Ports News


Krishnapatnam Port Sets New Record

Apr 16, 2010

Krishnapatnam Port achieved a new benchmark by loading 60,021 MT of Iron Ore fines in just 24 hrs surpassing its previous record of 54,500 MT. The cargo was loaded in vessel MV Tian Li Hai by using the conventional system of loading for ports in India…

Port of Indiana 40th Shipping Season

Apr 12, 2010

The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor opens its 40th shipping season on April 9 with the arrival of the first international vessel – the Iryda. For 40 years, this Great Lakes port has provided an international connection for local businesses to reach world markets…

Less Diesel Exhaust at Port of Los Angeles

Apr 07, 2010

New data from four state-of-the-art air quality monitoring stations in and around the Port of Los Angeles show concentrations of elemental carbon in the Port area air fell in 2009 for the third straight year.  Elemental carbon is used as an indicator of diesel particulate matter…

Expansion Plan at Haiti’s Terminal Varreux

Mar 25, 2010

Plans call for new jetties and increased depth, along with state-of-the-art container terminal facilities to be jointly developed   Haiti-based WIN Group and South Fla.-based Santé Holding announced having reached an agreement to re-develop Terminal Varreux…

Port Dolphin Energy, Port Manatee $30M Deal

Mar 19, 2010

The Manatee County Port Authority approved a long-term $30m agreement with Port Dolphin Energy LLC, providing Fla. with a second major source of natural gas. Port Dolphin officials estimate its project will generate more than $150m in direct…

Crowley Doubles Warehouse Space in Jacksonville

Mar 10, 2010

Crowley has moved to a new 70,000 sq ft warehouse at Jaxport's Dames Point location, minutes from the company's headquarters. With this move, the company has doubled its north Florida warehouse space.  This new location at 3700 Port Jacksonville Parkway has 20 dock doors…

Cape Town Container Terminal Expansion

Mar 10, 2010

Transnet Port Terminal reports that its R5.6 billion, five-year investment plan aimed at increasing the capacity of the Cape Town Container Terminal is progressing according to schedule. Under its reconfiguration program on the long quay, the…

PD Ports Named Outstanding Service Carrier

Mar 10, 2010

PD Ports, the operator of North East port, Teesport, has been named the Most Outstanding Service Carrier of the Year in 2009 by UK retailer, ASDA, at its annual National Carrier of the Year awards ceremony. The award was won by PD Ports…

Georgia Improves Reefer Capacity

Mar 04, 2010

Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz announced that a new set of electrified refrigerated container racks were completed and came online in Container Berth Five (CB-5) last week. With the ten new racks, Garden City Terminal now has a total of 44 racks…

Hamburg Süd: Chilean Port Situation

Mar 04, 2010

Hamburg Süd provided the following information about the Chilean ports the company serves, following the Feb. 27 earthquake:In the north of Chile, the ports of Iquique, Antofagasta and Port Angamos are fully operational. Valparaiso : The container terminal used by Hamburg Süd…

INTERTANKO Objects to Port of Trieste Fines

Mar 03, 2010

The Port of Trieste has advised that, with effect from March 3 2010, vessels using fuels with a sulphur content exceeding 0.1% by mass (in contravention of EU Directive 2005/33/EC) will be prosecuted with fine of between Euros 15,000 and 150…

USACE Port of LA Crude Oil Terminal

Feb 23, 2010

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for development of a marine oil terminal at Berth 408 on Pier 400 in the Port of Los Angeles. Comments on the SEIS should be submitted within 30 days…

Le Havre, Larger Port for Cruise Ships

Feb 12, 2010

Le Havre, a French cruise port on the European west coast, has the capacity to host the biggest cruise ships in service in the world. This spring, Le Havre will see the completion of a $1.36m project that added facilities to accommodate up to 500 passengers…

100th Voyage of MV Stadt Rendsburg

Feb 09, 2010

On Feb. 5, Port Everglades and SeaFreight Line celebrated the 100th voyage of the MV Stadt Rendsburg from the South Florida seaport. Built in 2004, the 1,100-TEU containerized cargo vessel has spent its entire working career home-ported at Port Everglades and sailing every three weeks to Jamaica…

Port of Hamburg Expects Moderate Growth

Feb 09, 2010

With 110 million tons of sea-borne cargo handled in 2009, a year impacted by the global economic and financial markets crisis, Germany’s biggest universal port fell short of the previous year’s result by around 30 million tons (- 21.4 percent)…

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