Port News

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.

The Port of Virginia handled 182,318 20-foot-equivalent units in September, up 11 percent compared with September 2011 and the port’s eighth consecutive month of growth...

Direct ChassisLink, Inc. will become a participant and chassis contributor to Consolidated Chassis Management, LLC’s Chicago and Ohio Valley Consolidated Chassis Pool and Gulf Consolidated Chassis Pool...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $30 million in grants to reduce emissions from existing diesel engines...

Year-to-date cargo shipments were 25.1 million metric tons from March 22 to Sept. 30, basically flat compared with the same period in 2011, reported the St. Lawrence Seaway today.

Virginia Port Authority today approved a 20-year lease with its first tenant at Portsmouth Marine Terminal, ecoFUELS Pellet Storage LLC...

The Panama Canal reached record tonnage of 333.7 million Panama Canal tons during fiscal year 2012, which ended Sept. 30.

The port of Le Havre, France’s second largest, was crippled yesterday when all 2,400 dockworkers went on strike, RFI reports.

The Panama Canal expansion project will create huge opportunities for countries throughout Latin America, but ports in countries from Argentina to Venezuela have a lot of work to do if they’re to take full advantage of the trade growth that will develop when the enlarged canal opens in 2015.

Imports at 10 top U.S. container gateways are expected to increase nearly 10 percent in October as merchants wrap up their pre-holiday shipping season

No one’s expecting much for the economy during the fourth quarter, and prospects are dimming for freight volumes in the months ahead.

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Corp, based in Elizabeth, N.J., opened an expanded non-intrusive inspection facility on Oct. 5.

Joe Ruddy had a big problem.