Port News

The Shanghai International Service Center has ranked the top 100 container terminals with the greatest potential for development in 2012, based on three indicators...

Container volume handled by the Port of Charleston jumped 11 percent year-over-year in February to 131,634 20-foot-equivalent units.

Tepper Holdings has acquired a majority interest in Fastfrate Holdings, which wholly controls Consolidated Fastfrate, Canada Drayage and related trucking and logistics operations, from a fund managed by Fenway Partners.

Construction has begun on a project to boost capacity at Australia’s Port of Melbourne.

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners has approved hiring a new Social Responsibility Division director and a new chief technology officer.

The Federal Maritime Commission has asked Consolidated Chassis Management to provide more information on its request to permit lessors, truckers and other equipment contributors to serve on the boards of CCM and its regional pools.

Global Ports’ net profit for 2012 fell 16 percent from a year ago and revenue stalled even as the Russian group boosted container traffic by 8 percent to consolidate its near 30 percent share of the domestic market.

Container lines’ rapid exit from intermodal chassis ownership is spawning several equipment supply models that emphasize flexibility and a larger role for lessors and truckers.

The Port of New York and New Jersey’s unique “continuous operation” system will be replaced by work shifts similar to those of other U.S. ports under the new International Longshoremen’s Association local contract.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and its stevedore employers at 15 U.S. Great Lakes ports have tentatively agreed to a five-year master contract covering breakbulk and bulk grain cargoes.

Global port throughput increased only 4.8 percent in 2012, lower than 7.3 percent in 2011 and 14 percent in 2010, reflecting a worsening economic environment and decreases in international shipping and trade volume, according Shanghai International Shipping Institute’s Global Port Development Report 2012.

The Port of Long Beach today reported that container traffic in February jumped 36.6 percent year-over-year to 530,967 20-foot-equivalent units.

The Port of Stockton, Calif., has selected SSA Marine to manage its terminal for the new M-580 Highway Corridor service.

Skirmishes are popping up from coast to coast in the battle over whether port drayage owner-operators should be classified as independent contractors or company employees.

The International Longshoremen’s Association has scheduled an April 9 ratification vote on a coastwide master contract that ILA and United States Maritime Alliance officials have agreed upon.

The Port of Virginia reported container traffic was 169,390 20-foot-equivalent units in February, an increase of 12,340 TEUs, or 7.9 percent, compared with 157,050 TEUs in the same month last year.

The Port of Corpus Christ, Texas, and regional partners have secured voestalpine as a partner at the La Quinta Trade Gateway.

The president of the Seattle Port Commission said the commissioners voted themselves a hefty pay raise on Tuesday so they will be better able to carry out their mission, which is to develop trade and manufacturing and “grow economic opportunity” for King County.

The International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance concluded nearly a year of rocky, on-and-off negotiations by agreeing on a six-year contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.

The attempt to privatize the Port of Wilmington, Del., has foundered on the rocks of local port business and labor opposition.

The Port of Kalama’s commissioners have appointed Mark Wilson to serve as the Washington port’s executive director, starting April 1.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance concluded nearly a year of rocky, on-and-off negotiations with an agreement on a six-year contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said he hopes United States Maritime Alliance will approve a contract agreement with the ILA when the two sides resume meetings later today in Tampa.

The Port of Seattle reported net operating income in 2012 was more than $223 million, which is 8 percent higher than budgeted and 3.7 percent higher than 2011’s operating profit.

Spain’s Port of Bilbao reported goods traffic in the first two months of 2013 increased 10 percent year-over-year to 4.8 million metric tons.

China Shipping Terminal has agreed to acquire a 24 percent stake in APM Terminals Zeebrugge. It is the second Chinese company to partner in the Danish operator’s container terminal in the Belgian port.

International Longshoremen’s Association delegates approved in principle a previously announced tentative deal on a Maine-to-Texas master contract, and will meet with United States Maritime Alliance Wednesday to discuss the agreement.

New Zealand’s Port of Tauranga has received final approval from the Minister of Conservation for its plan to widen and deepen its shipping channel in order to accommodate larger ships.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union grain workers Monday delivered what they consider to be a “fair” contract to the offices of United Grain Corp. with the hope of ending an employer lockout that has been under way at the Vancouver, Wash., grain export terminal since Feb. 27.

The Port of Hong Kong handled 5.6 million 20-foot-equivalent units in the fourth quarter of 2012, down 9 percent year-over-year, according to Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department.

Import cargo volume at the U.S.’s major retail container ports is expected to rise 2.3 percent in March compared with the same month last year, despite federal spending cuts that could slow down cargo processing...

Copenhagen Malmö Port reported turnover in 2012 reached 725 million Swedish krona (about US$113.2 million), increasing 4 percent year-over-year.

International Container Terminal Services reported its net income attributable to equity holders in 2012 was $143.2 million, rising 10 percent from $130.5 million in 2011.

The decision by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to cease overtime work for its personnel while Washington attempts to solve the sequestration issue will be a burden for all ports, but it could be disastrous for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.