Port News

Shippers have an opportunity to argue their case against detention and demurrage.

Hutchison Ports is poised to establish itself in the Black Sea.

The inability of mega-ships to enter and leave Hamburg fully loaded is affecting container throughput and could hurt the port's competitiveness.

The agreements bring the number of Hutchison Ports' terminal locations to 51 globally.

The port said it is in negotiations with an unnamed potential operator for the new Dames Point auto terminal.

Mundra represents as much as 90 percent of APSEZ’s container business.

One of the world’s largest container terminal operators is shifting its commercial strategy.

Hamburg's HHLA is the latest Europe port to post a strong increase in container throughput with 2017 shaping up as a good year.

“It’s a first step, but a critical first step.”

False logs are an "epidemic," and shippers are vulnerable, speakers tell the JOC Inland Distribution Conference. The latest federal data back them up.

“We need long-term planning.”

“The future is at hand.”

East and Gulf Coast ports through October grew their import volumes at more than double the pace of West Coast ports.

Compared with the approximately 3 percent increases of recent years, 2017 was a banner year.

A long-shot proposal has been floated to build a railroad that supporters say could make it quicker and cheaper to move cargo by land between Mexico’s Pacific and Gulf coasts than the Panama Canal.

Now that a West Coast longshore labor contract extension is in place through mid-2022, shippers are anxious for a similar deal to ensure continued labor peace on the East and Gulf coasts.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union-International Container Terminal Services, Inc. saga began in 2012.

International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance officials have been exploring a long-term extension for more than two years.

APM Terminal's Zeebrugge facility is now 76 percent owned by Cosco Shipping Ports.

India’s efforts to bring down cargo dwell times as part of a larger ease-of-doing-business program have yet to translate into steady improvements.

The settlement followed discussions between union leaders and government agencies Tuesday morning.

The terminal operating arm of the Maersk Group said challenging market conditions and industry overcapacity put pressure on profits.

DP World continues to target expansion in the Horn of Africa.

Hundreds of containers are stranded at the terminal and off-site yards.

North Carolina’ port hopes new Central American route will help make up volume loss after collapse of Hanjin Shipping.

Receita Federal (customs) officers in the port of Santos are escalating their slowdowns and strikes that began last week.

A jury convicted a general foreman and member of the International Longshoremen’s Association at the Port of New York and New Jersey of fraudulently collecting a salary of nearly $500,000 while infrequently going to work.

In his new role, Fitzgerald will lead MCI’s 5,000 employees at three container manufacturing sites and a research and development center.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Nov. 2 approved new zero and near-zero emission guidelines.

The 2017 Clean Air Action Plan that the ports adopted this week is an environmental document that will guide investment decisions by terminal operators and motor carriers in Southern California for the next 20 years.

The specific details of the settlement were not immediately available.

Container volume declines continue at APM Terminals-operated Pipavav Port.

Double stacking trains is more efficient than single stacking trains and increases the capacity and the economies of scale of each train.

Houston is adjusting operations and investing heavily in infrastructure to meet heightened competition for US resin exports.

Latest Teamsters organizing effort focuses on changing owner-operator model and federal pollution rules governing ports.

The port in late 2016 teamed up with GE Transportation to develop a single window through which port users can access the information they need to carry out their roles in the supply chain.

Graef helped establish CPG in 1971.

The Charleston dredging project has proceeded quickly through a series of milestones since the corps recommended the deepening in 2010.

“The work stoppage is a major setback for the project.”

Chittagong port truckers on Sunday called off a 48-hour strike.