North America

Mexicos Puerto Madera, also known as Port Chiapas, has issued a tender covering the privatisation of operations at its multi-purpose terminal for a period of five years, although including an option for…

This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Five companies have acquired the bidding rules to undertake dredging work at the…

This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Yang Ming and Port of Tacoma have signed an MOU acknowledging negotiations to…

Chiles national environmental board Conama has given the go-ahead for a $12m package of works at the northern port of Antofagasta.

Port Everglades set a record among the nations top 15 container ports for the calendar year through July with a 22% increase in containerised cargo from 2003 to 2004. " Our container…

The port complex has increased its first half year traffic by 10% over 2003 with Asia continuing to drive the increase in containerised cargo. 630,000 TEUs to and from Asia were handled…

The Chinese Zhe Jiang consortium has announced that it is to invest in a new distribution development at the port of Progreso, from where containers will be rotated out to markets in…

"It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready…

"It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready…

Maersk Sealand has officially pulled out of Manzanillo, instead transferring its regional box traffic to Lazaro Cardenas which currently receives calls also from APL and CP Ships.

Four new ZPMC quay cranes have been delivered to the Pierce County Terminal at Tacoma, with a fifth to arrive shortly. The cranes arrived fully assembled by one of ZPMC' s own…

To reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality, a group of terminal operators has announced a plan for all 13 Long Beach and Los Angeles port container cargo terminals to phase in…

The Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners and British Petroleum have agreed to a historic voluntary air quality improvement project that will allow BP vessels to cold iron - shut down their…

The Port of New York & New Jersey has implemented a $1.66m channel-deepening programme which will be completed in 2014. This is a joint project between the port authority, which will finance…

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is in the throes of swapping maritime land known as the Pier 98 Annex to the SYSCO Corporation, a domestic food distribution company.Granex has taken out…

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is in the throes of swapping maritime land known as the Pier 98 Annex to the SYSCO Corporation, a domestic food distribution company.The Long Beach Board…

The port of Paranagua, Latin Americas largest dry bulk exporting facility and Brazils leading soya export gateway, has issued tenders for the repair and upgrading of its Muelle Comercial.