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APM Terminals profit declined 18 percent in 2011 to $649 million from $793 million a year ago, but the container terminal operator expects gains in market share will improve results in 2012.

Drewry Shipping Consultants estimates the international shipping industry contributes about 3.3 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, part of an enormous impact from global freight tr

Hapag-Lloyd plans to make Baltimore its first westbound call in the U.S. on its weekly Gulf of Mexico Express from North Europe to U.S. and Mexican Gulf ports.

Global manufacturer Procter & Gamble plans to wring $4.5 billion in savings from raw materials, packaging and logistics as part of a plan to save $10 billion.

Maersk will raise its rates on containerized shipments from India to South Africa, starting March 12.

A dockworker was killed Wednesday night at the Port Newark Container Terminal in New Jersey after she was pinned between two containers.

You wouldn’t think the country has been skirting along the fragile edge of an economic downturn by looking at business at many of the large Gulf ports.

Alabama’s Port of Mobile has turned out to be the perfect match for German steel manufacturer ThyssenKrupp.

Dock workers on Wednesday suspended a three-week campaign of rolling wildcat strikes at APM Terminals container facility in Rotterdam that seriously disrupted shipping at Europe’s largest contai

The upholding of four of the concession requirements in the Port of Los Angeles’ clean-trucks plan by U.S.

International container volume at the Port of Tacoma in January increased 8 percent year-over-year, as imports surged 12.4 percent at the Washington state port.

China plans to spend $3 billion to build a three-pier terminal in a special economic zone bordering North Korea and a 34-mile cross-border railroad linking the port to the Chinese northeastern city of

Kerry Logistics said the acquisition of its former joint venture in Spain will allow customers in the country’s poor performing economy to access more dynamic Asian markets.

East Coast container trade volume rose 5.5 percent in the first 10 months of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, to 10.8 million 20-foot equivalent units, and outperformed the total U.S.

Shippers and carriers view this year’s East and Gulf Coast longshore labor negotiations with a sense of trepidation and an eye on the calendar.

Ports along the Eastern Seaboard are putting money where their hopes are, investing in projects for better landside access by road and rail in an effort to compete for discretionary cargo.

Container volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey in 2011 rose nearly 4 percent year-over-year, breaking the annual record set in 2007 before the start of the global economic downturn.

A study by a Rhode Island legislative commission said development of auto import-export cargo, offshore wind farms, container feeder services and breakbulk shipments could increase jobs, income and st

Industry groups including shippers and trucking companies are urging New Jersey legislators to reject union-backed bills that would require owner-operators hired by drayage and parcel companies to be

The Port of Long Beach began 2012 on a down note, with containerized imports in January declining 5.5 percent and exports 8.2 percent lower year-over-year.

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