Port News

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is ramping up its productivity efforts as the battle for market share in India’s northwestern hinterland intensifies.

Hapag-Lloyd joins group of carriers that charge for refrigerated container gensets.

The company did not provide details of volumes handled at its individual terminals.

The strong showing may reflect some additional business due to the resetting of the alliances, but is more likely a sign of the good trade performance by the overall economy over the past months.

The launch of the new BBC Euro-Gulf Express Line follows BBC’s addition this month of westbound capacity on its Mediterranean-America service.

The Swedish government is coming under increasing pressure to intervene in the year-long industrial dispute at APM Terminals Gothenburg.

More investment and greater productivity are welcome, but shippers are wary of higher rates.

Such a move already has support on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have been weighing options to strengthen Federal Maritime Commission safeguards against collusion among carriers in the world’s three major VSAs.

Growth in US containerized exports continues, but slows, despite uncertainties over the direction of US trade policy, a strong dollar, and growing competition.

The deal follows the official adoption earlier this year of an ambitious development plan for the port.

Labor actions have already caused delays at Santo marine terminals by putting thousands of containers in limbo because they can't be cleared.

Though two trans-Pacific services were added to the US Gulf last year, questions persist about whether there will be enough ship capacity to handle the resins exports demand.

Although the harbor drayage community has known about the clean-truck mandate since 2008, only 46 percent of the trucks that pick up and deliver containers in Seattle and Tacoma are compliant.

The union had suspended industrial action in hope of cutting a deal with APM Terminals.

The plan was announced during an official ceremony held on Friday to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the port’s opening.

“Anything that puts restrictions on the largest vessels coming into Hong Kong impacts Hong Kong’s competitiveness.”

Roughly $4.6 billion is needed at East and Gulf coast ports to remedy pinch points in harbor infrastructure.

Legislation would let resin exporters load additional cargo into containers.

“We’re angry that the port authority is acting like a real estate broker instead of trying to help the industry.”

New York-New Jersey port officials and the major container lines are trying again to convince US federal maritime regulators to allow them to discuss a contentious per-container charge.

The growth of these ports is coming at the expense of the two largest US gateways.

Although vessels of more than 9,000 TEU have called at Santos, they have not been as long as the Hyundai Loyalty.

Nearly half of the fastest-growing North American ports were outside the United States.

Container shipping stakeholders are pressing the Hong Kong government to adjust the air draft clearance restriction of an iconic Hong Kong suspension bridge.

Shippers in Brazil are facing cargo delays at all the main ports Tuesday and Wednesday.

The pilot project includes some of the biggest stakeholders at the largest US port.

In recent weeks some terminals have been struggling to handle a surge in new business.

“Bring your cargo, it’s going to be fine.”

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.