Top 25 North American Ports

The Port of Oakland is urging truckers to apply for roughly $65 million in state funding to update their trucks.

The legislation is the latest event in the ongoing, bitter dispute between the commission and the New York Shipping Association and the International Longshoremen’s Association.

On a percentage basis, 2017 was one of the strongest increases registered since the end of the Great Recession.

New Jersey's new governor is a big union supporter, which could help the ILA in its fight against the Waterfront Commission.

Beneficial cargo owners see the advantage of warehouse space closer to the port, but that locale is not without a downside.

Concerning automation and related technological changes, even moderate productivity gains, combined with reliability and low labor costs, can be very appealing, says a marine engineer/port planner.

Petrochemical producers have invested tens of billions of dollars into Gulf Coast plants that are starting to enter production and that are expected to substantially boost annual US resin exports.

The Teamsters said it hopes the vote will lay the groundwork for other victories in the union’s uphill, decade-long effort to organize US port drayage.

In addition to making life easier for port users regarding day-to-day operations information, the portal is also targeting predictive capabilities to enable the better allocation of resources and assets.

As vessels get bigger and cost reduction is increasingly a priority to carriers, terminal operators will be under growing pressure to make better use of the resources they have, a key global operations professional told JOC’s Port Performance North America Conference on Tuesday.

Beneficial cargo owners this week reported container dwell times as long as 15 days.

The ports and their stakeholders are using big data and data sharing to drive process improvements for trucker appointments, chassis management, and extended gate hours.

The union is prepared to avoid bargaining until the current coastwide contract expires on Sept. 30, 2018.

Hopes are are high among trade participants; shippers would be delighted if a long-term deal is struck, as it would support supply-chain certainty.

Quayside productivity is weaker on mega-ships, compared with midsize vessels, according to analysis of aggregated 2017 performance data from a selection of the world’s largest container ports.

The Port of Oakland Commission on Thursday is scheduled to take its second and final vote on the CenterPoint agreement.

“The future is at hand.”

International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance officials have been exploring a long-term extension for more than two years.

A jury convicted a general foreman and member of the International Longshoremen’s Association at the Port of New York and New Jersey of fraudulently collecting a salary of nearly $500,000 while infrequently going to work.

Houston is adjusting operations and investing heavily in infrastructure to meet heightened competition for US resin exports.

The port in late 2016 teamed up with GE Transportation to develop a single window through which port users can access the information they need to carry out their roles in the supply chain.

The Charleston dredging project has proceeded quickly through a series of milestones since the corps recommended the deepening in 2010.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Expediting cargo flow to reduce terminal congestion is a top priority for the largest US port complex.

Plastic resin exports are poised in 2017 to begin a multi-year surge in volume.

October was an especially strong month for Los Angeles-Long Beach.

A pilot project at the Port of Los Angeles will enable members of the supply chain to plan operations 10 to 14 days in advance of vessel arrival.

Mexico is surging ahead with the dramatic expansion of the Port of Veracruz in preparation for the trade increase expected from the country’s growing manufacturing base.

The Port of New York and New Jersey plans to create what it says will be the first state-of-the art crane training center at a port on the East Coast.

A solid performance by the Northwest Seaport Alliance in September and year to date indicates that Seattle and Tacoma may have regained regional market share from the Canadian ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert.

Negotiators for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association on Tuesday opened two days of talks on a possible extension of their coastwide contract.

As good as Los Angeles and Long Beach are in attracting strong demand, they must contend with the fractured nature of 15 million TEUs being spread out over 13 terminals.

Multiple calls by large vessels on certain days of the week, known as vessel bunching, are straining the equipment and labor resources at US ports and presenting a growing threat to productivity at container terminals.