-14, according to the latest provisional figures released by the port authority.

Hundreds of dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong on Monday voted to end a strike that had disrupted operations at the world’s third-largest container port for six weeks.

Juan Kuryla, the top choice to become the next CEO of the Jacksonville Port Authority, has withdrawn as a candidate, and the port authority has reopened its search to fill the post.

A total of six charges have been filed to the National Labor Relations Board by union dockworkers and United Grain Corp. at the Port of Vancouver, The Columbian reports.

Hong Kong’s Hutchison Port Holdings and French shipping group CMA CGM are among the four bidders shortlisted for the contract to build and operate a third container terminal at the Port of Melbourne, Australia.

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Thursday delayed for at least two weeks a vote on a controversial proposal to adopt an annual general rate increase based on the consumer price index.

The first Toyota Venzas departed the Port of Brunswick, Ga., May 2, bound for Russia and Ukraine.

Abu Dhabi’s new Khalifa super port could eventually rival DP World’s neighboring Jebel Ali for Middle East container shipping hub status.

Dockworkers protesting the slow processing of medical claims picketed a terminal at the Port of Oakland Wednesday, one day after a similar action interrupted cargo handling at a terminal in Tacoma.

Striking dockworkers were among thousands who rallied in Hong Kong on May 1 against poor wages and working conditions.

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust reported its profit for the first quarter of 2013 fell to HK$642.0 million (approximately US$82.7 million), down 6.5 percent from HK$686.7 million in the same period a year ago.

International Longshoremen’s Association employees of equipment maintenance and repair contractors in the Port of New York and New Jersey voted overwhelmingly to ratify a six-year labor contract.

Maher Terminals’ board of directors has appointed Gary Cross as president and CEO.

The Indian Ministry of Shipping said major state-owned ports would get Rs. 649.11 crores (approximately $120 million) for maintenance dredging, as part of fiscal year 2013-14 budget plan.

Direct ChassisLink will initiate pool management operations for the Grand Alliance Chassis Pool on May 1.

Noatum Ports has appointed Boris Wenzel as its new chief operations officer, effective May 2.

International Longshoremen’s Association employees of equipment maintenance and repair contractors in the Port of New York and New Jersey are voting today on a six-year labor contract.

Seacor Holdings reported a net loss of $11.2 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with a net income of $36.4 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Dockworker unions at the heart of a five-week strike at the Port of Hong Kong hinted they might downgrade pay demands, providing the government with some hope that talks scheduled for Tuesday may yield an agreement.

Rotterdam handled 4 percent more ocean containers in the first quarter than a year ago, but an increasing number were empty because of the continuing economic downturn across Europe.

Antwerp’s container traffic declined 2.8 percent in the first quarter from a year ago even as total throughput was up 1.4 percent on sharply higher liquid bulk shipments.

The United States may be the trade capital of the world, but if you’re looking for North America’s fastest-growing container ports, you’ll have to look north and south of its borders.

Longshoremen in the Pacific Northwest are intensifying their efforts to draw attention to the plight of International Longshore and Warehouse Union members that have been locked out of a grain elevator in Vancouver, Wash., since Feb. 27.

Ports America has appointed John Carver as executive vice president of business development, effective May 1, according to Michael Hassing, the terminal operator’s CEO.