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US retailers are expecting US import volumes to hit record levels in the coming months.

In the United States, there was basically one chassis model from the beginning of containerization in the 1950s until 2009.

Thilawa has become an important maritime gateway for Myanmar.

The end-to-end transport solution introduced in conjunction with rail operator Container Corporation of India (Concor) includes all cargo processes.

The fuel does not require any modification to vessels and emits 25 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than standard marine fuel.

The future of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad has been a top concern of port officials and businesses for nearly two years.

Volume reached a new monthly high of 47,000 TEU in May.

The move comes amid a diplomatic row between Qatar and four of its neighbors.

The Seattle-Tacoma alliance will purchase an additional four cranes to enable its ports to better handle mega-ships.

The new low-profile gantry cranes cost a total of $41.4 million and come with an option for the port to purchase an additional three cranes anytime within five years.

The port forecasts traffic will grow to 339,000 TEU by 2019 and 2020.

Chennai’s rail share in the first two fiscal months was slightly higher than that in the same period of 2016.

The guilty ruling allows shippers impacted by the practices to seek financial compensation from the stevedores via Russian courts.

Portland has been without weekly container services since 2015.

“We can’t control the economy worldwide, but we can grow our market share in a down world economy.”

The strikes follow months of slowdown.

The agreement calls for an investigation into the possibility of establishing a rail connection between the two ports.

The country’s 12 major ports together handled 1.5 million TEU during April and May.

The new scheme is part of the Japanese government’s efforts to increase the country’s annual exports of agricultural.

Shippers could face losses that run into tens of millions of dollars.

More drayage companies at the Port of New York and New Jersey are buying their own chassis or signing long-term leases to avoid the difficulty of rental pools.

The Panama Canal Authority plans to implement a reduced toll schedule for Atlantic-to-Pacific backhauls.

The slowing volume trend comes as JNPT looks to reach throughput of 4.8 million TEU in the current fiscal year.

The two ports rank among Japan's top 10.

The Hambantota project is one of several Chinese backed ports in the Indian Ocean.

The Port of Philadelphia by the end of the year could be hosting ships of up to 14,400 TEU.

The first phase of the development includes an 800-meter (2,625 feet) berth and a 131-acre container yard with a capacity of 1 million TEU.

The union last week canceled five of eight days of planned strikes between May 24 and June 9.

“Unfortunately, we do not expect any great change in the situation in the coming two weeks.”

Truck turn times at Seattle’s largest container terminal ranged from one hour to as much as one day.

The biggest beneficiary has been Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

DP World will soon take control of the 1.3-million-TEU capacity Embraport terminal.

Throughput volume at the world's major gateways has been so strong in the first quarter that analyst Alphaliner has revised upwards its forecast for 2017.

Indian Shipping and Transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday kicked off an array of connectivity-related infrastructure projects at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

The facility was slated to become one of the largest container terminals in sub-Saharan Africa.

The opening of the elevated Bayonne Bridge in June is likely to bring change.

The drop widened the gap between the German port and its top rivals.

Prior to the collapse of the national shipping line, Busan was poised to supplant Hong Kong in global port rankings.

The North American Chassis Pool Cooperative (NACPC) already provides premium pools in the Ohio Valley, Savannah, and Houston.

Ports with newly green-lighted projects praised the Corps action.