North America

Philadelphias MaritimeStakeholders Group was dealt a bitter blow to its campaign to stop aland swapin the port to a non-maritime business when Pennsylvania CommonwealthCourt Judge Dan Pellegrini denied their request to a…

Therejuvenation of the port of Prince Rupertcontinued apace in 2007 with throughput climbing to 10.6m tonnes, up 237% since2005 on the back of strong Pacific demand for Canadian coal, petcoke andagricultural products.

The Mexican port of Chiapas has almost completed construction of a $2.83m container storage facility, which is due to open by the end of January 2008. There will be 750 slots for…

AIG Highstar Capital, owner of and investor in Ports America, MTC Holdings and Amports, has restructured its business to create a single management structure for the entire enterprise.

The Mexican port of Manzanillo handled 1.5m containersin 2007 compared with 1.25m containers in 2006, equivalent to growth of 20%. Thesefigures have led the port to claim its place among the three…

Mitsui OSL Lines dedicated container terminal in the US port of Jacksonville is due to become operational in early 2009. It will be known as the TraPac Jacksonville terminal and will be…