| September 14, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership today reported that American and Canadian ports in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System handled 20,723,000 metric tons of cargo shipped through the St. Lawrence Seaway (Seaway) from the opening of the Seaway on March 22, 2021, through August 31, 2021 (i.e., Year-to-date or YTD). This is a 5.21 percent increase compared to shipments during the same time period in 2020. Additionally, total transits YTD reached 2,146 vessels, a 4.6 percent increase compared to transits through August last year. Commodities seeing a significant increase include iron ore, steel, as well as cement. “At the midpoint of the Seaway’s navigation season, iron ore and steel products continue to be the standout commodities moving through the Great Lakes Seaway System,” said Craig H. Middlebrook, Deputy Administrator, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. “Multiple vessels loaded with an array of steel products from over a dozen different countries arrived at U.S. Great Lakes ports in August, while iron ore exports to high demand countries including China, Japan, and South Korea saw a 29 percent tonnage increase compared to this time last year.”
| September 14, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
Shanghai is restarting flights and some container port operations as weakening Typhoon Chanthu heads slowly out to sea.
| September 13, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
| September 13, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
Shanghai has halted some container port operations and will cancel most flights Monday and Tuesday as Typhoon Chanthu approaches the city, which is China’s financial capital and a major shipping hub.
| September 13, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
| September 13, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
| September 13, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
Mario Cordero, the executive director of Port of Long Beach, welcomed President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, adding that “we have an administration who talks about ports”. While presenting the infrastructure plan, President Biden had announced that the plan would also include ports besides building highways and bridges.
| September 13, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
| September 10, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
The Port of Halifax will receive the first direct call between the West Coast of India and a Canadian port when the maiden call of the MSC Indus 2 Service arrives early next month. The service will berth at the South End Container Terminal operated by PSA Halifax.
| September 10, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
South Carolina Ports saw strong container volumes in August as retail imports continue to flow into the Port of Charleston.
| September 10, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
SMi reports: The latest Benelux infrastructure developments with be discussed at the Benelux Infrastructure Forum, returning to Amsterdam, Netherlands on the 17th and 18th November 2021 for its 19th year.
| September 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
Belgium’s Goeyvaerts-R bvba (Goeyvaerts) has ordered two new eco-efficient Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes for their growing rental fleet across ports in the Netherlands and Belgium. The order, booked in July, will be handed over in November 2021.
| September 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
| September 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
Double-digit growth in imports at the nation’s largest retail container ports is slipping to single digits as pandemic-related supply chain disruptions around the world continue, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
| September 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
APM Terminals North America organized local events with employees and labor partners worldwide to bring attention to the importance of Safety in operations with the 2021 theme “Leading with Care” as part of the annual Global Safety Day observance on September 8, 2021.
| September 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
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