Officials in Baltimore plan to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to enter and leave the city’s port starting on Thursday — a significant step toward reopening the major maritime shipping hub that has remained closed to most traffic since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last month. The new channel will be 35… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles handled 743,417 container units in March, a 19% increase over the previous year. It was the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year growth at the nation’s busiest port. For the first quarter ending March 31, local dockworkers moved 2,380,503 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) across Los Angeles marine terminals––nearly 30% more than… Read More
The accident that closed the Port of Baltimore initially raised concerns that supply chains would take another hit just as global shipping adjusted to disruptions from Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. But supply chains have been resilient thus far, and U.S. efforts to fortify them are accelerating. Have there been global economic repercussions from… Read More
Cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles rose 19% year over year to 743,417 total TEUs in March, the eighth consecutive month of YoY growth. “Moving into April and the second quarter, I expect robust cargo flow to continue here,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said in a media briefing on Wednesday. “A… Read More
MAERSK Line has begun publishing advisories to customers about the Baltimore bridge situation on its website, including confirmation that the owners of containership Dali have declared General Average. “General Average is a long established procedure in the maritime industry and is included in our Terms and Conditions of carriage,” Maersk said. “The owners of the vessel have… Read More
The City Council’s dredging update during its Monday, April 15, meeting brought the body up to speed about the project affecting Hueneme Beach. The project includes key partners, the Port of Hueneme, the Harbor, the Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Navy, BEACON, and others, which advocate for the project. In the 1960s, Congress… Read More
The economic centre of gravity is slowly refocusing on regional developments in South America and Asia, and seeing the mature consumer markets lose out to the emerging economies, but that long-term change is slow and far from linear. Global economic growth forecasts remain on the low side, but regionally the catch up of Asian economies… Read More
Salvage crews prepared to remove another massive piece of steel from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site. The effort on Thursday will mark a turning point in restoring access to the Port of Baltimore. “We’re getting ready to remove the furthest portion of steel that’s across from the vessel,” said Col. Estee Pinchasin, commander of the U.S…. Read More
City’s port knocked to 11th place in 2023 by Dubai’s Jebel Ali port, while Shanghai and Singapore retained the top two spots, according to data from Alphaliner Volumes fell by 14.1 per cent year on year to 14.3 million TEUs, continuing a slump for seven straight years amid competition from mainland ports Hong Kong, once… Read More
William Doyle is featured on “What’s Going on in Shipping” with Sal Mercogliano. Doyle spoke of the American, Jones Act response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge and how the dredging and marine construction industry immediately sprang into action sending assets, vessels and equipment into Baltimore. He also discussed the Unified Command structure with the… Read More
For article about new data on American bridges being safer, please scroll to the end U.S. standards for keeping bridges from collapsing when hit by ships hail from a different era. They rely on half-century-old West German experiments on model ships for a key mathematical formula. Their minimum specifications cite the danger of empty 195-foot… Read More
Cranes arriving to Port Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal HOUSTON— Container volumes at Port Houston have skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2024. From January to March, Port Houston handled 1,069,917 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) year-to-date, an increase of 15% compared to the same period last year. In March alone, container volumes at Port Houston totaled 360,991 TEUs,… Read More
An Israeli company that uses waves to create energy has signed an agreement to bring its technology to Los Angeles Port, marking its first foray into the US market. Eco Wave Power and Shell International Exploration and Production (part of Shell oil company) will work together to launch the Israeli technology at the port. The two companies… Read More
As workers clear the wreckage from the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge, shippers and truckers found creative solutions to keep the supply chain moving as workarounds present new challenges. “Many companies are coming up with creative solutions but make no mistake about it, it’s still a mess,” said Jason Pruitt, a Baltimore trucker and owner… Read More
The Port Maintenance Dredging Market research report represents major insights on the current growth dynamics as well as the primary revenue generation elements that are available in the Port Maintenance Dredging industry along with various other factors over the predicted period 2024-2031. The report on the Port Maintenance Dredging market is focusing on a series… Read More