Global supply-chain issues last year helped push cargo traffic at Florida’s 16 seaports slightly ahead of pre-pandemic numbers, while the cruise industry is expected to return to pre-pandemic passenger counts this year. The annual Seaport Mission Plan, issued Wednesday by the Florida Ports Council, said the state’s ports handled 112.5 million tons of cargo last… Read More
One down and one to go in the Port of Vancouver’s ambitious game plan to expand container cargo handling capacity at Canada’s main Asia-Pacific Gateway entry point. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) officially announced completion of its $350 million Centerm expansion project Fepuary 21 following four years of construction. But it is still awaiting… Read More
The CEO of Portland Port still believes building a waste incinerator on the island is vital for the port’s future. Bill Reeves thinks the need for an energy recovery facility has only increased since the planning application was first submitted, over two years ago. He insists that the incinerator will keep the Port competitive, secure… Read More
Representatives from the Port of Ashdod, located south of Tel Aviv, Israel, and leaders from five Greater New Orleans business organizations have signed a letter of intent to create an innovation embassy. The program was born out of a trade mission to Israel by representatives from New Orleans earlier this year, and will focus on… Read More
Susan Serrano has moved from Höegh Autoliners to take up a new role as manager of automotive business development at Maryland Ports Authority (MPA). Serrano takes over from Larry Johnson, who has retired from the MPA. Serrano will now be responsible for increasing vehicle volumes through the port of Baltimore, already the US’ busiest vehicle-handling… Read More
To go along with its No. 1 ranking for waterborne tonnage volume, Houston ends 2022 as the fifth-busiest port by TEU(twenty foot equivalent unit) volume. The Savillis Port Report detailed demand historically driven by manufacturing and petrochemical industries has been aided by growth in e-commerce and logistics & transportation/3PL operators. The growing diversification of the… Read More
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have announced that negotiations are still ongoing and parties are hopeful to reach an agreement soon. Talks for a new collective bargaining agreement began in May 2022 and cover more than 22,000 dockworkers at 29 US West Coast ports. While the parties have… Read More
The Port of Montreal has earmarked more than CA$335 million ($247 million) in its new five-year investment plan for its infrastructure on the island of Montreal. The Port of Montreal is aiming to invest massively in its infrastructure on the island which extends over 26 kilometres between Cité-du-Havre and the east of the island, as… Read More
The investments by the Port of Montreal are aimed at developing and sustaining port infrastructure to accommodate the growth of trade, strengthening the supply chain, accelerating decarbonisation, and improving the city-port interface. Last June, the Port of Montreal received new hydrogen-powered equipment as a green alternative to reduce gas emissions. Related: Port of Montreal receives first… Read More
Dive Brief: The head of the Port of Los Angeles said Thursday he remains confident West Coast port employers and dockworkers will get closer to a contract agreement over the next few months as stalled negotiations continue to pressure cargo flow. “It may not get done in February or March, but I’m still pretty confident… Read More
The Port of Virginia® processed nearly 290,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in January with growth in loaded exports accounting for more than one-third of that volume. The port’s total TEU volume increased 10 percent when compared with last January. Loaded Exports helped carry the month with growth of nearly 27,000 TEUs, an increase of 37… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and the Georgia Ports Authority’s held an official signing ceremony on Feb. 13, 2023, to commemorate the agreement to initiate the design phase for the Brunswick Harbor Modifications Project. The project involves widening and realigning the existing navigation channel in specific locations to reduce transportation cost inefficiencies… Read More
NOME PORT DIRECTOR JOY BAKER updated the Port Commission last week on several items relating to the Port of Nome. The Nome Deep Draft Port is one of the larger projects on Baker’s radar. “One of the larger things in my port director and capital projects report to the commission was to provide an update of the 95%… Read More
With the exploitation capacity of up to hundreds of millions of tons per year, KnowInsiders would like to share with you top 10 and top 50 biggest seaports (container ports) in the world based on cargo volume in the article below! Contents 1. Port of Shanghai (Shanghai, China) 2. Port of Singapore (Singapore) 3. Port… Read More
Port of Palm Beach commissioners Thursday chose its business development director, Michael Meekins, to serve as its executive director, a position that could pay as much as $280,000 a year. That is the amount that has been budgeted but what Meekins will receive has yet to be determined. Meekins said he is hopeful that a contract… Read More