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The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a $1.7 billion Fiscal Year 2021/22 annual budget for the Port of Los Angeles, according to the company’s release. The approval comes on the heels of record cargo volumes during FY 2020/21, which Port officials credit to a rapid recovery in global trade and pent-up, pandemic-induced… Read More
RICHMOND — More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted shipping of products worldwide, the arrival on May 23 of the largest seagoing container vessel ever in Virginia signaled a new era for the Port of Virginia. Port officials trumpeted the arrival of the CMA CGM Marco Polo in Portsmouth as the culmination of… Read More
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South Carolina Ports will soon welcome the largest container ship to ever call the East Coast — the CMA CGM MARCO POLO. The record-breaking CMA CGM MARCO POLO measures 1,300 feet long and has the capacity to carry 16,022 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). CMA CGM’s record-breaking vessel is working its way down the East Coast,… Read More
The nation’s ports reported record container volumes in April as the U.S. economy continues its strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Contributing factors are imported goods being rushed to restock stores and warehouses, and consumers continuing their buying spree. Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s busiest, moved 37% more 20-foot-equivalent containers — 946,966 TEUs compared… Read More
The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor was one of eight ports in the United States to win a Pacesetter Award for its performance during the 2020 shipping season. The U.S. Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. gives the Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award, which was established in 1992, annually to recognize increases in international cargo… Read More
It’s almost a broken record hearing about the S.C. Ports Authority’s broken records, but the numbers are positive signs of continued recovery coming out of the pandemic. Following an all-time cargo record in March, the SPA reported the strongest April ever for containers handled, with a 27.8% increase at the Port of Charleston compared to… Read More
The Port of Norfolk is located on the banks of the Elizabeth River at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It is part of an urban area that also contains Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, Newport News and Hampton. Collectively, this region is called Hampton Roads and elements of the Port of Virginia are… Read More
On Sunday, May 23rd four ZPMC Super-Post Panamax Cranes departed Shanghai heading east to the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Terminal 5 in the Seattle Harbor. Traveling on vessel Zhen Hua 36, the cranes have an approximate 30-day voyage before settling in their new home at Terminal 5. SSA Marine, a partner in the Terminal 5 project,… Read More
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday approved a $622.4 million budget for the Long Beach Harbor Department, more than half of which is dedicated to capital improvement projects that will ensure the Port of Long Beach’s continued competitiveness, efficiency and sustainability, according to the company’s release. The budget for fiscal year 2022… Read More
With its second 50-foot-deep container berth nearing completion and the long-awaited Howard Street Tunnel project advancing, the Port of Baltimore is moving ahead to offer further benefits from its propitious location. “We are moving forward at the Port of Baltimore!” William P. Doyle, executive director of the Maryland Port Administration, enthusiastically told AJOT. “The Port… Read More
This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act announced a $2 million allocation for PortMiami’s Shore Power Pilot Program. This pilot program, announced in March, will be in partnership with Carnival Cruise Line at the new Cruise Terminal F. Shore power allows enabled ships to turn off their primary engines while docked, resulting… Read More
Alabama’s seaport modernization program began building on Friday to ship, by the year 2025, a deeper and wider Mobile Ship Channel and crimson meat up the decrease harbor turning basin. The U.S. Military Corps of Engineers has achieved two building contracts in a multi-section, $365.7 million building program engineered and designed to deepen the present… Read More
The Port of Vancouver is the largest port complex in Canada, home to 29 major terminals that handle everything from cruise ships, containers, bulk and more The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s proposed expansion at Roberts Bank, the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project, is costly, misguided, and threatening the Port’s future profitability, terminal operator GCT Global… Read More