Port News

The port of Hamburg boosted container traffic 14.2 percent in 2011 from a year ago, consolidating the port's position as the second-largest container hub in Europe.

Mediterranean Shipping began offering a bill of lading for both imports and exports to and from the Port of Richmond, Va., which was

Mediterranean Shipping Co.

New customers, higher truck freight volumes and significant rate hikes pushed revenue at Echo Global Logistics up 41 percent last year to $602.8 million.

Containerized traffic at the Port of Los Angeles increased more than 5 percent year-over- year in January, as a ramp-up of Asian manufacturing ahead of the annual Chinese New Year celebration boosted

The Indian Supreme Court's recent rejection of DP World’s appeal to review its rejected tender offer for a yet-to-be-built container terminal at the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) clears

The Port of Galveston named Capt. Michael J Mierzwa as its new port director, effective Feb. 16.

The Port of Houston Authority appointed Leonard D. Waterworth as the interim executive director of the port authority.

APM Terminals signed a preliminary agreement with Petkim Petrokimya Holding to operate a Port of Petkim terminal and expand the Turkish facility’s capacity to up to 3 million 20-foot equivalent

An International Longshoremen’s Association local headed by one of ILA President Harold Daggett’s sons has bombarded four New Jersey container terminals with grievances alleging more than

APL will begin phasing out its U.S. fleet of container chassis during the first half of 2012.

MIQ Logistics is expanding its less-than-containerload consolidation service, offering weekly LCL service from Istanbul, Turkey, to New York.

The Port of Baltimore handled a record-number of containers and automobiles in 2011, as both cargos surpassed levels set before the 2009 recession.

The executive directors of the nation’s two largest container ports intend to address one of their most vexing and embarrassing problems – slow turn times at marine terminal gates.

The Port of Jacksonville, Fla., will receive an additional $7.7 million and the ports of Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., will get $2.5 million each for work on their deepening projects, the

Container throughput at the Port of Wilmington jumped 11.2 percent last year from the previous year, as the North Carolina port handled more imports and exports of agricultural products.

A labor dispute at APM Terminals in Rotterdam that has disrupted shipping at one of Europe’s largest container handling facilities for more than a week shows no sign of an early end.

A federal appeals court affirmed a lower court’s decision that the New York Shipping Association acted prematurely in challenging a port crime watchdog agency’s plan for independent monito

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said the ILA will enter this year’s contract negotiations seeking guaranteed minimum staffing and protection against job c

HHLA, Hamburg’s biggest stevedore, boosted container traffic 21.3 percent in 2011 from a year ago, significantly outpacing growth in Antwerp and Rotterdam to boost its market share in the fierce

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union members on Tuesday will help load the first vessel to arrive at the new EGT export grain terminal in Longview, Wash., putting an end to months of rancor

Worldwide smartphone shipment volume jumped 54.7 percent in the fourth quarter to 157.8 million units, spurred by the release of new products that provided a flood of new electronics shipping last yea

Bridgestone plans to open a $575 million factory in 2014 near the Vietnamese city of Hai Phong, as the coastal city becomes a major export gateway for multinational corporations.

About 90 miles west of the North Carolina coast rests the sprawling airport of Kinston, which boasts the longest jet runway between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta.

Container throughput in 2011 at the Port of Prince Rupert jumped 20 percent year-over-year, while the emerging gateway's larger West Coast rival, Port Metro Vancouver, saw flat traffic in the same per

Some operations at the Port of Seattle are feeling the impact of a push by harbor truck drivers for changes in their pay and positions.

EGT recognized the Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 21 as the bargaining representative for workers at the new grain export terminal in Longview, Wash., signalling the wind-down of one of the most

Maersk Inc., the U.S. arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, agreed to sell Direct ChassisLink, its chassis-leasing subsidiary, to the private equity firm Littlejohn & Co.

The need for refrigerated and express supply chain services will help drive overall Chinese demand for logistics services up 9 percent by the end of 2013, according to a recent industry analysis.

Maersk Line will replace a call at Zeebrugge, Belgium, with an Antwerp port call on service connecting the Middle East, India and Europe, starting in mid-February.

Transport Corporation of India said Thursday its net profit in the third quarter of fiscal year 2011 rose 15 percent year-over-year to $2.75 million, as a rise in revenue helped offset increased opera

OOCL plans to quit providing chassis for the drayage of import and export containers at facilities in the New York City metropolitan area and in Rochester, N.Y. as of April 1.

The opening of an intermodal rail container transfer facility at the Port of Everglades came closer to fruition after a county board of commissioners approved a 30-year deal with the Florida East Coas

United Arab Shipping’s U.S.

The South Carolina Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to rebuke Gov.

Yusen Logistics’s net profit surged 14.7 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2011, which started on April 1, 2011, as the Japanese forwarder saw revenue jump 90.9 percent in the same peri

Fesco booked double-digit growth across its ocean container, rail, port terminal and intermodal units in 2011 as it benefited from soaring transport demand in a strengthening Russian economy.

Steven Cernak, CEO and director of the Port of Galveson, will lead Port Everglades.

Marseilles again fell short of its 1 million container target in 2011 as traffic declined 1 percent from a year ago even as France’s biggest port booked a 3 percent increase in total cargo throu

Container throughput last year at the Port of New Orleans rose 11.6 percent to set a cargo record for the second straight year, as exports, particularly chemical and agriculture products, surged.