North America

Old US west coast rivals the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma have formed an unlikely alliance in order to share space and ensure their ability to reinvest in terminal assets and infrastructure.

It’s the ‘big ships’ and not the Panama Canal that are the talk of the East Coast, writes Martin Rushmere

West coast ports hope that talk is not cheap when it comes to long term labour negotiations finds Martin Rushmere

The container scanning debate has raised its head again in the US with Congress introducing legislation that could bring 100% container scanning to US ports firmly back on the agenda.

The US Department of Transportation is to provide $600m for 72 transportation projects in 46 states and the District of Columbia through its 2014 TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) program.

Gulftainer’s recent agreement to run the cargo terminal at Port Canaveral in Florida has sparked the security debate up again surrounding the foreign ownership of US infrastructure potentially compromising national security.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has picked up again in the US container terminal sector, as investors look to low priced, low-risk options, according to Drewry Shipping Consultants.

Global ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, says that the effects of the labour disputes at US west coast ports are beginning to show, with cargo being diverted setting the stage for broader economic…

The International Association of Dredging Companies has celebrated excellence in dredging and maritime research with its Young Authors Award.

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.

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).

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).

Operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were temporarily halted yesterday by drayage truck strikes over claims of unfair labour practices.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LNG leads the way in the huge projects in Washington and Oregon, writes Martin Rushmere

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…

The Port of Longview is exploring a propane and butane export proposal as part of a one-year option agreement with Haven Energy.

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…