Port News

The west coast hosts three dominant private, or minor, container facilities that compete with JNPT.

Authorities on Tuesday removed the height restriction on certain ships going under the Bayonne Bridge in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Seattle-Tacoma focuses on efficient terminal operations to provide their edge in competition with Vancouver and Prince Rupert for market share.

Under the agreement, the French carrier’s subsidiary CMA Terminals will operate the facility for 15 years.

Installation of the new Tideworks Technology system at San Juan follows the rollout of the system last September at Crowley’s Port Everglades, Florida terminal.

There are signs potential negative effects of the new alliances on transshipment and tariffs may be overstated, according to the CEO of HPH Trust.

A consortium of seven labor federations had earlier served notice of a nationwide strike from April 19, but later agreed to defer the action until May 12.

The total value of the deal amounts to 1.1 billion euros.

Traffic at the port has doubled in five years.

The sold numbers come as other China government data indicates an improved trade and general economic environment.

For the first time, Savannah has more weekly trans-Pacific alliance services than the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Mobile officials had been seeking a North Europe service.

The battle for market share in India's northwestern hinterland will heat up further in the coming months.

The move is seen as another step in an ongoing campaign to reform the country's port and shipping network.

New Delhi’s interest in Trincomalee could be a response to China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean.

The fight underscores how explosive the petition is becoming.

Competition among ports in the region is heating up.

Terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey will mark Earth Day by using low emissions yard tractors and cargo-handling equipment.

Overall throughput increased 1.5 percent.

The largest cranes at the ports of Kobe and Osaka can now serve ships with 22 rows and 18 rows of containers, respectively.

Shippers and logistics operators at recent conferences didn't expect a massive capacity crunch to follow the rollout of an electronic logging mandate this year, but truckers warned there will be an impact.

If negotiations fail, it would be the second nationwide stoppage at major ports in two years.

Former Long Beach harbor commissioner and current FMC member will return to Southern California to become executive director of Port of Long Beach.

The operator of the Port of New York and New Jersey’s first ever terminal gate appointment program is expanding the 4-month-old pilot initiative.

The northeast Brazilian port of Suape is seeking developers of what could become the country’s most valued container terminal.

Container traffic at the port of Rotterdam grew 8.8 percent in the first three months of the year, the biggest ever quarterly increase.

Seattle and Tacoma are operating more efficiently and profitably since they formed the Northwest Seaport Alliance.

“I’m trying to think of a greenfield project right now that someone is actually building or financing, and I can’t think of one.”

Forward Air has expanded its US Midwest-focused drayage footprint to the Southeast.

The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund will announce the winner at the next meeting of its directors.

Unions are protesting a reform of major port trusts through new legislation dubbed the Major Ports Authority Bill 2016.

Repurposing port properties for anciliary services helps Oakland to curb congestion.

Eurogate raised fears that the German terminals’ competitive position is being threatened by delays to infrastructure projects.

The goal, critical to government efforts to cut logistics costs and lift port productivity, had seemed unattainable.

DP World took over the operation and management of Sokhna from a group of private investors in 2008.

“Yes, there is more money needed for it, but if we’re truly looking for projects that will have a meaningful payback to the nation, this is the project.”

APM Terminals Pipavav has struggled of late as some mainline carriers have dropped calls.

Turning Mariel into a major transshipment or transit port would require changes in US restrictions.

Footwear importers encounter logistics challenges as they source outside of China.