Port News

Logistics impacts from flooding in Houston and other parts of southeast Texas continue to spread.

US exporters using West Coast ports are paying extra to work around shorter delivery windows.

Port development is picking up pace in Iraq.

Singamas returns to profitability as market sentiment improves and box orders flood in.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in 2016 were able to reduce emissions while handling more volume.

Oakland terminals get full complement of workers Saturday after ILWU Local 10 counter-demonstration is called off

“We need capacity to rise immediately.”

Auto manufacturers in Mexico are seeing strong demand from NAFTA and other trade partners.

Six container ships, an auto carrier, and a cruise ship are due to be worked on Saturday.

“Things have been streamlined and the private terminal is working normally.”

The Brazilian government has established a working group to explore the privatization of dredging operations and set a 90-day deadline.

The web-based platform appears to be the only one of its kind targeting empty capacity globally, whereas the other platforms are either within the United States or Europe.

Monthly traffic has doubled since May.

A dispute between dockworkers and management is in its second year and there is no solution in sight.

ILWU Local 10 will protest at conservative group's rally Saturday, but cargo-handling at Port of Oakland is expected to proceed as usual.

A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by ILA officials who challenged their subpoenas from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor after a Jan. 29, 2016 wildcat strike at the Port of New York and New Jersey.

This “cost-effective” means to transferring containers is used primarily for heavy shipments.

Arbitrator hearing to be held Wednesday involving ILWU picket line at Pasha terminal, where newly organized supervisors are negotiating a contract.

DP World Subcontinent told JOC.com that the freight buildup and long truck lines at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) have been caused by “external factors.”

Revenue was 9.6 percent higher at $2.3 billion.

The company said it is coordinating with all stakeholders in the supply chain on the disruption and interim alternative measures.

“Canada is a trading country.”

Vessels are now turning around faster and containers are spending less time in yards at India's two dominant container ports.

The Panama Canal has the same number of weekly loops as it did before its expansion.

Acquisition of UGL will help nationwide drayage operator build density, add services in Chicago and throughout region.

Growth at China’s top 20 container ports is gaining momentum.

Shippers are not worried about the higher rates.

The site, known as Parcel 14, is part of the port’s effort to expand its container and vehicle shipment business.

The landscape at many ports is changing rapidly.

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has doubled the penalty for containers kept in its yards past free time.

Valencia likely will slip to second place behind Algeciras in the second half of the year.

The port of Rotterdam has consolidated its position as Europe's leading container port after several years of sluggish growth.

As of Aug. 16, Port Everglades has replaced Miami on the TA1/NEUATL1.

“We are taking a gateway view.”

There were 12 vessels waiting to enter the port Friday morning.

Indian dockworker labor unions and the chief labor commissioner reached a tentative last-minute agreement Thursday, averting an Aug. 18 strike.

Port of Los Angeles and GE Transportation will expand their pilot program across the entire port to establish a single electronic platform through which port users can share shipment information in a secure environment.

After the new yard’s scheduled opening next July, the port authority will take over TLT’s current 14-acre site.

The stagnant traffic was also due to the delay in deepening the river Elbe.

The Freeport project comes as several polymer plants in Texas and Louisiana prepare by early 2018 to begin production.