Port News

Miami developers’ attempt to build high-rise condominiums at the site of terminals serving the Caribbean was thwarted after the Florida Supreme Court refused to overturn a lower court’s ru

Logistec USA will invest $5 million in Georgia’s Port of Brunswick to expand its capacity to handle exports of biomass fuels made from Georgia’s wood and peanut pellets.

The Green Alliance, formerly known as the CKYH alliance, will discontinue in September its weekly container service to the Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia.

Singapore-based ocean carrier APL said it is struggling to connect exports via terminals in India’s Port of Chennai because of severe port congestion and yard delays.

The growing demand for port capacity over the next five years will outpace terminal expansion, leading to rapidly rising utilization levels at many ports, especially in the Far East and Southeast Asia

Trac Intermodal said it will expand its new damage-waiver program for leased chassis to New York-New Jersey and Baltimore on Sept. 1, and nationwide by year’s end.

The Port of Baltimore moved up the rankings of U.S. ports in 2010 in terms of the dollar value and the tonnage of the cargo it handled, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Tuesday.

Hapag-Lloyd said Tuesday it will apply “port congestion surcharges” on all containerized cargo moving to and from Chennai, the second major Indian port to attract such charges in recent we

Global port operator International Container Terminal Services’ profit jumped 42 percent in the first six months of this year to $42.4 million, compared with the same period a year ago.

CMA CGM will invest $100 million in a major container transshipment hub in Jamaica in exchange for a 35-year lease at the Kingston Container Terminal, the Jamaica government said Friday.

Container traffic at major ports in India grew a mere 2 percent from April through July compared with a year earlier, according to the latest traffic data released by the Indian Ports Association.

As Harold Daggett basked in the applause of union delegates after his election as International Longshoremen’s Association president, loudspeakers came alive with the Sam Cooke classic “A

Most U.S.

Geoffrey Giovanetti has a favorite East Coast port gateway for seaborne imports of wine and spirits destined for the Midwest, but he generally leaves the choice of ports and the intermodal facilities

The Longshore Workers Coalition, the intra-union group that has criticized International Longshoremen’s Association leadership, was relatively quiet during last month’s ILA convention in H

The first half of 2011 hasn’t been good for the Port of Virginia for reasons largely beyond its control.

Ports from Oakland, Calif., to New York are adopting clean-trucks programs that will require independent owner-operators who in many cases make $35,000 a year or less to shell out more than $50,000 fo

A two-month longshoremen’s strike in 1977 left Harold Daggett so strapped he qualified for food stamps, but Daggett said he couldn’t tap family members for a loan “because they were

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Friday proposed raising tolls on bridge and tunnels crossing Hudson River by as much as 50 percent to pay for capital expenses, including the massive p

Crowley Maritime plans to add roll-on, roll-off service to Tampa in September as part of the carrier’s Central American service, which handles ro-ro, breakbulk and project cargo.

International Container Terminal Services will complete the first phase construction of a terminal at the Port of La Plata in Argentina next year.

China’s Ningbo Port saw container traffic increase 13.7 percent year-over-year to a new record of 7 million 20-foot equivalent units in the first six months of the year.

An unofficial “go-slow” campaign by a group of dockworkers at the Gateway Terminals India operated by APM Terminals threatens to worsen congestion in Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), India&

Canada’s Port of Prince Rupert reported loaded container volume soared 33.1 percent in July on Thursday, an unusually strong expansion that came as most North American ports are showing lacklust

Total container volumes handled by the six major ports in Northern Europe continue to decline from their March high, largely because of fears of default by several European Union member countries, acc

Hutchison Port Holdings’ operating profit declined 20 percent in the first six months of 2011 ended June 30 to $462.5 million compared to the same period last year.

India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) disputed reports that crane replacement at the port-run terminal was done proper planning and prior consultations with users as well as other stake

MIQ Logistics acquired British third-party logistics provider The Logistics Corporation to expand its operations in the U.K. and Europe.

Several financially strong companies, mainly in Asia, are poised to break into the global container terminal market, challenging the established operators that dominate the industry, according to a ne

The German twin ports of Bremen-Bremerhaven boosted first half container traffic by 25 percent from a year ago, outpacing growth of their North European rivals.

The Western India Shippers Association says shipping lines and the Indian government share responsibility for the congestion and delays blighting operations at India’s largest container gateway.

APM Terminals said productivity of cranes at its container terminal in Apapa, Nigeria, has risen 25 percent in the past twelve months, and berth productivity is 50 percent higher than a year ago.

The South Carolina Ports Authority hired Kara Ramsey as manager of cargo sales to the shippers that use the ports it owns and operates in Charleston and Georgetown.

Railroad executives might not agree precisely on how much the economy is recovering from its springtime slump, but one thing was clear from the early returns on railroad earnings: They can price for h

The next union contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers will be negotiated amid economic uncertainty, the prospect of new business from a wider Panama Canal and heightened competition from West Co

Many shippers are avoiding moving cargo through the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), as some face delays of up to 10 days because of congestion recently exacerbated by crane installation.

Container volumes through South Korean ports rose 10.5 percent to a record 10.5 million 20-foot equivalent container units in the first half of the year compared to the same period a year ago.

Resins are the unchallenged king of the Houston container market, but there are millions of reasons that could change in the years ahead.

The Port of Corpus Christi, Tex. is still operating under normal conditions as it awaits an update on the dangers posed by Tropical Storm Don.

Truckers that dray containers to and from many of the ocean terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey say there aren’t enough chassis available in the ocean carriers’ chassis pool t