Ports & Terminals

Goeyvaerts orders two Konecranes Generation 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes to meet growing rental demand

AJOT Newsroom | 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.

Port of Long Beach offers traffic alerts with new texting service

AJOT Newsroom | September 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Retail imports remain strong but growth slows as COVID-19 disruptions continue

AJOT Newsroom | 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.

APM Terminals North America hosts Global Safety Day

AJOT Newsroom | 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.

Maritime

AJOT Newsroom | September 09, 2021

Port of New Orleans container vessel operations resume after Hurricane Ida, breakbulk resumed Sept. 2

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) container vessel operations resumed today, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, just nine days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a category 4 storm.

Ship briefly stranded in Suez Canal before being freed

Bloomberg | September 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Maritime

AJOT Newsroom | September 09, 2021

Port of New Orleans cargo operations resume four days after Hurricane Ida

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) resumed limited cargo and vessel operations, beginning with breakbulk vessel cargo, Sept. 2, 2021, just four days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a category 4 storm.

CII to present the Connie Award to Eugene Seroka, Executive Director of the Port of LA

AJOT Newsroom | September 08, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Award to be presented at industry-wide luncheon on December 6 at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel

Port of Portland welcomes new marine service to Terminal 6

AJOT Newsroom | September 08, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Port of Baltimore welcomes first ship under new Maersk container service

AJOT Newsroom | September 07, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

CMA CGM Kaohsiung Terminal starts a new chapter

AJOT Newsroom | September 07, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, started its terminal operations at the port of Kaohsiung as CMA CGM Kaohsiung Terminal Co, Limited on September 1st, 2021.

ADQ Plans to List Abu Dhabi Ports on Local Bourse This Year

Bloomberg | September 07, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

VCFI index shows freight rates continue to rise, up 2.51% in August

AJOT Newsroom | September 03, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) continues to climb in its upward trend in maritime freight, although less accentuated than the previous month, growing by 2.51% in August. It stands at 3,513.54 points, accumulating an increase of 251.74% since the start of the series in January 2018

Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority is looking towards the future

AJOT Newsroom | September 03, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority recently took delivery of new Liebherr mobile harbour crane technology. The port is already successfully operating two LHM 280 for bulk handling operation since many years and is now preparing for future challenges.