Port News

Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby will invest RM1.4 billion ($144 million) in its Chinese port operations over the next three years.

If the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach experience congestion during the peak-shipping season this fall, it won’t be due to insufficient infrastructure or marine terminal capacity, Southern C

Container volumes at the Port of Long Beach declined 7.23 percent in May compared to May 2011, with imports dropping 9.15 percent and exports down 0.83 percent.

Container volumes at the Port of Los Angeles inched up in May along seasonal trends. Imports increased 2.7 percent compared to May 2011, and exports were up less than 1 percent.

APM Terminals has named Ben Vree executive chairman of its European operations, which account for 36 percent of the A.P.

APM Terminals, the global ports operator, is set to unveil an investment of more than $500 million in a new container terminal in China,

APM Terminals, on a crane-buying spree, Tuesday ordered 31 ship-to-shore spre

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Descartes Systems Group said it will acquire substantially all of the assets of Integrated Export Systems and IES Asia for about $35 million in cash.

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Virginia in May jumped by 12.6 percent to 178,584 20-foot-equivalent units from the same month last year.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance are scheduled to resume negotiations when the ILA’s wage scale committee meets on June 27-29 in Delray Beac

Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach on Aug.

APM Terminals ordered eight Kalmar post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes and two Kalmar barge quay cranes for expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in the Port of Rotterdam.

APM Terminals has ordered 26 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes and two rail cranes from Austrian manufacturer Kuenz for APMT’s Rotterdam Maasvlakte II terminal.

The volume of containers handled by major ports in India fell 1.71 percent year-over-year in the first two months of fiscal 2012-13, the Indian Ports Association said in a statement on Monday.

Negotiations on a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers have taken a negative turn, confronting shippers with tough choices in the weeks ahead

The words “technology” and “automation” are troubling to longshoremen because they signal a loss of job opportunities.

Delegates to the 35th convention of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted unanimously to affiliate with the Panama Canal Pilots Union.

A suspended pier superintendent at Maher Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegal bookmaking using Internet sites and 1-800 telephone numbers.

CEVA Logistics has further committed to operating truck services in China, completing the buyout of CEVA Ground in China, a former joint venture that has now become a wholly owned subsidiary.

A stevedoring company that plans to use workers from the Operating Engineers union to load military ammunition at Charleston said it is not competing for work currently done by International Longshore

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission certified the final environmental impact report and approved the proposed expansion of the APL terminal operated by Eagle Marine Services.

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission adopted a 2012-13 fiscal year budget that includes projected capi

Richard Wainio, director and chief executive of the Tampa Port Authority, resigned unexpectedly on Wednesday, saying he wants to leave on a high note and spend more time with his two high school-age c

The nation’s two dock worker unions may take the lead in forming a maritime labor alliance to protect their jurisdiction against encroachment by non-maritime unions or non-union employers.

The International Longshoremen’s Association may have to take on the U.S. Marines to protect its jurisdiction in the Southeast.

Waterfront employers’ refusal to guarantee jobs in exchange for automation at East and Gulf Coast ports remains a serious “hurdle” to negotiation of a new International Longshoremen&

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has used a $2.4 million security deposit to pay part of $2.8 million in back rent and fees owed by the port’s largest auto import processor.

Federal highway spending in fiscal 2013 would remain the same as the prior year, but there wouldn’t be funding for TIGER grants or high-speed rail, through a bill introduced in the House Appropr

Emirates Shipping Line imposed a “trade surcharge” on import containers handled at India’s Port of Chennai.

The Port of Long Beach Tuesday recognized 14 shipping lines for consistently reducing their vessel speed in the harbor area in order to cut down on harmful emissions.

Transport Corporation of India said its net profit rose 19 percent year-over-year to $10.8 million on a consolidated basis in fiscal 2011-12, which ended March 31, despite a 5 percent increase in oper

The Port of Mobile got its first call by a post-Panamax container ship on Sunday when the MSC Laura docked at APM Terminals Mobile.

April was a disappointing month for West Coast ports, with total container volume declining 1 percent from the same month last year.

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett defended the ILA’s negotiating positions and urged management to resume negotiations when the union’s wage scale com

Marine terminal operators in Los Angeles and Long Beach reported Friday that cargo-handling was operating normally despite a contract dispute between office clerical workers and employers.

Trucking employment increased by about 7,300 jobs in May, a 3.4 percent increase from a year ago, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics da

Contract negotiations between office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Southern California broke off after only two days of talks, opening up at least a theoretical possibility of picketing

The South Carolina Senate set aside $180 million in state funding to deepen Charleston’s harbor from 45 feet to 50 feet, the South Carolina State Ports Authority said.

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Montreal increased 3.6 percent last year to 1.36 million 20-foot equivalent units.