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Posted:5/17/2013
Virginia senators drive Craney expansion amendment
Path cleared for Federal Government to convey Eastward expansion to VPA
Posted:5/17/2013
Stevedores end two-day strike at Brazil's Santos port
Stevedores at Brazil's key shipping port of Santos returned to work late on Wednesday, ending a two-day walkout at the country's main ports that had a limited impact on cargo movement.
Posted:5/17/2013
Seaport battle looms as Israel plans new competition
Israel is betting its economic future on high-tech exports but faces a low-tech bottleneck in state-owned seaports subject to work stoppages and slowdowns because of the enormous strength of their unions.
Posted:5/17/2013
Liebherr Pactronic® sets the benchmark for bulk handling in Spain
Equipped with Liebherr's Pactronic® hybrid power booster, the LHM 550 of Galigrain S.A. demonstrates the capability of this innovative system.
Posted:5/17/2013
Konecranes RTGs delivered to Meridian Port Services in Ghana
Five Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes are currently being erected at the Meridian Port Services (MPS) container terminal in Tema, Ghana. The cranes are part of an order placed in August 2012. MPS already operates four Konecranes RTGs, which were delivered fully-erect in March 2013.
Posted:5/17/2013
Kent Bicycles roll into Savannah
Kent Bicycles has rolled into Savannah in a big way, with plans to move more than a million units a year through the deepwater port.
Posted:5/17/2013
ICTSI short-listed for Melbourne Container Terminal bid
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has been named among the short-list of bidders to build and operate Melbourne's third international container terminal.
Posted:5/17/2013
Dredge contract awarded to handle bigger ships at Miami's port
The United States Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $180 million contract to dredge Miami's harbor to an Illinois-based company, part of a plan to deepen the port channel to handle larger ships coming through the expanded Panama Canal in 2015.
Posted:5/17/2013
Alabama State Port Authority trade executive Shepard dies
Mark Ivey Sheppard, Vice President for Trade and Development for the Alabama State Port Authority, died at his home following a brief illness. He was 61 years old.
Posted:5/15/2013
Port of Virginia handles box ship needing 49 feet of draft
Fourteen months after The Port of Virginia set a US East Coast record for handling a deep-draft container ship, the port on May 11th, broke its own record when an export-laden container ship set sail drafting 49 feet of water.
Posted:5/15/2013
Terex Port Solutions supplies hybrid straddle carriers to the Bahamas
The Port of Hamburg has reason to look to the future with optimism. At 32.8 million tons, total seaborne cargo throughput for the first three months of 2013 put the Port of Hamburg back on a growth course.
Posted:5/15/2013
Slight growth in Port of Hamburg’s seaborne cargo handling in the first quarter of 2013
The Port of Hamburg has reason to look to the future with optimism. At 32.8 million tons, total seaborne cargo throughput for the first three months of 2013 put the Port of Hamburg back on a growth course.
Posted:5/15/2013
Gov. Corbett, Chilean Min. of Agriculture mark growing importance of fruit to Port of Philidelphia
Underscoring the importance of his recent trade mission to South America, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, the Chilean Agricultural Minister Luis Mayol Bouchon and senior Chilean agricultural officials met at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia to observe the unloading of the Bahia Castillo, a refrigerated cargo ship carrying thousands of tons of fresh Chilean fruit to the United States and Canada through the Port of Philadelphia gateway.
Posted:5/15/2013
First Polish container terminal joins InlandLinks
The CLIP Container terminal at Swarzedz (near Poznan), Poland has joined InlandLinks. This brings the total number of terminals to 35: 27 in the Netherlands, 4 in Germany, 3 in Belgium and 1 in Poland.
Posted:5/15/2013
Maersk Line CEO visits Panama Canal expansion
Maersk Line CEO Søren Skou visited the Panama Expansion construction site accompanied by Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L. Quijano during his recent trip to Panama.
Posted:5/15/2013
International Container Terminal plans $200 million Manila offering
Port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. plans to raise up to $200 million in a share offering in the Philippines for general corporate purposes and capital expenditures, according to a term sheet of the deal seen by Reuters.
Posted:5/15/2013
Cargo continues to flow in April at the Port of Virginia
Cargo volumes at The Port of Virginia continued their climb as the number of TEUs handled in April grew 5.7 percent when compared with the same month last year.
Posted:5/17/2013
Stevedores end two-day strike at Brazil's Santos port
Stevedores at Brazil's key shipping port of Santos returned to work late on Wednesday, ending a two-day walkout at the country's main ports that had a limited impact on cargo movement.
Posted:5/17/2013
Seaport battle looms as Israel plans new competition
Israel is betting its economic future on high-tech exports but faces a low-tech bottleneck in state-owned seaports subject to work stoppages and slowdowns because of the enormous strength of their unions.
Posted:5/17/2013
Liebherr Pactronic® sets the benchmark for bulk handling in Spain
Equipped with Liebherr's Pactronic® hybrid power booster, the LHM 550 of Galigrain S.A. demonstrates the capability of this innovative system.
Posted:5/17/2013
Konecranes RTGs delivered to Meridian Port Services in Ghana
Five Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes are currently being erected at the Meridian Port Services (MPS) container terminal in Tema, Ghana. The cranes are part of an order placed in August 2012. MPS already operates four Konecranes RTGs, which were delivered fully-erect in March 2013.
Posted:5/17/2013
Kent Bicycles roll into Savannah
Kent Bicycles has rolled into Savannah in a big way, with plans to move more than a million units a year through the deepwater port.
Posted:5/17/2013
ICTSI short-listed for Melbourne Container Terminal bid
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has been named among the short-list of bidders to build and operate Melbourne's third international container terminal.
Posted:5/17/2013
Dredge contract awarded to handle bigger ships at Miami's port
The United States Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $180 million contract to dredge Miami's harbor to an Illinois-based company, part of a plan to deepen the port channel to handle larger ships coming through the expanded Panama Canal in 2015.
Posted:5/17/2013
Alabama State Port Authority trade executive Shepard dies
Mark Ivey Sheppard, Vice President for Trade and Development for the Alabama State Port Authority, died at his home following a brief illness. He was 61 years old.
Posted:5/15/2013
Port of Virginia handles box ship needing 49 feet of draft
Fourteen months after The Port of Virginia set a US East Coast record for handling a deep-draft container ship, the port on May 11th, broke its own record when an export-laden container ship set sail drafting 49 feet of water.
Posted:5/15/2013
Terex Port Solutions supplies hybrid straddle carriers to the Bahamas
The Port of Hamburg has reason to look to the future with optimism. At 32.8 million tons, total seaborne cargo throughput for the first three months of 2013 put the Port of Hamburg back on a growth course.
Posted:5/15/2013
Slight growth in Port of Hamburg’s seaborne cargo handling in the first quarter of 2013
The Port of Hamburg has reason to look to the future with optimism. At 32.8 million tons, total seaborne cargo throughput for the first three months of 2013 put the Port of Hamburg back on a growth course.
Posted:5/15/2013
Gov. Corbett, Chilean Min. of Agriculture mark growing importance of fruit to Port of Philidelphia
Underscoring the importance of his recent trade mission to South America, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, the Chilean Agricultural Minister Luis Mayol Bouchon and senior Chilean agricultural officials met at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia to observe the unloading of the Bahia Castillo, a refrigerated cargo ship carrying thousands of tons of fresh Chilean fruit to the United States and Canada through the Port of Philadelphia gateway.
Posted:5/15/2013
First Polish container terminal joins InlandLinks
The CLIP Container terminal at Swarzedz (near Poznan), Poland has joined InlandLinks. This brings the total number of terminals to 35: 27 in the Netherlands, 4 in Germany, 3 in Belgium and 1 in Poland.
Posted:5/15/2013
Maersk Line CEO visits Panama Canal expansion
Maersk Line CEO Søren Skou visited the Panama Expansion construction site accompanied by Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L. Quijano during his recent trip to Panama.
Posted:5/15/2013
International Container Terminal plans $200 million Manila offering
Port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. plans to raise up to $200 million in a share offering in the Philippines for general corporate purposes and capital expenditures, according to a term sheet of the deal seen by Reuters.
Posted:5/15/2013
Cargo continues to flow in April at the Port of Virginia
Cargo volumes at The Port of Virginia continued their climb as the number of TEUs handled in April grew 5.7 percent when compared with the same month last year.
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