Rotterdam Tops 10 Million TEUs
The specially painted container, handled by the ECT Delta terminal in Rotterdam, carries the legend Where is this 10th mln container of Rotterdam going...
Bigger Ocean Containers Promise Big Savings
Fresh from the assembly line, the first containers were loaded by APL at Chiwan, China and moved to the carriers Global Gateway South marine terminal...
New York/New Jersey Proposes Toll and Fare Increase
In addition to the security costs, the fees would help fund a $30 billion long-term capital investment program that makes strategic investments in rehabilitating...
Ocean Carriers Park Capacity Over Fuel Cost
APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine, and Mitsui OSK Lines, all members of The New World Alliance (TWNA), jointly announced that in the face of an unprecedented...
The Panama Canal Sets Fiscal Year Records
Actual measurement of transits of cargo using Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS) figures was 313 tons in Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 versus...
Prince RupertAn Express Gateway Asia-North America
The new Fairview Container Terminal is now up and running at the port that is a days sailing time closer to Asia than Vancouver and Seattle in the US...
Port Container Traffic Below 2006 Levels
September saw another month of declines in container traffic at North American ports. The low volumes at the ports reflect retailers cautious expectations...
Transpacific Growth Not Permanent
Worldwide container shipping capacity could increase by over 13% in 2008 and then slow to a rate just over 12% in 2009 and about 10% in 2010. This would...
Three Ports Are the First to Scan US-bound Containers
The ports are the first to fulfill the requirements of the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act of 2006. Called the Secure Freight Initiative...
Port Worker Identification Program Begins
The aim of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program is to make sure that anyone with unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and...
Peak Retail Volumes Expected to Drop
As figures for the summer months are firming, indications are that fewer containers are being handled at major US ports and that trend will continue into...
Canada Port Workers Require Security Clearance
Calling it an important step towards enhancing Canadas marine security, Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, noted...
Los Angeles/Long Beach Require Truck Tags
The Truck Tag program is part of a proactive effort by terminal operators to meet US Department of Homeland Security and US Coast Guard guidelines, said...
New Terminal for Rotterdam
At a signing ceremony in Rotterdam, port officials and members of a consortium endorsed an agreement covering building the superstructure, equipping and...
Transpacific Growth Sustainable, Rates Arent
Asia-US liftings for the members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) totaled 480,000 forty-foot-equivalent-units (FEUs) in July, up 8.6%...
Ocean Shipping Steaming Ahead
Though the industry has been experiencing a softer market, the tide seems to be changing as this years peak season is underway. Newer, bigger vessels...
California Container Tax Defeated
The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) reported that when the container tax bill passed a vote in the California Assembly Appropriations...
Suez Income is Up, The Panama Breaks New Ground
For its part, the Suez Canal had a very good results, with income of $4.16 billion (US) for the fiscal year that ended in June. That figure was up 17%...
US Ports Are True Economic Engines
Findings indicate that in 2006, US deep draft ports and their seaport-related businesses produced 8.4 million jobs and added $2 trillion to the American...
Eight Ports to Receive 60% of Security Funding
While the Tier I, highest risk status, locations will be beneficiaries of the greatest chunk of money under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
Suez Service Connects New York and Asia
Claiming its weekly service from Asia to New York will provide the industrys fastest transit times, APL launched its container service through the Suez...
US Freight Transportation Takes a Fall
Transportation fell 0.7% in June from its May level. A report from the Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the TSI measures...
Trailer Bridge Expands in Caribbean
The Trailer Bridge Triplestack Box Carrier introduces the 53-foot transportation service to the Dominican Republic, says Trailer Bridge. The new service...
Panama Canal Shows A Slight Decline in Usage
The Canal unit of measurement for tonnage uses the Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS). For the quarter, volume was 75.6 million PC/UMS...
Truckers Join to Oppose LA/Long Beach Air Plan
Calling themselves the Harbor Truckers for a Sustainable Future (HTSF), the group is made up of short-haul drayage companies and independent owner-operators...
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