Port News

North Carolina State Ports Authority today named Jeffrey E. Miles as its new deputy executive director for operations, by Tom Bradshaw, executive director.

The Maryland Port Administration and the Estonian Port of Tallinn signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 7 to increase maritime business opportunities for both ports.

Port Metro Vancouver Vancouver is facing a problem not unknown in the industry: truck moves in and out of its terminals during the day are creating growing congestion. But it’s not easy transitioning that traffic to nighttime gates because many truckers and cargo receivers only work during the day.

Expectations that exports will lead the U.S. economic recovery are increasing the burden on exporters and freight forwarders to update their internal compliance programs to abide by commercial regulations and security requirements.

The largest ship in the Port of Mobile’s history called at its APM Terminals Mobile facility today, the Alabama State Port Authority reported.

Container terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey have resumed cargo operations while cleanup and repairs continue in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Research professor Asaf Ashar suggests a network of pure transshipment ports served by nonstop shuttles using big ships that would connect with feeder services.

The Argentinian ambassador to the United States is optimistic that the decade-long U.S. ban on lemons from his country will end next year.

Bechtel today announced that the Research on the Passing Effects of Ships project, a global research initiative led by the construction and engineering company that will set new international guidelines...

UK port group Associated British Ports today announced that after six years as chief executive, Peter Jones will retire at the end of March 2013.

Container terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey will be open Tuesday, Nov. 6 — normally a longshoremen’s holiday for election day — as recovery efforts from Hurricane Sandy continue.

After a brutal summer that saw exports to Asia soften and freight rates deteriorate steadily, trans-Pacific cargo volumes began to pick up in early October.

The Port of Rotterdam reported cargo throughput was 332.60 million tons during the first nine months of 2012, an increase of 1.7 percent from last year’s 326.90 million tons during the same period.

The U.S. Coast Guard reopened channels in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey on Friday for all commercial vessels....

Transportation and warehousing employment increased 2.2 percent in October from a year ago, but was essentially flat from the previous month.

Canadian motor carriers, cargo interests and marine terminal operators at Port Metro Vancouver are struggling with a capacity issue during the widely used daytime shift.

The container terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey suffered major damage on Monday night when the tidal surge driven by Hurricane Sandy flooded the facilities.

The Port of New York and New Jersey remained closed on Wednesday, while all other ports in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic reopened by Wednesday morning following the passage of Hurricane Sandy.

The signing by the U.S. Army Corps of the Record of Decision for the long-delayed Savannah Harbor Expansion Project is expected to give the port a leg up in its battle to preserve its place as the largest container port in the U.S. South Atlantic.