North America

The Port of Oakland has spoken out against the planned Occupy blockade due to take place across all west coast seaports next week on 12 December.

It appears that the US freight rail strike planned for tomorrow has been averted, thanks to a last minute agreement between railroad representatives and the unions.

What might be called the Panama Canal Syndrome is keeping port planners and executives on the alert over the effect the widened canal will have on US West Coast port traffic.

Canada and the environment converge on US West Coast ports, as Martin Rushmere discovers

Following the Wall Street protests last week, demonstrators have threatened to block all west coast seaports on 12 December as part of ongoing national demonstrations.

The tricky issue of how to handle potentially explosive reefer containers appearing in US Pacific ports is still not resolved.

Over the last few days, some ports in the US have been dealing with a potentially explosive issue – suspect reefer containers apparently at risk of explosion.

A 25 million tonne marine debris field created by the Japanese tsunami back in March is currently floating across the North Pacific and will reach Hawaii by this winter, according to experts.

The sister ports of Tacoma and Kitakyushu have signed a pact on environmental issues and disaster prevention.

The Port of Charleston has announced that it will be making a large investment over the next ten years to become a true post-panamax harbour.

The Port of Oakland confirmed maritime operations have been partially resumed after being shut down yesterday prior to an organised march taking place.

The Port of Oakland is being targeted as part of the Oakland General Strike in California today. A group called Occupy Oakland are leading a march on the port in order to…

The North American Great Lakes artery has grand plans for the future, as Stevie Knight discovers

The US Federal Maritime Commission is to launch an enquiry to investigate if US ports are unfairly losing business to West coast Canadian ports.

Ten years on from 9/11, US ports are being asked to enhance their security further, but it’s a troubling issue in the recent environment of budgetary cuts.

The expected landfall of category three Hurricane Irene on Saturday has prompted the US Coast captain of the port North Carolina sector to set Port Condition Whiskey for the state’s Wilmington and…

The private sector has propped up South American ports with great success, as Alex Hughes explains

The campaign to start up a deepwater container port in North Carolina has been facing increasingly muddied waters, including a new move to relocate the proposed International Terminal.