Port News

UPDATED, 7 p.m. EDT, Friday The union and waterfront employers agreed to extend the ILA master contract through Feb. 6, preventing a threatened strike at ports from Maine to Texas.

The Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt and Dundalk public marine terminals will be open Saturday for the delivery and receipt of cargo if no agreement is reached...

Grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest notified the International Longshore and Warehouse Union that they will implement at 6 a.m. Thursday the employers’ final offer that was rejected by the union over the weekend.

Representatives of the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance have accepted a federal mediator’s invitation to meet this week in a last-ditch effort to head off an ILA strike at East and Gulf Coast ports.

Hapag-Lloyd is advising customers to avoid delivering reefer exports to inland locations...

East and Gulf Coast ports are clearing cargo from marine terminals in preparation for next week’s threatened dockworker strike as a negotiating standoff continues.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers in the Pacific Northwest are voting Friday and Saturday on a proposed grain handlers contract that could determine whether the dockworkers remain on the job or are locked out by international grain companies.

TT Club, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association, and cargo-handling association ICHCA International have published recommended safety standards for container yard...

The arrival of the Cosco Vancouver at the Port of Prince Rupert on Nov. 18 was a milestone at the 5-year-old port because the vessel carried the 500,000th container unit to be handled this year at the rapidly growing gateway 500 miles north of Vancouver.

A coalition of more than 100 business organizations from across the United States urged President Obama to take "immediate action" to prevent the International Longshoremen’s Association from striking when its contract expires Dec. 29.

The National Retail Federation and more than 100 national and state associations today sent a letter to President Obama to urge the administration to ensure that an International Longshoremen’s Association strike does not occur.

Port operator Yildirim has acquired RotaPort, a port in Korfez, Turkey, located about 80 kilometers (about 50 miles) from Istanbul.

Dockworkers at Charleston refused to unload a ship for about two hours...

With contract negotiations at an impasse, International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett has directed ILA locals to prepare for a Dec. 30 strike at East and Gulf Coast ports.

Laden container volume at the Port of Oakland fell 4.6 percent in November year-over-year and 8.2 percent from October, to 190,556 20-foot-equivalent units.

Produce importer Sol Shipping Services has entered a five-year agreement to operate a five-acre marine terminal at Port Everglades in Florida.

Eight European container ports handled 12.5 percent of the total TEU throughput...

Eight container ports in the Americas handled 8.7 percent of the total TEU throughput...

The South Carolina Ports Authority reported that the Port of Charleston handled 125,780 20-foot-equivalent units in November, up nearly 12 percent year-over-year.

Failure of the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance to extend their contract negotiations raises the likelihood of a Maine-to-Texas dock strike at year-end.

Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, today urged the U.S. Senate to pass the pending Hurricane Disaster Relief Appropriations Act to help regions affected by...

Contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance broke off today, raising the likelihood of a Maine-to-Texas dock strike at year-end.

The International Transport Workers Federation joined the UNI Global Union and IndustriALL Global Union in calling for reforms from global retailers, such as Wal-Mart and Sears...

Representatives of the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance resumed negotiations today...

Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed an "A1" rating for the South Carolina Ports Authority’s outstanding debt.

Grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest on Monday rejected a contract proposal from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, setting up a union vote this weekend on an employer proposal that union leaders have already said they do not like.

DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali terminal in Dubai has handled a record 500,000 automobiles so far this year, 21,000 more than in the previous full-year pre-recession peak in 2008.

Container trailer operators on Dec. 15 called off a three-day strike at the APM Terminals facility in India’s Port of Nhava Sheva...

A fatal accident serves as another reminder of the difficulty U.S. regulators face in keeping illicit carriers off the road.