Ports & Terminals

Kalmar partners with Coast Autonomous Inc. to speed up the development of robotic solutions to the market

AJOT | January 05, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

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Congo Terminal tops historic volume by handling over a million containers in 2021

AJOT | January 05, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

Congo Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports, exceeded the volume of one million shipping containers handled in 2021, having managed 1,003,734 TEUs over the course of the year. This new level of performance reflects efforts Bolloré Ports has made to increase traffic from 200,000 to 1,000,000 TEUs, in line with its commitments made as part of the plan to modernise the Port of Pointe-Noire.

CA ports keep ‘container dwell fee’ on hold

AJOT | January 04, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

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Port of Oakland plans more space to ease farm-export space crunch

Bloomberg | January 03, 2022 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals

California’s Port of Oakland will open a new container yard for agricultural exporters struggling with capacity shortages and high freight costs.

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Hapag-Lloyd’s Quebec Express wins the Gold-Headed Cane

AJOT | January 03, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

True to a tradition dating back over 180 years, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is awarding the Gold-Headed Cane again this year. The 2022 edition is awarded to Captain Felino D’Souza of the ship Quebec Express of the Hapag-Lloyd shipping line, the first ocean-going vessel to cross the Port of Montreal’s downstream limit at Sorel without a stopover at 00:21 a.m.

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TecPlata, Santa Fe Port launch new feeder service

AJOT | January 03, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

TecPlata S.A., International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) business unit operating at the Port of La Plata, Argentina, and the Port of Sta. Fe have launched a barge feeder service, creating a new and direct link to Brazil and Asia.

Adolph Ojard obit

AJOT | January 03, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

Gateway Terminals handles first box in Savannah
Ports & Terminals
AJOT | Top Story | January 03, 2022

Gateway Terminals handles first box in Savannah

Joint venture stevedoring company streamlines service
Port of Oakland launches program to expedite ag exports

AJOT | January 03, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

Stock market is fixated on Covid with trade issues percolating

Bloomberg | January 03, 2022 | International Trade | Ports & Terminals

Port of Los Angeles to fine carriers for lingering empty containers
Ports & Terminals
Bloomberg | Top Story | January 03, 2022

Port of Los Angeles to fine carriers for lingering empty containers

The Port of Los Angeles, the U.S.’s largest for container traffic, will charge a fee on ocean carriers that fail to clear empty containers off the docks from the end of next month. 
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Environment, innovation, accessibility and city-port relationship, objectives of the Valenciaport investments

AJOT | December 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

• The Business Plan of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) 2021-2025 contemplates investments to the value of 1,098 million euros • More than 60 million euros will go towards alternative energy projects such as the electrical substation, the location of photovoltaic plants in València or Gandia or the wind power installation programme • Among the actions planned for the Port of València, the following stand out: 397 million euros for the northern container terminal; 27.4 million euros for the passenger terminal; 100 million euros for railway and road accesses; 56.4 million euros for city-port actions • For the Port of Sagunto, the railway accessibility with more than 50 million euros; the generation and conditioning of berths and surfaces in the Muelle Centro 2 and Dique Norte with 19.5 million euros or; 8.5 million euros for the integration of the north area and the jetty stand out • The PAV is going to invest 14.5 million euros in the works on the Serpis 2 quay; 2.8 million in the dredging of the port entrance and; 2 million for the actions linked to the competition of ideas for the Port of Gandia

Port Freeport receives first container vessel in new all-water express service from Asia
Ports & Terminals
AJOT | Top Story | December 28, 2021

Port Freeport receives first container vessel in new all-water express service from Asia

On December 10th, the M/V ZHONG GU FU JIAN (2010 built, Chinese Flagged) berthed at Port Freeport’s Velasco Container Terminal.  The arrival of the 902-foot long 4,963 TEU vessel marks another milestone for Port Freeport as the first container vessel to offer all-water service from Asia into Port Freeport.
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Valenciaport strengthens relations with Mexico, one of the Port of Valencia’s main trading partners

AJOT | December 28, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

• Mexico is one of Valenciaport's most dynamic markets. In the first eleven months of the year, goods traffic between the Port of Valencia and its Mexican counterparts has grown by 19.5% • The Cuauhtémoc Sailing School Ship of the Mexican Navy will remain at berth in the Port of Valencia for several days • Representatives of the Port Authority of Valencia, the Valenciaport Foundation and the Valencia Region Business Confederation have explained to the Mexican delegation the relations between the two regions • Valenciaport maintains 30 regular lines with the main ports of the Aztec country such as Veracruz, Altamira, Manzanillo, Mazatlán and Ensenada

Closing of navigation 2021 – Changes in dates for the Montreal- Lake Ontario section

AJOT | December 28, 2021 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals

‘Container dwell fee’ activation remains on hold
Ports & Terminals
AJOT | Top Story | December 27, 2021

‘Container dwell fee’ activation remains on hold

Two ports will reassess implementation on Jan. 3
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Damen Shipyards hands over new RoPax 6716 to Port Authority of Timor-Leste

AJOT | December 27, 2021 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals

In a ceremony held on the 20th of December, Damen Shipyards officially handed over the new RoPax 6716 ferry to the Port Authority of Timor-Leste (APORTIL). Built at Damen’s Yichang Shipyard in China, the Berlin-Ramelau arrived on the 9th of December at Timor-Leste’s capital city Dili, to start an extensive training programme for the new crew.

US Transportation Secretary Buttigieg announces grants for America’s ports in New York
Ports & Terminals
AJOT | Top Story | December 23, 2021

US Transportation Secretary Buttigieg announces grants for America’s ports in New York

Grants will help address supply chain challenges at ports
Port of Long Beach receives $52.3 million grant for rail project
Intermodal
AJOT | Top Story | December 23, 2021

Port of Long Beach receives $52.3 million grant for rail project

The Port of Long Beach has been awarded a $52.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration to help fund development of the “Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility,” which will enable the nation’s second-largest seaport to move more cargo by train, improving efficiency and lessening environmental impacts.
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Port Everglades welcomes super-sized cargo ship

AJOT | December 23, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Christmas came early for Port Everglades with today's arrival of the largest container cargo ship to ever visit this South Florida port. MSC's 1,114-foot Kotor Bay is longer than the U.S. Navy's largest class of aircraft carriers the Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at 1,092 feet. With a beam (width) of just under 150-feet, compared to the Ford's 134-foot beam, the Kotor Bay is carrying a variety of cargo from India and Mediterranean.

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