Port News

Greek dockworkers will join a 24-hour general strike June 15 to protest fresh austerity measures imposed by the Socialist government under pressure from international creditors.

When the deal to sell the Port of Galveston’s facilities to an investor group of Hutchison Port Holdings and Carlyle Group fell through in April, the port and financial adviser BMO Capital Marke

The Port of Houston doesn’t have to wait for the opening of the Panama Canal’s larger locks in 2014 for the arrival of bigger post-Panamax ships.

Noka Shipping, a Greek ship management company, agreed to pay $900,000 in fines and was barred from operating in the United States after pleading guilty to multiple water pollution charges.

The port of Antwerp wiil reward “clean ships” with a 10 percent discount on tonnage based harbor dues from July 1 in a bid to further cut emissions of pollutants.

Container throughput in India’s Port of Mumbai fell 18.5 percent year-over-year in the first two months of fiscal 2011-12, the port authority said on Wednesday.

Container traffic at Bremen/Bremerhaven hit a record high in April as the German twin ports continue to outpace growth at their North West European rivals.

Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach will increase the traffic mitigation fee charged during daytime hours to $60 per TEU from $50 beginning July 4.

Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping firm, announced the partial resumption of services at two Japanese ports damaged by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeaster

Six motor carriers that received subsidies from the Port of Los Angeles for the purchase of clean trucks may have to return some of the money because they did not comply with the requirements of the p

Global Ports, Russia’s largest container terminal operator, plans to raise about $100 million for an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.

The Port of Los Angeles adopted a fiscal 2011-12 budget totaling $976.6 million, which projects operating revenues of $405.4 million and a capital budget of $291 million.

The Port of Oakland secured $18 million in federal funding for operations and maintenance dredging for its 50-foot channel.

Philippine terminal operator ICTSI offered to buy all the shares of Portek International, a Singapore-based investment holding company that operates medium-sized container and multipurpose ports, for

Container volume moving through West Coast ports increased 7 percent in April compared to April 2010, with export growth outpacing import growth.

The shares of DP World were listed Wednesday morning on the London Stock Exchange’s main market for listed securities.

Ocean container volumes are projected to show solid growth at European ports in the coming six months after a weak first quarter, according to the Global Port Tracker: North Europe Trade Outlook&rsquo

Yildirim Holding, the Turkish trading and ports conglomerate that owns 20 percent of CMA CGM, agreed in principle to buy 50 percent of the French ocean carrier’s Malta Freeport container termina

The Georgia Ports Authority, facing environmental opposition to its plans to deepen the Savannah River to 48 feet, said its recently completed environmental survey shows wildlife is flourishing at its

The Virginia Port Authority board of commissioners approved the lease agreement with the Port of Richmond to take over operations at the James River port and thereby unify all container cargo terminal

CMA CGM is said to be negotiating the sale of a 49 percent stake in its Malta container terminal to Turkey’s Yildirim Group, a minority shareholder in the French ocean carrier.

The Port of Houston Authority hired high-profile defense attorney Rusty Hardin to work as a liaison with the district attorney and county attorney as they investigate allegations against the organizat

Trailer Bridge named Scott W. Fernandez as chief commercial officer today in place of the departing Adam E. Gawrysh Jr., who is leaving the company May 27.

An Indian High Court of Appeals temporarily set aside a decision by port regulator Tariff Authority for major ports to reduce tariffs at the Chennai Container Terminal, a DP World-managed facility.

California’s largest container ports are working hard to protect their market share in the trans-Pacific trade, but their toughest challenge isn’t competition from other ports.

Poti port in the Republic of Georgia isn’t one of Europe’s major container gateways.

The Port of Boston will start handling its first calls by a container service from Asia that transits the Suez Canal later this month.

The Singapore-based parent of APL, the world’s seventh-largest container line, is investing $25.8 million in a joint venture to operate a two-berth container terminal at the Port of Qingdao that

Hamburg boosted first quarter container traffic 18.2 percent from a year ago, regaining market share from its slower growing rivals Antwerp

The prospects for deepening the Port of Charleston’s harbor beyond its present 45 feet depth took a step forward Tuesday when the U.S.

Container throughput in the Port of Charleston increased 10 percent in the first 10 months of fiscal 2011, from July through April.

Spanish terminal operator Grup TCB officially inaugurated its new container terminal, TCBuen, in ceremonies in Buenaventura, Colombia.

The Army Corps of Engineers stepped up efforts this weekend to clear sediment the Mississippi River’s high water is pushing into the main shipping channel linking the river with the Gulf of Mexi

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday endorsed construction of an estimated $140 million highway that would link the Port of Savannah more directly to interstate trucking routes.

The Port of Savannah posted its second highest monthly volume ever in April when it handled 260,035 20-foot equivalent units, an increase of 8.5 percent from April 2010.

Moffatt & Nichol economist Walter Kemmsies calls exports the “unspoken hero” of the U.S. economic recovery, and they may well drive the country’s next growth cycle.

Richard Steinke is a humble man.

Combined imports and exports at Los Angeles and Long Beach, the busiest U.S. container ports, rose 7.2 percent in April from a year earlier, led by a 7.8 percent gain in exports.

Volkswagen will import auto parts for its new manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., through the Port of Savannah, the Georgia Ports Authority said.

The Coast Guard, bracing as Mississippi River floodwaters spread south, was preparing Friday to restrict vessel traffic at the Port of New Orleans if the river rises another half-foot at the city, but