Port News

Next February, Todd Lush will be among the first customers of a new marine highways venture by the Port of Stockton, Calif., when weekly container-on-barge service begins to the Port of Oakland.

James Devine says he isn’t trying to pick a fight with the International Longshoremen’s Association, but he may face one over plans to introduce labor-saving technology at an expanded Glob

The Port of Long Beach released the draft environmental impact report on a proposal to build a grain export facility at the Total Terminals International container terminal at Pier T.

A second major labor group announced its opposition Friday to plans by the Occupy movement to shut down the port on Monday.

Panalpina will create three regional CEO positions, with one chief position each for the divisions of Europe and the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific and the Americas, as the Swiss logistics group works

India's Port of Mumbai saw container traffic in November fall 12.7 percent year-over-year, while total tonnage rose 3.4 percent from same period a year ago.

Longshoremen and harbor truckers are preparing for possible disruptions on Monday when the Occupy movement intends to shut down West Coast ports on Dec. 12.

Environmental groups in Georgia and South Carolina filed an appeal with the South Carolina Administrative Law Court on Thursday challenging South Carolina’s approval of a dredging permit for the

Shortages of hard disk drives caused by the flood in Thailand will result in a shortfall of 3.8 million shipments exports of PCs in the first quarter of 2012, according to a new IHS forecast.

Dollar General says it will open 625 stores by the end of 2012, expand its offering of perishable goods and source more products from northern and western China.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 2012 plans to spend $345.9 million on seaport projects and another $15.2 million on work related to the planned elevation of the

Traffic through the Port of Hong Kong during the third quarter increased 2 percent year-over-year, but laden container throughput fell 5 percent from the

Demand for durable goods will fuel specialty resin demand growth more than 4 percent annually through 2016, and Northeast China will continue to be the largest consumer of nylon engineering resins, ac

Some 26,000 holders of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential may not be able to use their cards at an electronic reader because of an encoding error, the Transportation Security Administ

The Occupy movement has announced its schedules for marches as part of its attempt to shutdown West Coast ports on Dec.

Cardinal Health finished at the top of the Gartner 2011 Healthcare Supply Chain released Monday, gaining from the strong relations the company has with its customer base of pharmacies, hospitals and o

A new container-on-barge service between the ports of Stockton and Oakland, Calif., will give shippers the opportunity to save money by moving containers that are too heavy for highway transit, said S

The landlord of Indonesia’s largest port said it will quintuple container storage later this week to help reduce congestion.

Moving aggressively to block any efforts to shut down the port next week, the Port of Oakland is launchin

DP World plans to invest $850 million over the next three years to boost the capacity of its flagship container terminal at Jebel Ali in Dubai by more than 26 percent.

Panalpina launched two direct less-than-container load services between Taiwan and South Korea and Poland, as part of the Swiss logistics company’s long-term strategy to grow business on key

The waterfront arbitrator in Southern California ordered longshoremen back to work over the weekend, ruling they could not honor picket lines established by striking office clerical workers at marine

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union office clerical workers who are picketing four terminals in Los An

International Longshore and Warehouse Union office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach broke off contract talks and set up picket lines at four container terminals after 18 months of negotiatio

DHL Global Forwarding is offering shippers a new multi-modal service between China and Japan, which it says cuts costs by up to 60 percent compared to air freight options.

A New York-New Jersey terminal operator unveiled plans for labor-saving technology in an expansion set to open in 2014, but the president of the International Longshoremen’s Association said he&

Shipper and transportation groups are increasing pressure on Congress to avert a potential national rail stoppage, as the deadline for striking an agreement with two unions nears amid the peak holiday

This year’s container volume through the Port of New York and New Jersey is expected to be about 4 percent over last year’s 5.3 million twenty-foot-equivalent units, the port authority&rsq

Container volumes handled at West Coast ports in October declined 6 percent compared to October 2010, largely because of a 9 percent drop in imports, according to the Pacific Maritime Association

Hutchison Port Holdings signed an agreement this week with Australian engineering company Baulderstone to begin construction of Berth 11, the first of two new berths at the Port of Brisbane.

Rotterdam is freezing harbor dues for ships for the third year running in 2012, as it bids to boost it

UPS, making its first acquisition in several years, bought a major Italian pharmaceutical logistics company, as the parcel giant expands its reach into supply chains for the pharmaceutical, biotech an

Operating costs for vessels calling at India’s Port of Mumbai will go up substantially mid-December following a tariff increase decision by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports, the country&rsqu

The Port of Miami’s plan to deepen the channel into its harbor to accommodate post-Panamax ships ran into an environmental roadblock this week.

DP World has doubled its container capacity at Dakar in Sengal through the expansion of its West African terminal, as the terminal operator aims to tap growing Asian trade.

Damco, the consolidated logistics brand of the A. P. Moller-Maersk group, named Flemming Frost as its new CEO for Europe.

Auto giants won’t make wholesale changes to their supply chains despite natural disasters in Asia causing global reprucussions on output, said a DHL executive.

Retail sales grew at a double-digit pace over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, launching the holiday sales season with raised hopes for stronger demand that will trigger

Fesco, owner of Russia’s largest ocean carrier, has secured a $135 million loan from the European Bank for Rec

Le Havre will open a $215 million container terminal in early 2012 that will allow France’s biggest box port to handle the largest ships and boost annual capacity by over 1 million 20-foot equiv