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The leadership of the Federal Maritime Commission says it is becoming worried that ocean carriers may be assessing unfair detention and demurrage charges at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In the past several months, those ports and several others… Read More
The Port of Savannah in Georgia, US, is being expanded by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) to increase its annual container handling capacity to 11 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). The Port of Savannah in Georgia, US, is being expanded by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) to increase its annual container handling capacity to 11… Read More
180,000 cubic meters of dredged material are currently being reused as filling material in the construction of the Port of Gothenburg’s next major investment. When the masses have been stabilized and solidified and further surface work have been completed, 140,000 square meters of new, long-awaited terminal space, will be available in the Port of Gothenburg…. Read More
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While the US east coast ports are in expansion mode, anticipating growth, the nation’s prime maritime gateway on the west coast remains choked with traffic. The congestion that has plagued the port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach in recent months has got worse lately, with dwell times for vessels of almost a week,… Read More
On Tuesday, the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met for its last regular meeting of 2020. Chairman Ric Campo was pleased to highlight further news that the Houston Ship Channel had been officially named as the nation’s busiest waterway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support… Read More
South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) has welcomed 15 hybrid rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, which will begin handling vessels in March at the Port of Charleston. The 15 hybrid units arrived in North Charleston on the Zhen Hua 15, marking the most RTGs loaded by ZPMC onto one vessel bound… Read More
Ports America Chesapeake has made significant improvements at Seagirt Marine Terminal to prepare for the expansion. Infrastructure upgrades to the terminal include technology enhancements to the Terminal Operating System (TOS), improved weigh-in-motion truck scales, and advanced visibility tools. Additional investments include four new container cranes, along with the upgrade of a second 50-foot berth. These… Read More
HARLINGEN — The new commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district for Texas visited the Port of Harlingen this past week, a demonstration of support for smaller ports which in the past have felt neglected by Corps’ priorities. Southwestern Division Commander Brig. Gen. Christopher G. Beck and Galveston District Commander Col. Timothy R…. Read More
As global trade continues to rebound, South Carolina Ports’ container volumes show strength with a record November at the Port of Charleston. SC Ports handled 207,066 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) at Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals in November, up 12% year-over-year. SC Ports has handled more than 1 million TEUs thus far… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles is about to get a Port Cyber Resilience Center (CRC) which will be designed and operated by the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). The move is being announced on the back of the official approval of the project with IBM by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, following a… Read More
The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) received an award for their demonstration project that removes excess nutrient pollution and increases oxygen content in the Baltimore Harbor. MDOT MPA received The Award of Excellence for Environmental Mitigation by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA). MDOT MPA Executive Director William P. Doyle… Read More
On the heels of achieving its busiest month on record for both container trade and roll-on/roll-off cargo, the Georgia Ports Authority has reached a major milestone on its Mason Mega Rail Terminal. Railcars are now traveling newly installed track linking Garden City Terminal’s Chatham and Mason railyards. The additional track boosts on-terminal storage capacity… Read More
PORTS AMERICA CHESAPEAKE INVESTS OVER $160M IN SEAGIRT MARINE TERMINAL IN PREPARATION FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND THE HOWARD STREET TUNNEL EXPANSION (December 2, 2020—BALTIMORE, Md.) As container volumes continue to grow and the Howard Street Tunnel expansion project moves forward, Ports America Chesapeake is currently investing more than $110 million in marine terminal upgrades, and will invest an additional… Read More
An emergency project is now underway to clear a main waterway used by ships traveling between Port Fourchon in southern Lafourche Parish and the Gulf of Mexico oilfield. Silt pushed north by about half a dozen Gulf storms this hurricane season has made Belle Pass too shallow for some ships to navigate safely, officials said. Keeping… Read More