Port News

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.

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

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.

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

Tay Yoshitani believes that each port is unique, and the role of the chief executive is to ascertain a port’s strengths and build upon them.

APM Terminals signed a 30-year concession contract with the Peruvian government Thursday for the development and operation of the multi-purpose Terminal Muelle Norte at the Port of Callao.

The Panama Canal Authority received six proposals Tuesday from design and engineering companies or consortia around the world for the design of the first-ever bridge on the Atlantic side of the waterw

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has a reputation of militancy, but a Southern California union official said recent history shows the ILWU is a collaborative partner of the West Coast

India’s Tariff Authority for Major Ports ordered a 35-percent reduction in the scale of rates currently applied by Chennai Container Terminal, a DP World-managed facility.

French ocean carrier CMA CGM is in talks over the sale of a minority stake in Malta Freeport Terminals, one of the largest container transshipment hubs in the Mediterranean.

Dubai’s DP World said it is on track to list its shares on the London stock exchange within a month as it announced first quarter throughput jumped 12 percent from a year ago.

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

Data from four air-quality monitoring stations in and around the Port of Los Angeles show concentrations of elemental carbon, a pollutant targeted in the port's clean-air efforts, declined for the fou

Container traffic through India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) fell 3 percent year-over-year in April, the first month of fiscal 2011-12, according to latest traffic figures released b

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Wilmington, N.C.

Canadian longshoremen ratified a watershed contract that should guarantee labor peace at the country’s Pacific Coast ports for eight years.

Over 300 dockworkers at APM Terminals in the Spanish port of Algeciras on Monday stopped work to protest a wage cut announced by the terminal-operating arm of A.P. Moller-Maersk.

India’s Adani Group acquired Abbot Point Coal Terminal, a dedicated coal export facility, in Queensland, Australia, from North Queensland Bulk Ports.

Attendees at the March 31 Pulse of the Ports meeting in Long Beach saw a stark demonstration of what terminal operators believe is the cause of congestion at the port complex.

Caterpillar, a major global manufacturer of industrial, agricultural and transportation equipment including for trucking and rail markets, said it is "experiencing sporadic production disruptions at m

Two New York-New Jersey dockworkers have been sentenced after pleading guilty to submitting fraudulent time sheets for hours they didn’t work.

The Port of Los Angeles in the coming decade will spend more than $3 billion to deepen its access channel, expand marine terminals, add on-dock rail capacity and improve traffic flow through street an

Shanghai will expand the offshore Yangshan Deep Water Port as part of a plan to enhance the port services industry during the 12th Five-Year Plan, the city's port authority said Tuesday.

The Port of Long Beach Tuesday welcomed the newest trans-Pacific container line, Grand China Logistics, which is entering the increasingly competitive trade lane between China and the U.S.