North American ports

Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is predicted to rise 2.7 percent in April compared with the same month last year, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials brace for the impact of...

Newer engines and cleaner fuels have helped reduce total pollutants from port equipment and trucks, according to an air emissions inventory commissioned by the South Carolina Ports Authority.

In 2012, total general cargo tonnage at the Port of New Orleans rose 8.6 percent year-over-year to 7.55 million tons, marking the third straight year of tonnage gains.

Deborah Ale Flint, Port of Oakland’s acting executive director, will join the California state trade mission to China, which will be led by California’s Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and coordinated by the Bay Area Council.

The Port of Seattle has joined Green Marine, a voluntary environmental program for the maritime industry in North America.

The Port of Stockton’s seven-member board of commissioners in California has elected Stephen Griffen as chairman. He was also re-elected to the board by Stockton City Council members.

Cargo volumes at West Coast ports surged in February, creating a feeling of optimism that 2013 could turn out to be better than originally anticipated.

The Port of Los Angeles’s 10-year Main Channel Deepening Project has been completed.

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Port of Oakland staff has provided a progress update on revisions to policy pertaining to members of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners, including corrective steps to promote accountability.

Georgia’s state legislature has approved funding an additional $50 million for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.

The South Carolina Ports Authority and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control have extended their air quality partnership through 2018.

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.

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.

The Massachusetts Port Authority has named Jose Masso director of community relations and Jim Doolin chief development officer.

Long Beach and Los Angeles must work harder than ever if they want to retain their position as the nation’s largest port complex, speakers at the annual Pulse of the Ports seminar in Long Beach said Wednesday.

The Georgia Ports Authority reported total cargo moved in February was 2.27 million tons, rising 147,650 tons, or 6.9 percent from February 2012.

After review applicants, the Port of Seattle’s commission today announced the finalists for a vacancy created by Rob Holland’s resignation.

The attempt by private infrastructure investors to cash in on future revenue at the Port of Virginia ended Tuesday when the state agency that runs the port decided that two private bidders had not offered enough to replace the money the state stood to make if it held onto the container terminals.

Demonstrating the importance of intermodal rail to Southern California, the Port of Long Beach on Tuesday broke ground on an $84 million project to add tracks and a support yard for on-dock rail operations.

The American Association of Port Authorities’ board of directors has elected Tay Yoshitani, CEO of the Port of Seattle, as chairman.

The Virginia Port Authority’s board of commissioners turned down two bids to buy the leases of the ports’ container terminals and voted instead to restructure its operating company and overhaul the port’s long-term strategy.

Representatives from Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish Economic Development Authority and the Port of Terrebonne have determined that liquefied natural gas will offer a “huge opportunity” for exportation for regional Gulf Coast ports...

Port Everglades has announced that Guatemala is a key target market for the South Florida port.

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union have sent a joint letter to U.S. Sens. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and other officials...

The Port of New Orleans’ board of commissioners has notified AECOM Technical Services to begin the design of the port’s new Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal Project.

The 2013 shipping season at the Port of Duluth-Superior in Minnesota, on the western edge of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system, has kicked off.

U.S. Reps. Janice Hahn, D-Calif., and Ted Poe, R-Texas, co-founders of the bipartisan PORTS Caucus, were presented with the American Association of Port Authorities “Port Person of the Year” award at the association’s annual spring conference in Washington.

The Port of New Orleans is seeking private funds to help complete its planned $580 million Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal expansion, the Thibodaux Daily Comet reports.

Container volume handled by the Port of Charleston jumped 11 percent year-over-year in February to 131,634 20-foot-equivalent units.

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners has approved hiring a new Social Responsibility Division director and a new chief technology officer.

Container lines’ rapid exit from intermodal chassis ownership is spawning several equipment supply models that emphasize flexibility and a larger role for lessors and truckers.

The Port of Long Beach today reported that container traffic in February jumped 36.6 percent year-over-year to 530,967 20-foot-equivalent units.

The Port of Stockton, Calif., has selected SSA Marine to manage its terminal for the new M-580 Highway Corridor service.

Skirmishes are popping up from coast to coast in the battle over whether port drayage owner-operators should be classified as independent contractors or company employees.

The Port of Virginia reported container traffic was 169,390 20-foot-equivalent units in February, an increase of 12,340 TEUs, or 7.9 percent, compared with 157,050 TEUs in the same month last year.

The Port of Corpus Christ, Texas, and regional partners have secured voestalpine as a partner at the La Quinta Trade Gateway.

The president of the Seattle Port Commission said the commissioners voted themselves a hefty pay raise on Tuesday so they will be better able to carry out their mission, which is to develop trade and manufacturing and “grow economic opportunity” for King County.

The attempt to privatize the Port of Wilmington, Del., has foundered on the rocks of local port business and labor opposition.