Ports & Terminals


Biggest gateway for US imports hit by record ship bottleneck
Ports & Terminals
Bloomberg | Top Story | January 29, 2021

Biggest gateway for US imports hit by record ship bottleneck

Ship congestion around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach hit an unprecedented level, worsening the bottleneck at the busiest gateway for U.S. imports.
Maritime Exchange reports 2020 ship arrivals

AJOT | January 29, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

DP World advances in Israel port bid as Turkish firm faces check
Ports & Terminals
Bloomberg | Top Story | January 27, 2021

DP World advances in Israel port bid as Turkish firm faces check

Israeli officials have cleared United Arab Emirates port operator DP World to move forward in the privatization of Israel’s largest port but have kept Turkey’s Yildirim Holding AS under further scrutiny.
Cashman wraps up Boston Harbor Phase II dredging nearly one year ahead of schedule
Ports & Terminals
AJOT | Top Story | January 27, 2021

Cashman wraps up Boston Harbor Phase II dredging nearly one year ahead of schedule

New England’s busiest port moves closer to welcoming larger containerships and growing the regional economy thanks to Cashman Dredging and JV Partner The Dutra Group completing Phase II of III of the U.S. Army Corps’ Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project last month, nearly one year ahead of schedule.
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Valenciaport exceeds 5.4 million containers and 80 million tons managed in 2020

AJOT | January 27, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

• These figures are similar to those of the previous year and highlight the activity carried out by the port and logistics community during the Covid-19 pandemic • In December, 485,404 containers (+17.23%) and 7,226,777 tonnes of goods (+17.60%) were handled • Since August, 2,459,640 TEUs have been moved, with an average of 492,000 TEUs, and there were two months that exceeded 500,000 containers • The export activity of the last five months (containerised cargo), with an average growth of over 11 per cent, has supported the recovery after the toughest months of the pandemic (May-July) • Containerised general cargo closed the year with 63.26 million tonnes, 2.49% more than in 2019. Growth in the agri-food sector (+6.87%) and Construction materials (+5.51%) stand out • The United States is Valenciaport's main partner in terms of both the volume of goods and the number of containers handled

Port of Kiel can nearly maintain its cargo transhipment volumes

AJOT | January 27, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Bolt Express announces VP promotions

AJOT | January 27, 2021 | Intermodal | Ports & Terminals | Trucking

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Panama Canal helps save the planet more than 13 million tons of CO2 in 2020

AJOT | January 27, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

The waterway launches CO2 Emissions Dashboard with savings by vessels that use the Panama Canal.

Frozen fish pileup in China threatens global supply chains
International Trade
Bloomberg | Top Story | January 27, 2021

Frozen fish pileup in China threatens global supply chains

A huge pile up of fish cargoes at a Chinese port risks impacting shipments of frozen food across the country and beyond.
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North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven (NTB) prepared for the future with the four new Liebherr ship to shore (STS) container cranes

AJOT | January 26, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

• Ten identical Liebherr STS cranes now in operation at the port • Ultra large and advanced cranes prepare NTB for the future • Liebherr Automation Systems and Straddle Lane Covers among the key features

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Damen delivers RSD tug 2513 to Tug Malta

AJOT | January 26, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

On Friday 15 January, Damen Shipyards Group handed over a new, next-generation, Damen RSD Tug 2513 to Tug Malta, Malta’s leading tug operator. Named Senglea, after the nearby, historic city of the same name, she joins a fleet that already has a number of Damen ASD tugs, but is the first RSD tug to operate in the region.

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Cargo tonnage at Port Saint John increases year‐over‐year

AJOT | January 26, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Overall cargo tonnage at Port Saint John for the year 2020 was 25,984,654 metric tons (MT), a 2% increase over 2019.

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Savannah moves more than 4.6M TEUs in 2020

AJOT | January 26, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

The Georgia Ports Authority moved more than 4.68 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in 2020, up 1.8 percent over its 2019 total of 4.59 million. Total cargo crossing all docks in 2020 reached 38.4 million tons.

JAXPORT adds an additional 700 feet of newly reconstructed berthing space at Blount Island
Ports & Terminals
AJOT | Top Story | January 25, 2021

JAXPORT adds an additional 700 feet of newly reconstructed berthing space at Blount Island

Final phase of $104 million in berth enhancements set to be completed around the same time as harbor deepening through Blount Island

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