Port News

The Port of Virginia handled 198,720 20-foot-equivalent units in November, a 21.2 percent increase from November 2011, the Virginia Port Authority reported.

Representatives of the ILA and United States Maritime Alliance met in small committees Tuesday to discuss and refine the two sides’ proposals in federally mediated talks.

A panel of judges at the Nuit du Shortsea event in Paris, organized by BP2S, the French bureau for promotion of short sea shipping and intermodal transportation, recently awarded HAROPA...

Konecranes has delivered 10 rubber-tire gantry cranes to Ports and Cargo Handling Services Ltd. in Lagos, Nigeria.

James Kwon has agreed to retire as maritime director at the Port of Oakland, effective Dec. 28, following the release of a business expenditures audit that showed improper spending by port executives.

Enova Wood Pellet Group, a subsidiary of Enova Energy Group, has entered into a long-term port agreement with Georgia Kaolin Terminals, a subsidiary of Colonial Group.

When the Panama Canal’s third set of locks opens sometime in mid-2015, it won’t be the last time the Panama Canal Authority expands the canal, former administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta says.

Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach late last week ran night and weekend gates to work off much the cargo that was backed up at the ports after an eight-day office clerical workers strike, so Monday was not as bad as some had feared.

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett won authorization from ILA delegates to call a strike if a bargaining impasse isn’t settled before the union’s contract expires Dec. 29.

Hong Kong’s total port cargo volume in the third quarter was 69.4 million metric tons (about 76.5 million tons), a 2 percent decrease compared with the same period in 2011...

Grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday agreed to enter mediation with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union next week in an attempt to avoid a strike or lockout.

Grain terminal operators and longshoremen early Saturday indicated that grain would keep moving when the current contract extension expires at 5 p.m.

In calendar 2012, the top 15 mainland China container ports increased their container volume 7.3 percent, reaching 147.3 million TEUs from 137.2 million TEUs in 2011.

Brazil’s government has launched a $26 billion public-private drive to modernize crowded ports, which have been eroding the country’s competitive edge as a major commodities exporter, Reuters recently reported.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance will meet on Monday to resume contract negotiations amid growing concern about a Maine-to-Texas dock strike to start in 2013.

Freight rail system Florida East Coast Railway has acquired 200 new 53-foot containers to expand its domestic business and replace older trailers.

A new Los Angeles ordinance amending the city’s building code will streamline the permitting process for future Port of Los Angeles construction projects.

The South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District of the International Longshoremen’s Association have donated $250,000 to ILA’s Hurricane Sandy Fund.

Officials from the Port of Long Beach and the Panama Canal Authority have renewed a memorandum of understanding that promotes trade between Latin America and the U.S.

The Texas Emission Reduction Program recently awarded $500,000 to truck manufacturer Vision Industries Corporation, nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund, Air Projects and project partners...

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are making adjustments in their operations in an effort to reduce the economic impact that the eight-day office clerical workers strike will have on port customers.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association and National Retail Federation have urged the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance to reach...

The lead negotiators for striking office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach say they negotiated a good contract that their membership will be able to live with.

The South Carolina Budget and Control Board has approved an agreement among the South Carolina Department of Commerce, its Division of Public Railways and the City of North Charleston...

The Port of Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio Trade and Economic Consortium have secured federal activation of a new foreign trade zone in Glenwillow, Ohio.

28 Asia-Australasia ports handled 70.5 percent of the JOC Top 50 World Container Ports in calendar 2011.

Port of Tauranga in New Zealand has appointed Dan Kneebone as property and infrastructure manager, effective January 2013.

The National Retail Federation and Retail Industry Leaders Association today welcomed the news that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will resume operations...

With the help of two federal mediators, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced an end to the eight-day strike by clerical workers that shut down 10 of the 14 container terminals in Los Angeles-Long Beach.

The Port of Seattle Commission has approved a 25-year program that will help create 100,000 new jobs in the Puget Sound and Washington state region while reducing the port’s environmental impact.

Striking workers from the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63’s and employers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have reached a tentative deal on a new contract, ending the strike that has crippled operations at the two ports since last week.

The federal mediator who will attempt to help striking office clerical workers reach a contract agreement with terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach was expected to join the negotiations Tuesday night.

Third-party logistics provider The Kearney Companies of New Orleans has entered into a joint venture with Page International of Savannah, Ga., to establish warehouse services at the Port of Savannah.