North America

Rising sea levels pose a significant medium- to long-term threat to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, a select committee has been told in the US.

Protests by truckers at the Port of Oakland earlier this week have ended, after other workers encouraged work to continue as normal.

American ports are to benefit from funding from the Seaport Investment Program which will help finance port improvement projects across Florida.

The Los Angeles Board of Harbour Commissioners has voted in favour of the ports recommendation to eliminate a container fee which has never been used.

Hot on the back of the news that the Port of Baltimore has received federal funding to increase its capacity, a new survey has been released showing the breadth of infrastructure concerns…

The US Port of Baltimore has received US$10m in federal funding to increase cargo capacity and infrastructure in a bid to improve one of Maryland state’s “greatest economic engines”.

Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) and Canadas Harper government are investing CAD$106m in infrastructure to open new markets in Asia.

The Port of Los Angeles is investing in its Yang Ming terminal with a US$122m project to expand the facility and extend the lease agreement.