Port News

Maersk Line postponed the effective date of its proposed congestion surcharge at West Coast ports until Feb. 14.

UPDATED: 4:15 EDT International Longshoremen’s Association officials broke off two days of scheduled negotiations on a local contract for New York-New Jersey dockworkers after objecting to employers’ proposed changes.

Federal, state and local officials recently celebrated the start of construction on a $1 billion, four-year project to replace the Gerald Desmond Bridge at the Port of Long Beach in California.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and the New York Shipping Association have resumed negotiations this week on a local contract including work rules in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Stockholm-based crane spreader manufacturer Bromma Conquip has received orders for 34 spreaders in 2013, which will be delivered to the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

Yantian International Container Terminals today handled its 100 millionth 20-foot-equivalent unit, a record achieved in less than 19 years.

Port Everglades has promoted David Anderton, seaport planning expert, to the newly created position of assistant director of strategic planning and development, according to Steven Cernak, the Florida port’s chief executive and port director.

Port Elizabeth in South Africa has received a delivery of two ship-to-shore cranes manufactured by IMPSA, which will be used to move 20-foot-equivalent and 40-foot-equivalent container units.

DP World’s Jebel Ali Port in the United Arab Emirates today celebrated the maiden visit of the world’s largest container ship, CMA CGM Marco Polo, a 16,020 20-foot-equivalent unit mega liner vessel.

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British port operator PD Ports has installed a new terminal operating system at Teesport’s container terminal.

West Coast container volumes in November declined 6 percent compared to November 2011, reflecting the impact the strike by office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach had on business at the ports.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and its employers are shifting their attention to work rules now that a deal on container royalties has averted an East and Gulf Coast dockworker strike.

Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc., ...

Nautilus International Holding has rebranded its cargo and cruise subsidiary companies Suderman Contracting Stevedores and Suderman Terminals as Metro Ports, Metro Cruise Services and Metro Shore Services, effective Jan. 1...

China Merchants will acquire a 23.5 percent stake in Port de Djibouti SA for $185 million.

Indian container port Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru) said trucks carrying export containers “without proper documents” are causing congestion.

UPDATED, 7 p.m. EDT, Friday The union and waterfront employers agreed to extend the ILA master contract through Feb. 6, preventing a threatened strike at ports from Maine to Texas.

The Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt and Dundalk public marine terminals will be open Saturday for the delivery and receipt of cargo if no agreement is reached...

Grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest notified the International Longshore and Warehouse Union that they will implement at 6 a.m. Thursday the employers’ final offer that was rejected by the union over the weekend.

Representatives of the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance have accepted a federal mediator’s invitation to meet this week in a last-ditch effort to head off an ILA strike at East and Gulf Coast ports.

Hapag-Lloyd is advising customers to avoid delivering reefer exports to inland locations...

East and Gulf Coast ports are clearing cargo from marine terminals in preparation for next week’s threatened dockworker strike as a negotiating standoff continues.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers in the Pacific Northwest are voting Friday and Saturday on a proposed grain handlers contract that could determine whether the dockworkers remain on the job or are locked out by international grain companies.

TT Club, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association, and cargo-handling association ICHCA International have published recommended safety standards for container yard...

The arrival of the Cosco Vancouver at the Port of Prince Rupert on Nov. 18 was a milestone at the 5-year-old port because the vessel carried the 500,000th container unit to be handled this year at the rapidly growing gateway 500 miles north of Vancouver.