Ports & Terminals

Pressure for action grows as South African ports firm flails

Bloomberg | September 19, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

STL Region & Port NOLA working to grow volume of freight on inland waterways

AJOT Newsroom | September 19, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Partnership between St. Louis Region and Port of New Orleans Continues with Joint Support for Infrastructure Investment Aimed at Connecting America’s Heartland to the Future of Global Trade

Guardian expands its Height Safety excellence with new distribution center in Houston

AJOT Newsroom | September 18, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

Height Safety expert Guardian is pleased to announce the company’s expansion in Houston with a new 71,000-square-foot distribution facility located near the company’s Global Headquarters and Height Safety Center.

Maiden call of new Finnlines vessel M/S Finnsirius at Port of Kapellskär

AJOT Newsroom | September 18, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Shipping company Finnlines is making a major investment, introducing two brand new vessels on the Kapellskär – Långnäs – Naantali route...

Port of Oakland releases latest Economic Impact Report

AJOT Newsroom | September 18, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Port generates nearly 100,000 local jobs, a 14 percent increase since 2017 study

Sterling Transportation expands LAX operations with new, bigger facility

AJOT Newsroom | September 15, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

The 16-dock terminal is located just 3.5 miles east of LAX at the nexus of the 405, 105, and 110 freeways and is more convenient for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach...

Fraport extends CEO contract for Dr. Stefan Schulte

AJOT Newsroom | September 15, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Supervisory board approves contract extension by a further three years

Energy

Stas Margaronis | September 15, 2023

AWO & Glosten Warn That California Harbor Craft Rules Will Be Costly

On August 9th, Crowley and the Port of San Diego broke ground on the shoreside charging station designed to provide clean energy for the company’s new zero-emissions tugboat, eWolf.

Port Houston orders 5 more Konecranes RTGs, continuing its hybridization drive

AJOT Newsroom | September 15, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Port Houston is continuing to hybridize RTG container handling in its Barbours Cut and Bayport operations to meet growing container traffic in an eco-efficient way...

Bhatia to become member of the Executive Board responsible for terminals at Hapag-Lloyd

The Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG has appointed Dheeraj Bhatia to the company’s Executive Board effective 1 January 2024. He will also become CEO of the new Rotterdam-based Hapag-Lloyd Terminal Holding, in which Hapag-Lloyd AG’s infrastructure holdings will be pooled.

Six Central Utah counties collaborate for project area creation

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail | Ports & Terminals

Strategic Marine joins Cyan Renewables-led consortium in advancing electric harbour craft operations in Singapore

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Portos RS and DockTech sign use-of-technology agreement, using Wilson Sons’ tugboats as data collectors

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

It is the first agreement signed by a Brazilian port authority with a foreign startup that offers solutions to better plan dredging operations and seabed behaviour

Intermodal

Bloomberg | September 13, 2023

US, EU agree on Mideast-India rail and shipping corridor at G-20

The US signed an agreement with India, Middle Eastern countries and the European Union aimed at connecting them via a network of railways and sea routes, a development that comes as China builds its influence across the energy-rich region.

Panama Canal says traffic woes will last into next year

The operator of the Panama Canal said there’s no immediate prospect of relief from the drought that’s reduced water levels and snarled shipping and global supply chains.