North America

Eleven new rubber-tyred gantry cranes at the port of Georgia aim to conserve more than 83,000 gallons of diesel per year - a 33% saving compared with the existing fleets average consumption.

In the United States, short sea shipping - or coastal freighting services for hauling non-bulk cargoes paralleling existing truck networks - is not a new idea: a few container feeder roll on-roll…

The Brazilian terminal operator Libra Terminais says it will continue investing despite the downturn in the economy.

The clearance of a seven-year Environmental Impact Report logjam is oneof the most important port issues from the point of view of the MarineExchange of Southern California.

The National Concessions Board of Costa Rica is to permittechnical studies to be carried out for a $700m transhipment terminal close tothe existing Port of Moí n on its Atlantic coast. Results…

A container terminal tender has been issued by the Mexican Port of Tuxpan in the State of Veracruz.

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have drawn up plans to eliminate the claiming process for cargo carried by clean trucks.

Local residents and port workers at the Peruvian Port of Salaverry have protested against the proposed privatisation of the installation.

Ecuadors Under-Secretary for Ports and Maritime Transport, Jorge Vera, says that he has begun the procedure to terminate the concession awarded for the port of Esmeraldas to the Puerto Nuevo Milenium consortium.

A consultant has warned that expansion of the port of Sã o Sebastiã o could have detrimental effects on the highly important tourist industry in the area.

The new president of the Bahia Dock Company (Codeba) says that he hopes to resolve the impasse involving the expansion of the container terminal at the Brazilian port of Salvador at the…

Mexicos transport and communications ministry has revised bidding rules for the Punta Colonet port project in Baja California state.

Mitsui OSK Lines subsidiary TraPac has renewed its long-term lease contract for a container terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.

The latest US containerised import statistics reveal a 19.3% drop in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same period last year, according to PIERS Trade Horizons.