Port News

The budget cutting sweeping through Washington won’t help U.S. ports looking to prepare for the big, new ships that will start transiting the expanded Panama Canal in less than three years.

DP World has sold its 25 percent stake in a container terminal in Russia’s Far East to its local partner and majority shareholder Global Ports Investment for $230 million.

Construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar today lowered its profit and revenue outlook from between $68 and $70 billion to about $66 billion...

Freightliner Trucks Sales Executive David “Fish” Mihuta recently spoke to the Propeller Club of Savannah about the continuation of the Maritime Logistics Education Taskforce...

Klaipeda Port and Butinges terminal in Lithuania handled 31.9 million tons of cargo in the first nine months of 2012, a 6.5 percent decrease year-over-year.

West Coast ports from Seattle to San Diego are becoming increasingly vulnerable to meddling by politicians, much to the detriment of their commercial activities, according to a maritime industry leader.

Panama-based vehicle, truck and heavy equipment transport company SC Line is now calling on the Jacksonville Port Authority’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal...

Pacific Northwest grain terminals and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have agreed to resume contract negotiations on Oct. 29 under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners has placed Executive Director Omar Benjamin on administrative leave.

When the 1,200-foot Cosco Guangzhou arrived to load and unload cargo at the Port of Prince Rupert’s Fairview Terminal in mid-September, officials rejoiced at the sight of the largest vessel in the Chinese carrier’s Pacific Northwest fleet.

The problems are familiar on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border: crumbling bridges; crowded, dangerous highways; and growing congestion along key rail corridors that lead to major ports.

The Port of Hamburg suffered a setback after a German court halted long-delayed work to deepen the River Elbe.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Port of Long Beach a $1.34 million grant on Oct. 17 to deploy cleaner cargo-handling equipment at its container terminals.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest have called upon the services of a federal mediator as contract talks approach another deadline next week.

The maritime industry has found automation of container terminals slow to catch on.

A grant agreement between the Washington State Department of Commerce and the Port of Vancouver USA was finalized recently, securing the $5.7 million needed...

Chemical transportation company ChemLogix launched Oct. 16 a freight brokerage service, CapAssure LX, as part of their capacity management program, to address continuing capacity shortages.

The Canaveral Port Authority’s feasibility study recently received unanimous approval from a review board for submission to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Port of Charleston handled 400,492 20-foot-equivalent units in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the port’s strongest quarter for container volume in four years...

The South Carolina Ports Authority hired John M. Wheeler to serve as vice president of carrier sales, effective Oct. 29.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to complete work next spring on a strategic plan that will guide its business development and billions of dollars in capital investment during the next 20 years.

The contracting phase of Miami-Dade County’s “Deep Dredge” project to deepen PortMiami’s channel to minus 50 feet was kicked off Oct. 15...

H.S. “Smitty” Thorne will serve as deputy director and chief operating officer of Alabama State Port Authority, with direct oversight of the daily functions of the Port of Mobile...

Alberto Aleman Zubieta, 62, will receive the 2012 Connie Award, presented by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute on Dec. 10 at The Newark Club in New Jersey...

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. delivered RTGs in Poland, Egypt and Ireland in October.

The Carlyle Group withdrew its bid to purchase the operating rights of the ocean terminals at the Port of Virginia.

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners intends to crack down on executives that spend port money improperly.

SANY America said today it is launching container reach stackers and empty-container handlers for port, rail and intermodal cargo use in North America.

A federal mediator said negotiations on a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract would resume this week following “good progress” in five days of talks that ended Saturday.