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DP World plans to transform Saint John, New Brunswick, into an alternative gateway for containerized imports bound for the US Northeast, much like the Dubai-based terminal operator’s Port of Prince Rupert facility on the opposite coast.

The top ports of each continent owe their success to a number of factors unique to their geography, global trade patterns, corporate management, and state support.

China’s main ports booked strong year-over-year growth in container throughput in August, fueling speculation of a possible trade recovery.

Morten Engelstoft is to take up the position of CEO of APM Terminals as part of a set of changes in the executive management of the Maersk Group.

Krishnapatnam Port is targeting western hinterlands served by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, the country's biggest public container handler.

The government of India has announced more port tariff incentives to get roll-on, roll-off shippers to use coastal shipping more.

Maersk Group will be reorganized into two separate divisions, with the synergy efforts expected to deliver cost savings of around $600 million over the next three years.

Transportation and logistics firms are seeking to capitalize on new business opportunities emerging in Indonesia.

Hanjin Shipping’s bankruptcy filing has once again exposed how fragile the new chassis regime is in the United States.

The Port of Houston Authority said Hanjin Shipping had agreed to pay terminal charges to clear the way for the port authority’s release of 380 Hanjin containers.

The Port of Virginia has cleared the way for the port to begin work doubling capacity at a deep-sea container terminal where space has been tight as traffic has increased on the Virginia waterfront.

The failure of Hanjin Shipping has raised profound questions regarding the risks of ocean container transportation in corporate boardrooms throughout the world.

Growth in trans-Pacific volumes has been fairly static this year for non-vessel-operating common carriers, but consolidation, new alliances, and Hanjin’s collapse present new opportunities.

Russia’s competition watchdog will split the denomination of tariffs for stevedoring into the local ruble and the US dollar.

The US Department of Transportation laid down guidelines this week for manufacturers of automated vehicles that provide a clearer path forward for autonomous trucks.

The individual in charge of $4.5 billion worth of infrastructure upgrades at the Port of Long Beach has been tapped as the port’s interim CEO.

TNT's European road network, and its ability to handle profitable palletized freight, will be important to FedEx as it integrates global express operations.

North European short-sea operators of the CMA CGM group are expanding their container capacity.

Indonesia is mulling the introduction of 24-hour operations and fast-tracking a plan to double the number of bonded logistics centers in the country to reduce cargo dwell times at its major ports.

Port authority says bankrupt carrier has paid terminal charges.

FedEx raised revenue, profit in its first quarter as owner of TNT Express, despite integration costs following acquisition.

The US Federal Maritime Commission has had some success in helping cargo interests minimize costs and retrieve cargo stranded by Hanjin Shipping’s bankruptcy.

After sitting anchored at sea for more than two weeks the Hanjin Miami is expected to soon enter the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Seasonal adjustments may account, in part, for an unusually strong gain in truck tonnage in "difficult-to-read" August.

Beneficial cargo owners and truckers in Northern California support extended gate hours at Oakland's largest terminal.

EZE Truck Holdings, which has grown through mergers and acquisitions since 2009, is combining with Farran International.

Breakbulk operator Thorco and United Heavy Lift have formed Thorco Projects.

PSA Singapore has issued a circular detailing the price of retrieving Hanjin Shipping containers.

Canadian importers and exporters’ frustration is mounting after two Hanjin vessels — one set to sail to Tokyo and another to Seattle — have been stranded in Canadian waters for more than two weeks.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is seeking regulatory approval to increase tariffs.

Closing the gap between capacity and demand is going to take years, analysts and carriers believe.

Irrational exuberance could result in inflated expectations and overbuilding of transportation infrastructure to the US interior if the cargo volumes don’t materialize.

Dockworkers at the largest port in South America have gone on strike just days after customs officers in the harbor decided to increase the frequency of slowdowns in their campaign for higher wages.

Carrier's boxes aren't being allowed in or out of port's terminal gates.

The volume of laden import containers through the port of Savannah surged to a record for August.

Although the rate of decline in Russia’s container trade slows, a dispute over pricing for container-handling services is clouding the medium- and long-term outlook for the trade.

The Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is studying the feasibility of a new terminal that would handle breakbulk and bulk cargoes.

Hanjin Shipping and the South Korean government are scurrying to unload and rescue the one-third of its container fleet that is still stranded.

Beneficial cargo owners are steadily increasing volumes on landbridge services as they become more sophisticate.

Shippers expecting to secure the same low rate, long-term contracts they negotiated last year will be disappointed, Xeneta says.