North America

The development of environmental regulations needs to be balanced with accommodating trade and jobs, the president of Pacific Merchant Shipping Association has said.

Planning for a US$1bn plus project to build a container terminal and logistics centre is underway by the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA).

The Governor of New York has announced that $26.5m in state-funding is available for preserving and enhancing port and rail services in major trade and passenger travel corridors across the US state.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) president and chief operating officer for logistics Raymond Fitzgerald has been announced as the keynote speaker at the 2018 GreenPort Congress Americas.

American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has voiced its approval of a $200bn US infrastructure plan.

The Canaveral Port Authority has been awarded nearly $1m in federal funding to support port security programs and critical infrastructure.

The president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) has said that the US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, plus Californian air quality regulatory agencies, need to rethink mandating zero-emissions…

$66bn federal funding is required to supplement $155bn of planned US port capital improvements, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has stressed.

This year will be the year that the Port of Oakland puts a cargo delivery platform requested by customers to work, the facility’s executive director Chris Lytle has said.