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Rendering of Middle Harbor project in Long Beach
 
01 Apr 2013
West Coast ports have developed business plans to enhance their competitiveness, with the common theme being construction of port and transportation infrastructure that will make the West Coast the most efficient gateway for international intermodal cargo.
Port of Los Angeles, ship docked
 
01 Apr 2013
U.S. West Coast ports handled 13.1 million 20-foot-equivalent units or 67.5 percent of the 19.4 million TEUs in U.S. containerized cargo trade with Asian countries in 2012, a decline of 0.3 percent year-over-year and just 0.5 percent above the pre-recession year of 2008.
 
20 Mar 2013
The Shanghai International Service Center has ranked the top 100 container terminals with the greatest potential for development in 2012, based on three indicators...
 
14 Mar 2013
Global port throughput increased only 4.8 percent in 2012, lower than 7.3 percent in 2011 and 14 percent in 2010, reflecting a worsening economic environment and decreases in international shipping and trade volume, according Shanghai International Shipping Institute’s Global Port Development Report 2012.