U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters (lakers) carried 71.3 million tons of cargo in 2025, an 8.9 percent decrease from a year ago. 2025 cargo movement on the Great Lakes was 8.1 percent below the fleet’s 5-year average.Except for salt shipments, which increased by 4.1 percent, all commodity shipments decreased in 2025. Iron ore shipments were down 10.8 percent from 2024 to 39.1 million tons. Coal cargos declined to 6…
A growing range of shipping services, congestion at Europe’s ports, and an efficient rail connection between the port and the rest of Sweden are key reasons why 2025 became a new record year for the Port of Gothenburg, with 934,000 handled TEUs…
SGP Container Terminals, a subsidiary of Saudi Global Ports Group, has surpassed 15 million TEUs in cumulative container throughput handled at King Abdulaziz Port Dammam since commencing operations in 2015.This milestone was achieved through close collaboration with the Saudi Ports Authority…
July was the busiest month on record in the 117-year history of the Port of Los Angeles. The Port handled 1,019,837 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), 8.5% more than last July. Retailers and manufacturers brought in goods at an elevated pace due to concerns of higher tariffs later this year…
The Port of Klaipėda has announced a request for expressions of interest (EOI) in the Klaipėda Southport Development Project, the most extensive expansion in the port’s history. This project aims to increase Klaipėda’s cargo handling capacity…
A landmark moment in Gulf Coast industry was celebrated today with the christening of Creole King, a state-of-the-art barge-mounted stevedoring crane, at the Port of Iberia.Operated by Cooper Consolidated and assembled by E-Crane’s Gulf Coast Service team…
