Ports & Terminals

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The Northwest Seaport Alliance recognizes 2020 North Star Award winners

AJOT | March 31, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) is proud to announce its 2020 North Star Award winners, recognizing SSA Marine with the Environmental Stewardship Award and MacMillan-Piper with the Cargo Anchor Award.

FMT signs operating agreement in Itawamba county

AJOT | March 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

Empire Trimodal Terminal, LLC., To Operate As ‘The Port Of West Virginia’

AJOT | March 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

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Svitzer to deploy two new ice-class tugs in Scandinavia region

AJOT | March 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Sister vessels Svitzer Embla and Svitzer Edda to strengthen Svitzer’s presence in the Nordics

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Kalmar secures repeat orders for terminal tractors from SSA Marine for Panama and Mexico terminals

AJOT | March 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

The second agreement, completed via Kalmar’s local partner Tracsa, is for 14 machines to be operated by SSA Mexico in the Port of Manzanillo in Colima, Mexico. Both orders were booked in Cargotec's 2021 Q1 order intake, with delivery scheduled to take place during Q3 of 2021.

Port Houston expands resin packaging capacity

Ports & Terminals

AJOT | Top Story | March 30, 2021

Port Houston expands resin packaging capacity

Port Houston and Portwall Partners Ltd. have entered into a 50-year lease agreement to develop a state-of-the-art resin packaging facility on approximately 56 acres of property at Port Houston’s Bayport Industrial Complex.

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Svitzer highlights multilateral collaboration that ensured refloating of Ever Given in Suez Canal

AJOT | March 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway

Two Svitzer tugs, Port Said 1 and Port Said 2, supported recent refloating of Ever Given

Suez Canal reopening triggers rush on ports around the world

AJOT | March 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway

U.S. Department of Transportation announces funding availability for port infrastructure development program

AJOT | March 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

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GPA makes major infrastructure investment

AJOT | March 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The Georgia Ports Authority has approved projects to increase annual capacity at the Port of Savannah beyond 6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units. In 2020, the Port of Savannah handled 4.7 million TEUs of cargo.

The Suez Canal crisis has ended. Time to add up the damages

Bloomberg | March 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway

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Port Tampa Bay welcomes plans for Celadon paper fiber manufacturing plant

AJOT | March 29, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The Port Tampa Bay Board of Commissioners approved an agreement with Celadon Development Corporation to lease 37 acres for the construction and operation of a paper fiber manufacturing plant.

Port NOLA caps off National Procurement Month with Roundtable

AJOT | March 29, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

SC Ports celebrates Lineage Logistics facility expansion

Ports & Terminals

AJOT | Top Story | March 29, 2021

SC Ports celebrates Lineage Logistics facility expansion

Expansion in Charleston adds additional cold storage capacity for customers

Nigerian port orders two Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes

AJOT | March 26, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Redwood City’s Zortman “cautiously optimistic” about 2021 but port faces dredging challenges

Ports & Terminals

Stas Margaronis | Top Story | March 26, 2021

Redwood City’s Zortman “cautiously optimistic” about 2021 but port faces dredging challenges

The Port of Redwood City is “cautiously optimistic” about 2021 cargo volumes for imports and exports but the lack of annual ship channel dredging is allowing shoaling to worsen. The result is delays and higher costs for loading and unloading of vessels, according to Executive Director Kristine Zortman.