Port News

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.

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.