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James H. McJunkin, who directed the Port of Long Beach from 1977 to 1988, a period of rapid growth, died Monday. He was 82.

The cost advantage of manufacturing products in low-cost manufacturing locations in Asia will erode in comparison to the U.S.

APM Terminals took over operations Wednesday of Scandinavia’s largest container terminal at Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg.

Mediterranean Shipping is shifting some containerized cargo the carrier normally transships at its Bahamian hub of Freeport to other ports in the Caribbean.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach’s penalty for the operation of older trucks expired Sunday, as the ports became the first in the nation to have a fleet comprised totally of 2007 or newer trucks.

Total cargo throughput at West Coast ports in November rose 1 percent year-over-year, largely thanks to a 4 percent jump in containerized exports.

John Nardi, a longtime official at Hapag-Lloyd (America), has joined the New York Shipping Association as executive vice president.

The Federal Maritime Commission will allow Consolidated Chassis Management to directly manage its intermodal chassis pools but said it will monitor CCM to ensure the company doesn’t violate anti

The Port of Le Havre will keep its port dues for containerships at last year’s levels in 2012 for the third straight year, while its major rival, the Port of Antwerp,

German logistics operator Rhenus will take over the French and German operations of UK rival Wincanton on Jan. 2 to become the largest inland container terminal operator on the river Rhine.

APM Terminals won the right to build and operate a deepwater container terminal at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, a $900 million project central to the Mexican port’s bid to compete for U.S.

Container traffic at the Port of Antwerp grew just 2 percent in 2011 from a year earlier as the Belgian port lost market share in the container shipping business to close rival Rotterdam despite recor

The Port of Rotterdam boosted container traffic 6 percent in 2011 but Europe’s largest port forecast the eurozone sovereign debt crisis will restrain growth next year before shipping demand reco

Container throughput at the Port of Seattle in November fell 1.8 percent year-over-year, as a 6.1 percent decrease in exports offset a 2 percent rise in imports.

Asian demand for grain helped pushed loaded container exports up 14.2 percent at the Port of Tacoma in the first 11 months of 2011.

Oakland city officials have rejected a call for city leaders to use strong tactics to prevent Occupy protestors from shutting down the Port of Oakland again.

Hapag-Lloyd will start calling at the Port of Baltimore in February as the first U.S. port of call on its Gulf of Mexico Express from North Europe to the U.S.

Antwerp will raise harbor dues by 2 percent in 2012, the first increase in three years, as Europe’s largest port aim to fund infrastructure improvements.

The deadly snowstorm headed toward the Great Lakes threatens to delay further shipments after the freak weather paralyzed truck traffic to the Great Plains while passing through region.

CSX Transportation said it will start on-dock rail service at the Virginia Port Authority's APM Terminal in Portsmouth on Jan. 3.

The South Carolina State Ports Authority on Tuesday suspended funding for its joint project with the Georgia Ports Authority to build the Jasper

The Port of Colombo received a call this week from the APL Chongqing, the largest container ship to call on t

The new 2012 federal budget awaiting President Obama’s signature contains $26.9 million in funding for the eastward expansion of

DB Schenker is in talks with less-than-truckload operator Estes Express Lines to turn over management of the forwarder’s U.S.

The Cai Mep International Terminal received a call this week from CMA CGM’s Laperouse, the largest container ship to call on a Vietnamese port, foreshadowing the wave of ultra large ships to be

Europe Container Terminals, the port of Rotterdam’s largest stevedore, is suing the Dutch port for $1.2 billion in compensation in an escalating dispute over a new container terminal.

Container traffic through major ports in India grew about 4 percent year-over-year in the first eight months of fiscal 2011-12, the Indian Ports Association said Monday.

If you want to get a rise out of International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett, ask him about the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.

If the intent of the Occupy movement was simply to attract attention by attempting to shut down West Coast ports on Dec. 12, the loosely knit groups achieved a major coup.

Oakland City Council members are urging city leaders to prevent protesters from shutting down the Port of Oakland again, but Occupy supporters on Friday threatened to strike back against the city&rsqu

Maersk Line is imposing port congestion surcharges on all inbound containers handled at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Asian demand for new cars and increased sourcing of parts from China are fueling a third-party logistics boom in the continent, but the market is “very fragmented with lots of local players in d

The Port of Long Beach reported double-digit declines in cargo volume in November, largely because of the loss of a major tenant.

Three additional defendants and dozens of counts were added to a federal racketeering indictment accusing mob figures and ex-International Longshoremen’s Association officials of extorting New Y

Container imports at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell 3.7 percent in October to the lowest level since June and export growth slowed down as business at the East Coast’s largest port eas

International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1964 and Yang Ming (America) have agreed on a three-year contract covering the carrier’s two New Jersey-based vessel stowage planners.

A 15 percent increase in exports in November over November 2010 assured the Port of Los Angeles that it will have another record year in containerized exports, according to the port's

Maersk Line suspended its congestion surcharge of $100 per 20-foot container imposed earlier on shipments to and from Sydney, Australia.

MOL is adding a call at the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal in India’s Port of Cochin, bringing the number of direct weekly services to DP World's new container f

The migration of manufacturing in China inland and north to avoid higher labor costs in the south is now b