Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) says the joint deep sea port will also surge new business & foreign investment into Thailand.BOI believe that the Dawei Deep Sea Port and Industrial Estate in Myanmar (Burma) will become an important drive for economic growth in this region…
An American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) two-day program slated for Los Angeles, Feb. 21-22, 2013 will address the subject.While most port communications are either advocacy, news or educational in nature, when crises arise, the…
USS Slater is expected to move to her winter berth in the Port of Rensselaer. It is estimated that she will pull away from her mooring in Albany at 9:00 a.m. Towing services are being provided by New York State Marine Highway of Troy…
As of this week, Damen Shipyards Group is the new owner of French shiprepair yard Arno Dunkerque, the only operator for ship repair and conversion in the 3rd largest French port, Dunkirk. The yard will continue its ship repair and conversion services…
Negotiations between International Longshoremen's Association & U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) broke off abruptly Tuesday afternoon.The union and management said they were going to discuss container royalties, payments that are made to longshoremen based on the weight of containerized cargo…
2013 budgets approval reflects strong financial performance & commitment to investments tied to its Strategic Action Plan. In 2013, the Port intends to continue improving its business lines by attracting more projects to its Foreign-Trade Zone and development finance programs…
NRF: East and Gulf Coast Strike Would Have Devastating Implications for the Retail Industry.The National Retail Federation today sent a letter to President Obama to express the retail industry’s growing concern if a contract agreement isn’t…
Port of Los Angeles container volumes drop 16 percent in November; year-to-date traffic up 2.7% due to service shifts, strike.The decrease was due in part to a vessel service shift from Los Angeles to the Port of Long Beach, and to cargo…
The Georgia Ports Authority unveils four electrified rubber-tired gantry cranes (ERTG), claiming to be the first to introduce this type of crane in N. America.“This transition to electrified RTGs is an important milestone for the GPA and our industry…
Container volumes at the port rose steeply in November with imports up 20.2 percent & exports up 24.6 percent compared to the same period a year ago.Port terminals handled 555,513 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) overall, an increase of 20…
The vote by the ILA's 200-member wage scale committee moves East and Gulf coast ports closer to their first coast wide strike in 35 years.The International Longshoremen's Association President Harold Daggett has been authorized by ILA delegates…
CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping line, purchases a stake in the Port of Long Beach’s Pier J.The deal will bring an additional 2.6 million container units to the Port and increase Port revenues by about $70 million over the next five years…
Cavotec wins Alternative Maritime Power (SMP) shore power equipment orders at Port of Los Angeles (POLA).Cavotec AMP systems enable vessels to switch off their engines while docked and to connect to shore side electricity. Services such as power supply for reefer containers…
Ten Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes delivered to Ports and Cargo Handling Services (PCHS) Ltd. in LagosPCHS, the port operations arm of the Nigerian Sifax Group, is a major player in port operations and related services in West Africa…
The Port of Seattle Commission approves lease extension with Total Terminals International (TTI), a J/V subsidiary of Hanjin Shipping & Terminal Investment Limited (TIL).The ten-year lease extension will secure continued volume and revenue at Terminal 46 for the next 13 years…