Port News

Supply chain bottlenecks that have long been a drag on growth at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust are rapidly easing.

Spanish dockers have threatened a fresh wave of strikes.

Recommendations highlight the unique requirements of mega-ships and the complexity of bringing them to berth.

DP World said investment in the port could reach $442 million.

Indian authorities and labor federations are inching toward an agreement that would avert threatened work stoppages.

US Gulf ports are angling for a share of the increased exports, and shippers of cotton and other commodities worry resins will absorb limited container and ship capacity.

New Panama Canal services from Asia are helping to fuel steady growth in Gulf ports’ single-digit share of US containerized imports.

The industry is mulling two ways to make the extended-gates program at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex more effective.

The vote will come just after Atlantic Container Line, a customer since the 1960s, told JOC.com that it might be forced to quit Gothenburg.

HHLA got off to a good start in 2017.

US East Coast ports are reporting a few of the operational hiccups their West Coast counterparts experienced via the new and enhanced global shipping alliances.

APM Terminals-operated Pipavav Port booked slightly lower volumes in the last fiscal year.

APM Terminals has announced a partial six-week lockout at its Gothenburg terminal, ratcheting up a year-long dispute at Scandinavia’s largest container hub.

“But with the size of vessels being cascaded over to ECSA trades rising almost annually, we had to find a solution to this increase in size.”

The global terminal operating arm of the Maersk Group also said it lost services in the alliance reshuffle.

JNPT's program to ease congestion and lower logistics costs had its best month ever in April.

Disruption from the new carrier alliances just now being felt at West Coast ports and could begin as early as next week on the East Coast.

A free container database shows how the sharing of electronic information can help the supply chain from BCOs to marine terminals.

Near double-digit growth in imports makes April the highest growth month in a year.

Container volumes at major ports surged in the first month of fiscal year 2017 to 2018.

The value of recently shunned Panamax container ships is growing faster than other vessel sizes.

One of the injured workers sustained a broken arm and a broken leg.

Vancouver and Prince Rupert are increasing their terminal capacity and improving their cargo-handling efficiency as they look to take additional market share from US West Coast ports.

More accurate predictions on chassis demand are needed to reduce equipment dislocations at container terminals.

The expansion project will cost $80 million.

The move is a followup to a $1 billion investment plan DP World chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem announced during his visit to India in February 2016.

Currently, westbound trains can only be single-stacked because of the height limitations of the 121-year-old, 1.7-mile long Howard Street Tunnel.

The Manila-based infrastructure lender will complete a fact finding report on the request by the end of this month.

New port data compiled by JOC.com shows JNPT’s throughput in April surged 12.6 percent.

TRAC, Flexi-Van, and DCLI now operate competing pools that don’t share equipment.

The completion of the $1.6 billion elevation project will enable big ships at the nation’s third-largest port to reach three of its four main terminals.

Extending the ILWU contract into 2022 would guarantee BCOs labor peace on the West Coast for the next five years.

The port will temporarily suspend operations at all terminals on Monday because of a power outage meant for electrical upgrades in the harbor.

The strike hit Santos with “paralysis and dislocations.”

ILWU caucus Friday votes to take PMA proposal for a contract extension to a vote by the rank and file.

Twenty-two days of heavy fog during January and February weren't enough to stop growth at Port Houston.

"Port Klang will be the big loser as a result of the alliance shifts.”

“Every port will be on strike.”

Two recent announcements of Charleston-area transloading facilities show that resin producers are casting a wide net for ports.

The Dubai-based port operator handled 16.4 million TEU in the first three months of 2016.