Ports & Terminals

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GPA adds new container storage space

AJOT | March 19, 2020 | Ports & Terminals

The Port of Savannah is bringing online 400,000 TEUs of annual container capacity at just the time when many port customers are seeking new storage options.

COVID-19 Update: Suspended operations at Port of Houston Terminals

Ports & Terminals

AJOT | Top Story | March 19, 2020

COVID-19 Update: Suspended operations at Port of Houston Terminals

The Port of Houston has shut down its Barbours Cut and Bayport Container Terminals, following an ILA worker's positive test for COVID-19

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Chinese port restricts ships from virus-hit nations for 14 days

Bloomberg | March 18, 2020 | Ports & Terminals

The port of Fuzhou in eastern China is restricting vessels arriving from nine countries including the U.S. and Singapore in efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus by visiting ships and their crew.

There aren’t enough containers to keep world trade flowing

Maritime

Bloomberg | Top Story | March 18, 2020

There aren’t enough containers to keep world trade flowing

A shipping container shortage that’s left everything from Thai curry to Canadian peas idling in ports may be about to get a whole lot worse as China steps up its coronavirus precautions on incoming vessels.

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Kalmar and Tanzania Ports Authority extend successful collaboration with new RTG order

AJOT | March 18, 2020 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a contract to supply Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) with a total of six Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for use at Dar es Salaam port. The order was booked in Cargotec's 2020 Q1 order intake, with delivery scheduled for Q1 of 2021.

Northern California maritime professionals expedite imports during coronavirus emergency

Ports & Terminals

Stas Margaronis | Top Story | March 18, 2020

Northern California maritime professionals expedite imports during coronavirus emergency

A group of Northern California freight forwarders, customs brokers, stevedores and U.S. Customs officials are working together with truckers, longshore labor and Port of Oakland officials to expedite import containers reaching end users, especially those that contain medical supplies and other important products during the Coronavirus emergency.

PMSA and other local maritime interests file suit against proposed Oakland A’s ballpark and condominiums

Ports & Terminals

Stas Margaronis | Top Story | March 18, 2020

PMSA and other local maritime interests file suit against proposed Oakland A’s ballpark and condominiums

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), Schnitzer Steel Industries, the Harbor Trucking Association, and the California Trucking Association filed a suit in response to the latest submission by the Oakland A's proposed stadium and condominium complex at the Port of Oakland’s Howard Terminal.