Port News

Maryland’s Gov. Martin O’Malley reported that the Port of Baltimore’s public and private marine terminals handled a record 36.8 million tons of cargo in 2012, valued at an all-time high of $54 million.

For a second time, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied environmental groups’ request to block construction on the Port Mackenzie Rail Extension, a 32-mile rail link connecting the main line of the Alaska Railroad with...

The Port of Los Angeles has named Janna Sidley as general counsel, effective March 4.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and employers have set a new March 8 deadline for negotiation of local contracts that supplement a coastwide master agreement covering dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports.

Busan Port Authority has been designated by South Korea’s government as an autonomous public enterprise.

China Dredging Group, through its subsidiary Fujian Xing Gang Port Service; Merchant Supreme, through its subsidiary Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group; and China Growth Equity Investment have approved...

Brazilian port workers have agreed to delay their planned strike until March 15 to negotiate with government changes in MP (provisional measure) Ports.

Brazilian firm Triunfo Participações e Investimentos reported container traffic in January was 49,414 20-foot-equivalent units, increasing 9.6 percent year-over-year from 45,102 TEUs.

The Jacksonville Port Authority board of directors has voted unanimously to inform the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Jaxport will pursue a harbor deepening project by supplying additional local investment.

Ship agents at the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), India, are protesting a tariff revision proposal that could substantially push up costs for container vessels calling at the country’s largest box gateway.

Port of Tacoma reported container volume in January rose 36 percent year-over-year from 109,170 20-foot-equivalent units in 2012 to 148,707 TEUs in 2013.

The Port of Los Angeles has released a draft port master plan for public review and input through April 8.

After building the nation’s largest terminals and dredging the deepest harbors, West Coast ports are facing a problem they are not used to — overcapacity.

Ed Fast, Canada’s minister of international trade and minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway; Robin Silvester, president and CEO of Port Metro Vancouver; and other terminal and railway partners have applauded the construction of the South Shore Corridor Project at Port Metro Vancouver.

The Port of San Diego is planning its next steps for shore power at Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal.

The Port of Tauranga, New Zealand, reported container volume in the last six months of 2012 was 431,840 20-foot-equivalent units, jumping 25.5 percent year-over-year from 344,081 TEUs.

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has approved a resolution initiating an environmental impact statement and report on a proposed berth and wharf improvement project by Yusen Terminals.

The National Retail Federation has applauded the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit and the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employees Association for...

NYK Group Americas has named W. Patrick Burgoyne as president and CEO of its subsidiary Ceres Terminals, effective April 1.

Port Metro Vancouver in British Columbia has introduced its Smart Fleet trucking strategy, a three-year action plan to improve the efficiency and reliability of the container truck sector and reinforce the port’s...

Gulftainer recorded a 24 percent increase in trade volume in 2012 compared with 2011.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services said it will add a weekly call at the Port of Cochin, India, in March to its independent Asia-Med-Europe Service, known as the AME service.

In 2013, Terex Port Solutions will supply 17 Terex NSC 624 E sprinter carriers to Global Container Terminals for its operations in Bayonne, N.J.

The Maritime Employers Association and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 375 have signed a six-year collective agreement...

Container terminals in India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) remained closed on Thursday as local dockworkers continued to participate in a 48-hour nationwide general strike called by major trade unions.

The criminal Court of First Instance in Rabat, Morocco, has sentenced trade union leaders Said Elhairech and Mohamed Chamchati each to two and a half years of imprisonment.

An aging population in the U.S., a shift in manufacturing from China to Southeast Asia and Mexico, and competition from ports on the East Coast and Canada’s Pacific Coast are forcing West Coast ports to become more efficient in order to protect their cargo base.

The Port of Nagoya in central Japan overtook Narita International Airport near Tokyo to become the biggest export hub among the nation’s airports and seaports for the first time last year in terms of value, according to figures from Tokyo Customs and Nagoya Customs.

Gulf Intermodal Services has promoted Linda Johnson to regional vice president of the New Orleans office, Jim Gillis to regional vice president of the Houston office and Saul Ramirez to...

Port Metro Vancouver in British Columbia handled a record 2.7 million 20-foot-equivalent units in 2012, rising 8 percent year-over-year.

Three years ago, Amway, the U.S. direct sales giant, began shifting most production of its 1,700 different household products overseas, where 90 percent of its $11.3 billion in revenue come from.

The Port of Mobile is positioning itself to become a gateway for Gulf Coast container traffic to and from the U.S. Midwest and mid-South in the next two years as it starts construction this year on a $36 million intermodal container transfer facility next to its main container terminal.