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Port of Oakland clean energy efforts to get $5.2 million in federal grants

AJOT | December 23, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Funding will be dedicated to electrical power upgrades

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Oxnard Harbor District/Port of Hueneme pass Memorandum of Understanding for use of zero-emission equipment

AJOT | December 23, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

To further its commitment to decarbonize operations at the Port of Hueneme, the Oxnard Harbor District voted on December 20th to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide stevedores with the ability to utilize the district’s existing two new electric terminal tractors (eUTR).

The Consul General of Morocco visits the Port of València, a strategic country in trade relations

AJOT | December 23, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

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Port of Barcelona approves the development of a new phase of BEST

AJOT | December 23, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

• The terminal will invest a total of €60 M in civil engineering works and machinery. • When the works are complete, the terminal will have seven additional container blocks and 26% greater capacity (an increase of 700,000 TEUS)

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Exponential rise in transhipment cargo at Port of Kapellskär

AJOT | December 23, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Business is booming at Ports of Stockholm’s northernmost port, Port of Kapellskär. Transhipment cargo handling operations have increased exponentially over the first eleven months of the year. The high demand and good prerequisites at Port of Kapellskär consolidate the port’s position as one of Sweden’s most important freight ports.

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Rotterdam transhipment volume passes 15 million TEU containers for the first time

AJOT | December 22, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

The 15 millionth TEU container of the year will arrive in the Port of Rotterdam. It is the first time that a European port has broken through this magical barrier.

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NWSA import volumes continue growth trend

AJOT | December 21, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers

The Northwest Seaport Alliance saw a 7.8% increase year over year from November 2020, handling a total of 325,604 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).

Decision on ‘container dwell fee’ on hold until December 27th the Port of Long Beach announced
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AJOT | Top Story | December 21, 2021

Decision on ‘container dwell fee’ on hold until December 27th the Port of Long Beach announced

Further consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” will be postponed until Dec. 27, the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles announced.
Port of Los Angeles headed to record cargo year

AJOT | December 21, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

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Study finds Calcasieu Ship Channel has multibillion-dollar economic impact

AJOT | December 21, 2021 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals

The Calcasieu Ship Channel drives $39 billion of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product and two-thirds of the Gross Domestic Product of Calcasieu and Cameron parishes.

Port of Oakland names 13-year vet as new port attorney

AJOT | December 21, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

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ICTSI vaccinates 90% of workforce

AJOT | December 20, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) hit a milestone in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic after reaching the 90 percent vaccination rate for its employees.

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CBP issues withhold release order on Brightway Group

AJOT | December 20, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Effective December 20, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel at all U.S. ports of entry will detain disposable gloves produced in Malaysia by Brightway Holdings Sdn Bhd, Laglove (M) Sdn Bhd, and Biopro (M) Sdn Bhd (collectively, Brightway Group). 

Port of Oakland ship turning basins study ready for public review

AJOT | December 20, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

TRAC Intermodal relocates chassis facility to Jersey City to improve off-dock chassis model

AJOT | December 17, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Containers surpass three million TEUs at Port Houston

AJOT | December 17, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Port of New Orleans and New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Boards elect Ponstein as Chairman
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AJOT | Top Story | December 17, 2021

Port of New Orleans and New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Boards elect Ponstein as Chairman

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans selected new officers with the election of Charles H. Ponstein as Chairman, Jack C. Jensen, Jr. as Vice Chairman and Joseph F. Toomy as Secretary-Treasurer during the monthly Board meeting Dec. 16. 
Port of Oakland achieved 86% reduction in diesel emissions

AJOT | December 17, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

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Valenciaport already exceeds pre-crisis traffic and is the fourth port in Europe

AJOT | December 17, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Valenciaport's traffic between January and November this year exceeded 77 million tons or - presented as containers - 5.16 million TEUs (20-foot containers or 6.1 metres). In both cases, these are magnitudes which leave behind the figures for 2020 (a year marked by the pandemic crisis) and which exceed those of 2019, a year in which the port of Valencia set records in all the goods references

Port of LA’s Seroka says fees may be levied against empty containers
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Stas Margaronis | Top Story | December 17, 2021

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Port of LA’s Seroka says fees may be levied against empty containers

As the backlog of import containers at container terminals has declined, Eugene Seroka, executive director Port of Los Angeles, said the Port is turning its attention to the backlog of empty containers and may impose fees on empty containers that dwell on terminals “excessively.”

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