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The subject of a contract extension was first raised in March 2015 at the JOC’s annual TPM Conference.

Port CEO Brandy Christian called the agreement a “win-win”.

Local shipping sources also told JOC.com that truck lines leading to the terminal have now shortened considerably.

Shippers are shouldering the cost of a sudden and often unexplained increase in unpaid tolls racked up by independent drayage drivers.

The opening of the new locks in June 2016 shifted the competitive advantage back to the Panama Canal.

Portland will have a better idea of the types of container business it can attract back to the port by year-end.

APMT Mumbai is the largest facility in Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

“The latest dock and gantry cranes will be put into service in the coming weeks so that operations can start rapidly.”

China Merchants Port Holdings also owns and operates Colombo International Container Terminal.

The projects would allow shipments to avoid routes that are routinely highly congested, and can take hours to complete on a bad day.

The flagship United Arab Emirates terminals boosted first half traffic by 4.3 percent to 7.7 million TEU.

Negotiations between JNPT officials and other stakeholders are said to be in progress to resolve the impasse.

The key Brazilian port of Santos’ efforts to bounce back from draft restrictions were set back this week.

The indictment charged Moe was paid even during trips to Aruba and Florida and while engaging in other off-terminal activities.

The market share gains came even as Brazilian coffee exports fell.

Grosman began his career at Bain & Company.

Port officials told JOC.com they aim to use the new CSX Transportation double-stack rail service to win importers and exporters using ports in other states.

Robust demand is expected to push US poultry export volume higher this year.

When it comes to poultry, the Port of Savannah has plenty to crow about.

Pacific Northwest ports believe the true competitive edge will come from faster cargo velocity at the terminals.

Europe’s leading ocean container hub handled 6.7 million TEU in the first six months of 2016.

An analysis of April-to-June productivity statistics shows GTI has steadily outperformed its rivals in the port complex.

Hutchison said it continues to be impacted by ongoing structural consolidation within the container shipping industry and a consequent rationalization of services.

Clean-air update would result in estimated $7 billion to $14 billion in extra costs in Los Angeles-Long Beach while expanding even further the ports' leading emissions reductions among US ports.

The congestion appears to be worsening.

APM Terminal (APMT) in the Port of New York and New Jersey says it will have mostly recovered from the cyber attack on Maersk by the end of the week.

Total throughput increased 2.8 percent to 111.4 million metric tons.

Several changes seemingly had a positive impact on Chennai’s productivity levels in the last month.

A 13,200 TEU vessel that is the largest ever to enter the Port of New York and the US East Coast passed under the newly-elevated Bayonne Bridge Monday afternoon.

Terminal consolidation on the US West Coast is set to be much slower than carrier consolidation.

The deep-water Liverpool2 facility is capable of accommodating the world’s largest container vessels and connects road, rail, and canal networks linking directly to the heart of the UK mainland.

The shuttering of many plants for three weeks and more, opposed to the traditional break of one or two weeks, bodes poorly for the country’s third-largest export and its second-largest import.

In its tight competition with Paranagua for the title of chicken export capital of the world, Itajai will need to be able to handle larger tonnage if it is to succeed.

On a year-to-date basis, throughput at the top 10 Chinese ports reached 70.4 million TEU.

Equipment providers in Southern California anticipate a relatively uneventful peak season this year in the largest US port complex.

Despite some terminals being seriously affected by the Maersk Group cyber security breach, from a global perspective the impact was short lived.

The largest facility in Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is gearing up to host the first vessel from an intra-Asia service recently introduced by a consortium.

The pledge comes as Maersk Line recognizes concern among shippers at booking containers with the carrier while it limps back to a business-as-usual state.

LA-LB container terminals are handling alliance changes and the recent APMT cyber attack with only minor glitches, so truckers are confident they will handle peak-season volumes without significant congestion.

Neither Codesp, nor CPSP could say when the full draft would be restored.