North America

The Port of Oakland has said that agricultural exports to Asia are robust and exports to China rose 5% over last year in the first quarter of 2019, despite the US-China tariff…

Canada’s government will amalgamate the Oshawa and Hamilton port authorities to form the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority to better attract investment, develop the supply chain, and enhance the region’s global connectivity and competitiveness.

The Canadian Government will invest CAD$47.5m in two projects that will increase capacity at the Port of Halifax to move domestic goods to international markets.

Yildirim Group has said it is looking ahead to ‘new opportunities” and anticipates singing a deal to develop a container terminal in Gulfport, Mississippi, US.

A BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) enforced lockout has been lifted and an International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada-organised strike withdrawn after a “tentative agreement” on a new labour contract was…

The Port of Vancouver has stressed how a withdrawal of labour would be “extremely disruptive” as the BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) goes ahead with its plan to lock out workers on…

US$225m will be available for US port infrastructure improvements through the FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations bill.

An industrial incident involving a top loader container handler at a Port of Los Angeles container terminal has resulted in the death of a worker and seriously injured a second worker.

Increased tariffs on bilateral US-China goods trade may result in decreased traffic at certain US ports, but medium-term revenues of ports will be partly insulated from volume declines by contractual minimums, a…

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has recommended the US Administration rescind a decision to hike tariffs to 25% on about US$200bn in goods exported from China.