International ports

“Currently, all of India’s transshipment traffic gets handled in Colombo, Singapore and other international ports," the government said.

The introduction of cross docking at Tecon Santos will create savings for shippers using the terminal.

The sale, which was agreed in April, hit a hitch last week after Cosco raised concerns that the Greek government had changed the terms of the deal.

“This acquisition reflects our confidence in the Danish market and our goal to expand our Scandinavia profile,” said Joe Nicklaus Nielsen, vice president and head of port Investments at APM Terminals.

Shippers at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust are preparing for another service levy as India’s biggest container handler rolls out more ease-of-doing-business initiatives.

India is prioritizing dozens of last mile port-rail connectivity projects to speed up cargo evacuation and help address chronic landside congestion problems at its ports.

When the U.S. ban on trade with Cuba is lifted, plans are in place to transform Cuba’s Mariel container terminal into a major transshipment hub that would serve Gulf of Mexico ports.

Fast growing apparel trade is keeping South Asia container volumes well above the global average.

The port of Tanjung Pelepas is planning billions of investments to aid in its quest to become a premiere Southeast Asia transshipment hub.

Shippers using South America's busiest containe port dodged two bullets.

A new market friendly government in Brazil is keen to get U.S. investment for infrastructure.

There are no reports of disruption at Europe’s three largest container ports Friday as the SOLAS rule took effect.

China Cosco Shipping says the Greek government is not living up to its side of the bargain in the deal they struck for the port of Piraeus.

Truck turn times at Cochin Port should improve greatly because of a new technological initiative rolled out by the port authority.

Berth congestion at the Port of Yangon has eased, but congestion in container yards remains a serious problem.

Shippers and ocean carriers using Bangladesh’s main gateway port of Chittagong have been battling heavy congestion for the past few weeks.

Cosco Shipping Panama on Sunday made the first commercial transit of the Panama Canal’s new locks.

The larger locks of the Panama Canal open on Sunday, but what impact will they have on global trade and container shipping?

The 2M Alliance plans to shift one of their Asia-to-U.S. East Coast services to the newly expanded Panama Canal.

Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service is investigating the country’s leading terminal operators over price-fixing allegations.

Antwerp Port Authority announced the appointment of the previous head of Belgium’s national electrical company as its new chief executive officer.

The projects are part of a long-term government program to more than double the country’s overall port capacity.

The port of Rotterdam will introduce a “paperless” transfer of containers between its major terminals.

DP World is upgrading its Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal, or NSIGT, at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

The Port of Hamburg suffered a setback after European Union envoys agreed to extend sanctions on Russia.

A coordinated effort, coupled with rail upgrades and gate automation, is driving significant benefits for shippers using terminals at Chennai Port.

Container throughput at China’s top ports stayed positive in May.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, India’s biggest public container handler, which experienced heavy congestion for much of last year, is turning things around.

Liberia’s Port of Monrovia implemented a new port navigation system.

More draft restriction due to a lack of dredging is preventing three marine terminals at the Brazilian port of Santos from handling fully loaded 9,000-TEU ships.

Reliable partners are key to shipper success.

Chennai Port has overcome much of its access problems that have contributed to long truck queues.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust said unscheduled gate closings by private terminals in India’s busiest container harbor have added to congestion.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is intensely focusing on productivity improvements.

A new port at Anaklia will be able to handle the ships that Georgia's top ports of Poti and Batumi cannot.

A new Panama Canal container route to the U.S. Gulf from Asia will replace and build on an intermodal rail service that Maersk Line launched via Mexico.

Chennai shippers who have long been subjected to major cargo delays amid landside bottlenecks may soon see improvements.

Shareholders of Greece’s Piraeus Port Authority approved a concession agreement with Cosco Shipping Group.

The port of Liverpool will offer container weighing services to help its customers comply with a new international regulation that comes into effect on July 1.

Russia’s containerized trade is recovering after a bruising from Western economic sanctions and low oil prices.