North America

Pacific Gateway ports have successfully married expansion plans with infrastructure improvements. Kathy A Smith reports

New York/New Jersey port authority is to invest $346m in port projects for 2012, in addition to the $15m it will spend on increasing air draft clearance under the Bayonne Bridge.

The Port of Oakland has spoken out against the planned Occupy blockade due to take place across all west coast seaports next week on 12 December.

It appears that the US freight rail strike planned for tomorrow has been averted, thanks to a last minute agreement between railroad representatives and the unions.

What might be called the Panama Canal Syndrome is keeping port planners and executives on the alert over the effect the widened canal will have on US West Coast port traffic.

Canada and the environment converge on US West Coast ports, as Martin Rushmere discovers

Following the Wall Street protests last week, demonstrators have threatened to block all west coast seaports on 12 December as part of ongoing national demonstrations.

The tricky issue of how to handle potentially explosive reefer containers appearing in US Pacific ports is still not resolved.