Port News

APM Terminals Callao in Peru has installed radio-frequency identification technology as a safety measure for use with container-handling equipment, such as reach stackers and forklifts.

Belgium's Antwerp Port Authority and the Panama Canal Authority have reconfirmed their collaboration agreement to promote trade between the port and the west coast of South America via the Panama Canal.

Major East Coast container ports are likely to come under the type of environmental pressure West Coast ports have faced for years when the Panama Canal completes its new locks.

Stockholm-based crane spreader manufacturer Bromma Conquip has contracted an order for 52 yard spreaders from the new DP World-led Rotterdam World Gateway terminal in the Netherlands.

Unions affiliated with International Transport Workers are showing support for their colleagues in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, ahead of what could be a major labor showdown in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and employers will resume bargaining Tuesday on New York-New Jersey port issues that may pose the toughest challenge to settlement of an East and Gulf Coast dockworker contract.

Cosco Pacific starts a series of roadshow presentations to investors this week ahead of a planned issue of U.S. dollar notes, fuelling speculation the Chinese container terminal operator is set to bid for a majority stake in the Greek port of Piraeus.

Antwerp’s container traffic dipped 0.3 percent in 2012 from 2011 and total tonnage was down 1.6 percent as the Belgian port managed to contain the impact of economic slowdown across Europe.

Market intelligence provider Industrial Info Resources is currently tracking 13 active coal export terminal projects in Queensland, Australia, worth more than $33.1 million, and has reported that if all of these projects are approved...

Florida’s Governor Rick Scott broke ground this week on Port Everglades’ intermodal container transfer facility.

In fiscal year 2011, the cargo and vessel activity at the Port of Mobile contributed an estimated $22.3 billion in economic value to the state of Alabama, according to an economic impact study prepared by John C. Martin Associates.

Naviera Master Line de Venezuela, a division of Miami-based Master Line Shipping Company, has selected Port Manatee in Florida for a new container and breakbulk service to Caribbean and Central and South American locations.

China’s Shenzhen Customs and Shenzhen Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau met today at Da Chan Bay Terminal One to advance the pilot program of the new Joint Declaration, Inspection and Release clearance service.

For 2013, Port of Hueneme’s board of commissioners elected commissioners Jason Hodge as president, Mary Anne Rooney as vice president and Jess Herrera as secretary.

Port Everglades in Florida has hired Fred Stribling as assistant director of business development, according to Steven Cernak, the port’s chief executive and director.

Port of Portland, Ore., reported total tonnage in 2012 through the port was 12.4 million tons, down 7.7 percent from 13.4 million tons in 2011.

A federal mediator said three days of bargaining on an East and Gulf Coast dockworker contract yielded progress and that the International Longshoremen’s Association and employers have agreed to continue negotiations.

East Coast ports maintained their lead in containerized exports in the first nine months of 2012 and increased their share of import and export markets. And they did so despite shipper concerns at the end of September over a potential strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association and a related shift of some cargo to ports on the West Coast and Canada.

The European Union will co-finance, with more than 2.2 million euros (about US$2.9 million) from the trans-European transport network program, studies analyzing options to improve rail connections to France’s Port of Dunkirk...

Novoroslesexport, a subsidiary of Russia-based Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group, has received delivery of two new Liebherr LHM 550 cranes, with lifting capacities of 104 metric tons (about 115 tons).

Maersk Line will implement a general rate increase from India to Latin America on Feb. 1.

Finnish crane company Konecranes has introduced the SMV 4531 TB5 HLT, a hybrid reach stacker for container handling, with a lifting capacity of 45 tons.

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles managed to increase their container volumes slightly in 2012 from a weak 2011...

The South Carolina Ports Authority reported that traffic handled at the Port of Charleston’s two container terminals in 2012 was 1.5 million 20-foot-equivalent units, an increase of 9.6 percent compared with 2011.

Westport, Conn.-based Terex Corporation has promoted Kevin Bradley, current president of Terex Cranes, to senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately after the filing of the company’s annual report for 2012.

The Panama Canal Expansion Program has received the first shipment of valves that will be used for the operation of the third set of locks.

In a deal with SEA Transport, truck manufacturer Iveco, a Fiat Industrial company, has delivered eight Stralis Active Space Super3 tractor units for the container transport company’s heavy truck fleet.

Giumarra International Berry has begun moving blueberries from Chile through the Port of Savannah, Ga., to better serve Atlanta and other Southeastern markets.

International Longshoremen’s Association negotiators apparently plan to stay longer at this week’s negotiations on a coastwide contract than they did last week when they cut short bargaining on New York-New Jersey local issues.

Auto processor FAPS Inc. has completed a recapitalization and signed an amended lease with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey through 2024, the company said.

Modern Terminals, a container terminal operator in Hong Kong, and WNS, a business process outsourcing services provider, have teamed up to deliver BPO services.