North America – Page 43

  • Toyota expects to export around 5,000 Venza vehicles per year
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    Toyota to export via Port of Brunswick

    2013-02-27T17:12:00Z

    Global carmaker, Toyota Motor, has announced that it will begin exporting US-assembled Venza crossover vehicles to Russia and Ukraine via the Port of Brunswick in Georgia.

  • PortVisions says its web-based solutions will improve efficiency, safety and security in US ports and waterways
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    PortVision to improve US ports and waterways

    2013-02-08T20:12:00Z

    US based maritime intelligence solutions company, PortVision, has launched a CONNECT grant initiative to help improve US port and waterway efficiency, safety and security.

  • The port is looking for partners to lease or operate its cargo facilities
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    West Sacramento seeks business partners

    2013-02-07T11:49:00Z

    The Port of West Sacramento has released a Request for Interest (RFI) to seek out potential business partners to lease or operate the port’s cargo facilities and to lease, purchase or develop port-owned real estate.

  • The supply chain is still in a state of limbo over ongoing the US labour negotiations
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    Ongoing US labour talks create uncertainty

    2013-02-06T13:01:00Z

    The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), involved in the ongoing labour dispute between the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and the US Maritime Alliance (USMX), says that a tentative agreement has been reached, but negotiations are still ongoing.

  • Virginia Port Authority is planning a restructure
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    Virginia plans for restructure

    2013-01-24T11:45:00Z

    Virginia Port Authority (VPA) has kicked off its plan for corporate restructuring this week – the shake-up aims to make the management for the ports more efficient and cost effective.

  • The new yard will provide a critical link between the POLA and the Alameda Corridor
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    POLA begins railyard construction

    2013-01-17T14:00:00Z

    The Port of Los Angles (POLA) is breaking ground with a new intermodal storage railyard that will provide a critical link between the port and the Alameda Corridor, providing staging and storage for trains using the corridor.

  • Not everyone is happy with POLA’s Clean Truck Programme
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    LA’s clean truck programme challenged

    2013-01-15T12:24:00Z

    The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a trucking industry challenge to the Clean Truck Programme at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), a move that could put the port’s environmental policy in jeopardy.

  • Construction continues at the POLB to ensure the port stays competitive
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    POLB continues with infrastructure projects

    2013-01-08T10:54:00Z

    The Port of Long Beach’s Board of Harbour Commissioners was due to formally approve yesterday a $1.2bn budget for the Middle Harbour terminal expansion project, but it was pulled from the meeting’s agenda due to the need for additional briefing.

  • The strike would have closed 15 ports along the East Coast including the Port of Baltimore
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    Strike averted as USMX and ILA reach agreement

    2012-12-31T14:03:00Z

    Following a meeting with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) on Thursday, the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached an agreement, averting a strike along America’s East Coast.

  • The strike would close some of the East Coast's largest ports including the Port of New York and New Jersey
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    Negotiations continue to avoid US strikes

    2012-12-27T13:41:00Z

    Following a disagreement over a contract extension, the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) continue negotiations to avoid work stoppage along America''s East Coast.

  • News

    New Bedford port planned

    2012-12-26T21:41:00Z

    Massachusetts Clean Energy Center is seeking bids for construction of $100m facility called the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.

  • The ILA is vowing to strike again following a disagreement with USMX. Photo: ILA
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    More US strikes loom

    2012-12-19T15:40:00Z

    The International Longshoremen Association (ILA) is vowing to strike again at the end of the month following a disagreement with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) over a proposed contract extension and six year master contract.

  • The UK's Port of Portland will continue to freeze tariff rates in to 2013
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    Tariff costs frozen at Portland

    2012-12-13T18:13:00Z

    The UK''s Port of Portland has announced that, in light of the ongoing recession, it will continue to freeze tariff rates for port & harbour and berthing dues.

  • News

    Undercurrent of competition concerns

    2012-12-06T10:00:00Z

    All US West Coast ports are keeping the same stance over competition from the widened Panama Canal (now said by some to be ready only in 2016), Mexico, and Canada, principally Prince Rupert.

  • Oakland is gearing up for ship-to-shore power
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    Oakland reaches shore power milestone

    2012-12-05T19:06:00Z

    The Port of Oakland has reached another milestone in the implementation of its shore power programme - successful completion of a final test of its ship-to-shore connection with German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd.

  • It is estimated that the strike caused a loss of more than $1bn a day at the POLA and POLB
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    Californian strikes at an end

    2012-12-05T15:57:00Z

    The eight day strike at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB) has come to an end after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 63 Office Clerical Unit and the Harbour Employers Association reached an agreement this week.

  • News

    Anti-pollution one of few successes

    2012-12-05T10:00:00Z

    Anti-pollution, as ever, is a uniform success story throughout the West Coast, led by Los Angeles.

  • An expected drop in LA container volumes in October is an indication of the nervous US economy
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    Dealing with distractions

    2012-12-04T13:45:00Z

    Ports shift their attention away from their core business, says Martin Rushmere

  • Savannah's Ocean Terminal is gearing itself up for the increase in ro-ro exports
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    Equipment upgrade for Savannah

    2012-11-30T11:49:00Z

    The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) board has approved project funding of US$2m to increase capacity, efficiency and flexibility of heavy equipment at the Port of Savannah to handle the increase in ro-ro exports.

  • The strike is the largest combined strike at POLA and POLB in 10 years. Photo: Bruce Perry, Department of Geological Sciences, CSU Long Beach
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    Strikes spread to Port of Long Beach

    2012-11-29T15:14:00Z

    A strike by clerical workers at the Port of Los Angeles on Wednesday has spread to the Port of Long Beach, shutting down three of the six terminals.