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US port congestion forum
The US Federal Maritime Commission is holding a public forum on tackling port congestion and all industry stakeholders, regulators and the general public are being urged to attend.
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NewsMaglio named as IADC’s ‘Young Author’
The International Association of Dredging Companies has celebrated excellence in dredging and maritime research with its Young Authors Award.
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NewsUS ports nudge all-time box handling high
North American container ports looked set to handle an all-time high in August, according to figures from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates’ Global Port Tracker.
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NewsMaher loses out at NY-NJ
According to US District Court documents, Maher Terminals has lost its bid to cut the fees it must pay the port authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).
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NewsPorts America expands at Long Beach
Ports America is expanding its box operations at the Port of Long Beach, with a 30% stake in rival container terminal operator, International Transportation Service (ITS).
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NewsAPMT sells off US terminal
APM Terminals is selling its state-of-the-art container terminal located in Portsmouth, Virginia, US, because it doesn’t want to remain a non-operating lessor of the facility to the Commonwealth of Virginia for the next 16 years.
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NewsCalifornian ports hit by truckers strike
Operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were temporarily halted yesterday by drayage truck strikes over claims of unfair labour practices.
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NewsGulftainer moves into USA
Gulftainer is growing in line with its vision to expand to 35 terminals in five continents by 2020 with a 35-year concession at Port Canaveral in Florida, USA.
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NewsGCT expands New Jersey offering
Global Container Terminals (GCT) is expanding its New Jersey terminal in response to customers’ greater productivity needs and to ensure it’s ‘big ship ready’.
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NewsLong Beach ups its game
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is introducing two new incentives in a bid to attract additional cargo and compete with other West Coast ports.
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Tampa seeks new gantry cranes
Tampa Bay is in the market for new post-panamax gantry cranes to expand capacity at its container terminal.
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NewsUS WRRDA clears its final hurdle
The US Water Resources Reform and Development Act has cleared its final hurdle with President Obama’s signing of the much-delayed act this week.
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NewsUS climbdown on container scanning?
Few in the industry are surprised to hear that the US may have delayed new rules requiring all cargo containers entering the country to be security scanned prior to departure.
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NewsUS seaports get vote of confidence
US seaports are in line for a wave of modernisation following the US States Congress’ approval of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) 2014.
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NewsGassing up
LNG leads the way in the huge projects in Washington and Oregon, writes Martin Rushmere
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NewsUS retail imports on the up
As new contracts are negotiated for US West Coast dockworkers, import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.5% in May, according to the latest Global Port Tracker report.
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NewsLongview explores propane proposal
The Port of Longview is exploring a propane and butane export proposal as part of a one-year option agreement with Haven Energy.
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NewsVirginia works to stay on top of “chronic losses”
Virginia Port Authority is looking to put an end to “continuing losses” at the port, starting with the re-negotiation of APM Terminals’ 20-year lease of the Portsmouth facility.
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NewsMiami alliance opposes Beckham’s waterfront stadium
An alliance of shippers are appealing against David Beckham’s plans for a major stadium at PortMiami over worries it could push business and jobs to competing ports along the US east coast.
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NewsLong Beach dismisses proposed Los Angeles merger
A proposal by the LA 2020 Commission to merge the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach – the two busiest container ports in the US – has been slated by Long Beach leaders for being “condescending and disrespectful”.
