Port News

Turkey’s Yildirim Holding has acquired a 54 percent stake in Gemport, a container terminal on the southeast coast of the Marmara Sea near the capital, Istanbul.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva), India’s top container handler, is bracing for a potential shutdown starting Oct.

Container volumes at West Coast ports inched up in August, with imports increasing slightly and exports decreasing a bit.

WASHINGTON D.C.— The U.S.-Panama free trade agreement likely will take effect in November, with the signature of President Ricardo Martinelli being one of the last steps to implementing the long-delayed pact.

Representatives of the International Longshoremen’s and the New York Shipping Association have opened negotiations on a contract covering issues including work rules and pay practices in the Por

P&O Maritime FZE claims it will boost supply chain and port service efficiency in Mozambique after securing a marine services contract at the growing port of Maputo.

Damco has appointed Pernille Fabricus global chief financial officer of the logistics arm of Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk group.

Europe Container Terminals, Rotterdam’s biggest container handler, is joining forces with the port authority and Dutch logistics group Kloosterboer to develop a pan-European intermodal hub for t

The Panama Canal expansion project began in 2007 and, when finished in 2014, will allow for larger ships to pass through the canal, doubling its current capacity.

North America Western Asia Holdings on Oct.

The port of Singapore’s container facilities will benefit from an investment of S$3.5 billion (US$2.85 billion) over the next decade as PSA Singapore Terminals continues to boost capacity.

Logistics company C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark on Sept.

Vietnam’s International Transportation and Trading Joint Stock Company

Facing a Sunday deadline, negotiators for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest agreed to extend contract talks until mid-October.

APM Terminals’ management in India’s Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru) has appealed to local trade union and political groups to help restore normal operations at the terminal.

The public investment flowing into East Coast terminal expansion and harbor deepening ahead of the Panama Canal expansion may be getting all the ink, but private companies see another huge opportunity.

The long-awaited surge in diverted cargo from East Coast ports to the West Coast finally arrived in September, but the harbor trucking industry in Southern California can’t decide if it's a blessing or a curse.

The crafting of long-delayed federal legislation key to authorizing U.S. port projects features some familiar elements.

Shippers are relieved that a 90-day contract extension averted a threatened International Longshoremen’s Association strike at the height of the retail peak season.

Mediterranean Shipping Co.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Nagoya in central Japan rose 1.7 percent in the first half of this year from a year earlier to about 1.216 million 20-foot-equivalent unit

BNSF Railway’s proposed Southern California International Gateway will eliminate 1.5 million truck trips a year between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles, the rail

Indonesia is planning to roll out a single electronic platform across all of its commercial ports over the next few years that will automate all business process between port stakeholders, including t

India’s port privatization program suffered yet another setback Thursday when a consortium that had won concessions to build and operate a new container terminal at the southeastern Port of Enno

Negotiators for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest continue to meet each day in hopes of reaching a settlement before the current lab

Russia’s Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port plans to invest $205 million to expand capacity and modernize facilities at a container terminal in the Black Sea port of Novoroslesexport to keep pace

Check in with the JOC as we provide you with the latest developments out of the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance contract negotiations labor dispute.

Annual capacity of Mediterranean container ports is expected to rise by 63 percent to 114 million 20-foot-equivalent units during the next decade, according to

In a significant policy reform that is expected to spur growth in the country’s infrastructure sector, the Indian government has approved a proposal to delegate more project approval authority t

Florida’s Port Manatee is getting a federal grant of about $2.5 million toward two new locomotives for the port.

Labor federations representing dockworkers at the APM Terminals facility in India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) have postponed an indefinite strike planned to start at midnight until

Logwin has opened a new office in India to meet rising demand for textile forwarding export services and increasing imports of high-value goods.

DP World signed a contract Sunday for the construction of a third container terminal at its flagship Jebel Ali box hub in the United Arab Emirates.

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles want to bring owners and users of chassis together to develop an operating model for the Southern California gateway.

Timing is everything.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, working with N.Y. Gov.