Ports & Terminals

Weather impacts February volumes at Port Houston cargo rebound in March

AJOT Newsroom | March 31, 2025 | Ports & Terminals

Fog impacted many ports throughout the southern United States in February, including Port Houston’s public terminals.

NAWE testifies before U.S. Trade Representative

AJOT Newsroom | March 31, 2025 | International Trade | Ports & Terminals

Carl Bentzel, President of the National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE), testified before the United States Trade Representative (USTR) during the public hearing on the Section 301 investigation into China’s targeted efforts to dominate the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries.

Hapag-Lloyd makes PH inaugural at ICTSI Manila

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) flagship operation, Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), welcomed the inaugural call of Hapag-Lloyd’s (HL) newly launched China-Philippines Feeder (CPF) service at the Port of Manila, Philippines.

CK Hutchison to not sell strategic ports at Panama Canal next week, SCMP reports

Reuters | March 28, 2025 | Maritime | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, led by tycoon Li Ka-shing, will not sign a deal next week to sell its two strategic ports at the Panama Canal to a BlackRock-led group, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.

PSA International PTE LTD and its subsidiaries results for 2024

AJOT Newsroom | March 28, 2025 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers

Port of Huntsville marks second consecutive year of growth, 1M Lifts

AJOT Newsroom | March 28, 2025 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The International Intermodal Center (IIC) at the Port of Huntsville announces a second consecutive year of growth in cargo operations in 2024 and the best year since 2008 for rail lifts. The North Alabama inland port saw 22.3% more rail lifts in 2024 (33,745) than in 2023 (27,597). On March 19, 2025, the IIC surpassed a historic milestone of one million lifts.

Port awards $1.1M in community sponsorships

AJOT Newsroom | March 28, 2025 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday awarded $1,138,300 in sponsorships to 320 local nonprofit organizations through the Port of Long Beach Community Sponsorship Program, marking the largest award and highest number of recipients in a single call to date.

2025 begins with a surge in total volume and imports at Port of NY & NJ

AJOT Newsroom | March 27, 2025 | Ports & Terminals

The Port of New York and New Jersey started 2025 with positive upswings in total volume and imports.

PSA-DNV-PIL embark on digital collaboration to enable green and sustainable supply chains

As a commitment towards the greening of supply chains, PSA International Pte Ltd (“PSA”), DNV Singapore Pte Ltd (“DNV”) and Pacific International Lines (“PIL”) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on carbon emission measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), and jointly develop sustainable solutions to advance decarbonisation in the maritime and logistics sectors.

ITS Logistics March Port Rail Ramp Index: Trucking capacity-to-demand ratio could increase rates for dray and rail capacity

ITS Logistics | March 27, 2025 | Intermodal | Rail | Ports & Terminals

Kalmar launches five-year Move2Green program funded by Business Finland to develop low-emission and intelligent material handling solutions

AJOT Newsroom | March 27, 2025 | Green Shipping | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Cleaner seas for France with HullWiper and Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque

AJOT Newsroom | March 27, 2025 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Marine sustainability and vessel operational efficiency has received a boost at one of France’s largest commercial ports as HullWiper Ltd has signed a lease agreement with Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque.

Maritime

George Lauriat | March 27, 2025

USTR proposal ironically represents grave threat to U.S. port system

If the proposal is enacted as currently presented the result could eviscerate the U.S. state port system, and it is unclear that the proposal will have a material impact on blue-water commercial shipbuilding.

First order from Saguenay Port Authority brings electric-driven Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane to Canada

The Saguenay Port Authority in Quebec has ordered a Konecranes Gottwald ESP.6B Mobile Harbor Crane for a new cargo handling system currently under development. The order was booked in Q1 2025, with handover scheduled for Q3 2025.

WSC urges USTR to drop retroactive port fees, pursue more effective alternatives to boost U.S. shipbuilding

AJOT Newsroom | March 26, 2025 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

The World Shipping Council (WSC) today expressed its support for the United States Trade Representative’s goal of building a vibrant U.S. maritime sector, while expressing its strong opposition to the proposed fee on port calls for Chinese-built vessels, and fleets that contain Chinese-built vessels or have vessels on order from China, saying it would aggravate inflation for U.S. consumers and businesses, threaten jobs, and have especially negative impacts on U.S. farmers and other exporters.

Fossil fuel, agriculture officials to rail against Trump port fee plan

Reuters | March 26, 2025 | Maritime | Bulk | Ports & Terminals

Fossil fuel and agriculture industry representatives are expected to criticize the Trump administration's plan to impose big fees on China-linked ships entering U.S. ports during a hearing in Washington on Wednesday, arguing the move would hobble their ability to export everything from coal to soybeans.