Key Commodities At Port’s State-Owned Terminals Up Over Record Years in 2022 (BALTIMORE, MD) – Cargo volumes continued an upward trend through the third quarter of 2023 for key targeted commodities at Maryland’s Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore. From January through September at the Port’s state-owned terminals, roll on/roll off farm and construction machinery… Read More
Cargo volumes at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell 6% year-over-year to 742,571 TEUs in October. The port saw cargo activity rise 12% compared to September 2023 figures however, when volumes reached 660,553 total TEUs. Compared to pre-pandemic figures, port volumes were up 11% compared to October 2019. The port operator is preparing for… Read More
The Jacksonville Port Authority announced Dec. 4 that Ocean Network Express will begin offering direct container ship service in May from Northeast Florida to seven ports in Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Egypt. The weekly West India North America service will be operated by a fleet of nine ONE vessels. The port rotation will… Read More
Largest Container-RORO (CON-RORO) Vessel, in the world, MV Great Lagos, yesterday, berthed at the Ports and Terminal Multiservice Limited (PTML), Tin-Can Island Port, Lagos. LEADERSHIP gathered that MV Great Lagos is the largest vessel in the world in the category of combining Containers and Roll on Roll Off, also known as vehicles. Also, the MV… Read More
In 2022, the total gross weight of seaborne freight handled in all EU ports was estimated at 3.48 billion tonnes, which was an increase of 0.8% compared with 2021 (3.45 billion tonnes). Pandemic disruptions led to a 7.3% fall in 2020 (compared with 2019), but 2021 (+3.9%) was already a more positive year, with data showing a partial… Read More