Delaware

Delaware

Hurricane Michael track.
Hurricane Michael delivers suckerpunch to Southeast US shippers
11 Oct 2018
Storm damage reached from Florida into the Carolinas on Thursday and severed the I-10 east-west route. The likely outcome is higher costs and lengthy detours.
Port of Wilmington, Delaware.
Gulftainer plan to quintuple Wilmington, Delaware, port
10 Oct 2018
Gulftainer has big plans for its Wilmington, Delaware facility. And although port competition abounds, if lower costs and a quick rail or truck trip from Delaware to the New York-Washington, DC hinterlands ensue, shippers would no doubt take notice.
Port of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia ILA mulls coastwide contract withdrawal to check non-ILA terminals
18 May 2018
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has been battling non-ILA competition at Delaware River terminals for more than two decades. Jim Paylor, president of Local 1566, said non-ILA unions have kept down wages, among other ramifications.
A container ship.
Gulftainer expansion plan for Wilmington port advances
20 Apr 2018
Shippers looking for an alternative East Coast terminal through which to send container cargo may soon have the option of an expanded facility in Wilmington, Delaware, which is 30 miles closer to the sea than Philadelphia.
Port of Wilmington.
Trump asked to review Gulftainer lease of Delaware port
12 Apr 2018
US Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, R-Calif., has asked the Trump administration to block Gulftainer from acquiring a 50-year concession at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware, in the latest of a series of controversies over foreign investments in US ports.
Holt's Packer terminal, port of Philadelphia
Delaware River ports seek to capitalize on growing volumes
26 Aug 2015
Dredging of the 102.5-mile river channel to 45 feet is just one of many projects under way as Philadelphia and other Delaware River ports build new terminals that can handle various cargoes or rev up long-postponed plans for new terminals.
Chiquita
Chiquita, Port of Wilmington ink five-year extension
15 Jul 2014
A new five-year deal will keep Chiquita in Delaware until 2019.
Dole Agrees to Stay at Delaware’s Port of Wilmington
16 Aug 2013
The Diamond State Port Corp., operator of Delaware’s Port of Wilmington, and Dole Foods have reached an agreement in principle by which Dole will continue to use the Port of Wilmington...
A dredge vessel works to deepen the Delaware River’s main channel during the early phases of the Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project.
Delaware River Dredging About 60 Percent Complete
13 Jun 2013
The Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project is now about 60 percent finished, following the completion of Reach D, an 11-mile stretch of the Delaware River’s main shipping channel in Delaware...
CAD Import signs lease at Twin Spans Business Park.
CAD Import Adds Facility to Enter Export Business
28 Mar 2013
CAD Import has signed a three-year lease with landlord Gedric DE for 27,000 square feet of space within Twin Spans Business Park in New Castle, Del.