Port News

In 2012, total general cargo tonnage at the Port of New Orleans rose 8.6 percent year-over-year to 7.55 million tons, marking the third straight year of tonnage gains.

Hanjin Shipping, STX Pan Ocean and KMTC Line have expanded their joint intra-Asia container service by adding a direct call at the Port of Pipavav, India.

A major new warehouse construction contract has been awarded at the United Arab Emirates’ gargantuan new trade zone adjacent to the recently opened Khalifa container port in Abu Dhabi.

Shipment delays to and from Hong Kong are ongoing as productivity at facilities run by Hongkong International Terminals continue to be affected by shortages of crane operators and other key workers because of striking dockworkers.

The U.S. has become equally attractive as Mexico to shippers looking to near-shore production, or shift manufacturing closer to the American consumption market, according to a global consulting firm.

A strike at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal in the Port of Hong Kong has entered a 12th day, with no negotiations planned to resolve the dispute, BBC reports.

DP World has completed its dredging project at Jebel Ali Port, which deepened the draught, allowing the port to handle more big vessels.

Deborah Ale Flint, Port of Oakland’s acting executive director, will join the California state trade mission to China, which will be led by California’s Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and coordinated by the Bay Area Council.

International Longshoremen’s Association members will vote Tuesday on a six-year coastwide master contract covering 14,500 dockworkers in East and Gulf Coast ports.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 19 has requested Washington’s King County Superior Court to accelerate its appeal of the ruling that Seattle and King County did not violate the...

Cargo throughput at India’s Port of Mumbai reached an all-time of 58.04 million tons in fiscal year 2012-13, which ended March 31, 2013.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Osaka in western Japan declined 2.4 percent in 2012 from a year earlier to 2.120 million 20-foot equivalent units, according to preliminary figures released by the Osaka municipal government.

The Port of Hastings, Australia, will receive $110 million over the next four years from the Victoria government to expand container capacity and improve land-side transport connections, according to the state’s Premier Denis Napthine.

The Port of Tauranga in New Zealand has opened its expanded container terminal facilities.

The Port of Seattle has joined Green Marine, a voluntary environmental program for the maritime industry in North America.

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing on April 10 at 2:30 p.m. EDT titled “Expanding the Panama Canal: What Does It Mean for American Freight and Infrastructure?”

The Port of Stockton’s seven-member board of commissioners in California has elected Stephen Griffen as chairman. He was also re-elected to the board by Stockton City Council members.

The Port of Amsterdam has been officially corporatized as a limited liability company, of which the city of Amsterdam is the main shareholder.

The Port of Antwerp in Belgium has signed a collaboration agreement with the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo to strengthen trade relations with the country.

Cargo volumes at West Coast ports surged in February, creating a feeling of optimism that 2013 could turn out to be better than originally anticipated.

The Port of Los Angeles’s 10-year Main Channel Deepening Project has been completed.

Dock workers at the Port of Lirquen in Chile are continuing to strike, according to Hapag-Lloyd.

In 2012, the Port of Toronto handled 1.86 million metric tons of cargo, a 5 percent increase compared to 2011, according to the Toronto Port Authority.

Strikes and demonstrations by dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong have now entered their second week and vessel queues are continuing to lengthen, forcing the diversion of large volumes of container traffic away from the world’s third-busiest container port.

State-owned Container Corporation of India has launched a regular intermodal rail service between the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal at Cochin Port and Bangalore, a southern hinterland destination, following an appeal by terminal operator DP World.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation has condemned the temporary injunction that dismisses striking dock workers from Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in the Port of Hong Kong, citing it as a violation of global standards.

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The Port of Jawaharlal Nehru’s container throughput slipped 1 percent year-over-year in fiscal year 2012-13, which ended March 31, 2013.

Port of Oakland staff has provided a progress update on revisions to policy pertaining to members of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners, including corrective steps to promote accountability.

Georgia’s state legislature has approved funding an additional $50 million for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.

The South Carolina Ports Authority and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control have extended their air quality partnership through 2018.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Nagoya in central Japan edged up 0.8 percent in 2012 from a year earlier to 2.492 million 20-foot equivalent units, according to preliminary figures released by the Nagoya municipal government.

Strikes by dockworkers at Hong Kong’s container facilities continued today, further disrupting truck operations to and from facilities in the Kwai Tsing area of the port.

West Coast ports have developed business plans to enhance their competitiveness, with the common theme being construction of port and transportation infrastructure that will make the West Coast the most efficient gateway for international intermodal cargo.

U.S. West Coast ports handled 13.1 million 20-foot-equivalent units or 67.5 percent of the 19.4 million TEUs in U.S. containerized cargo trade with Asian countries in 2012, a decline of 0.3 percent year-over-year and just 0.5 percent above the pre-recession year of 2008.

Ceres Marine Terminals has named Douglas Wolfe as vice president, effective April 1.

The Massachusetts Port Authority has named Jose Masso director of community relations and Jim Doolin chief development officer.

Jubail Commercial Port in Saudi Arabia will take delivery of six rail-mounted gantry cranes from Liebherr Container Cranes.