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Port Houston Sees February Volume Increased by 4%

Mar 16, 2026

Cargo volumes continued strong at Port Houston in February, up 4% with 4,380,996 short tons handled across the Port’s eight public terminals. That brings the year-to-date total to 8,927,585 short tons, a 5% increase year-to-date.Container activity remained flat this month, with Port Houston handling 326,799 TEUs in February, bringing year-to-date container volumes to 696,833 TEUs, a 2% increase compared with the same period last year…

Baku Port Handles 37% More Containers in 2025

Dec 19, 2025

The Baku International Sea Trade Port, a key hub on the Middle Corridor, will have handled 37% more containers in 2025 than the previous year and aims to increase the volume again in 2026, port chief Eldar Salakhov said.By the end of the month…

Saudi Global Ports Surpasses 15 Million TEUs Handled

Oct 28, 2025

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…

Containershipping: Transshipment Ports see an Increase in October Cargo Rollovers

Nov 25, 2020

Strong demand for container shipping space on major trade lanes from Asia to Europe and North America saw cargo rollovers increase month-on-month in October as carriers struggled to keep ocean supply chains operating smoothly.Overall container…

TMPR Expands Refrigeration Line

Jun 13, 2019

TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico (TMPR) is enhancing its fleet with 220 containers chilled by the industry’s only natural refrigerant-based system, the NaturaLINE unit from Carrier Transicold. TMPR is the first shipping line to place a sizable quantity of NaturaLINE units into service on U…

Port of Oakland's TraPac Concludes $67 million Buildout

Jan 24, 2019

A $67 million waterfront expansion concluded at the Port of Oakland this month, as TraPac marine terminal opened its newest vessel berth to arriving container ships.The milestone signals completion of a 2-year project at Oakland’s second-largest…

Port of Oakland Hails Shipping Lines, Terminal

Jan 18, 2019

Two shipping lines and a marine terminal operator are leading the clean air charge at the Port of Oakland. The Port this week honored ocean carriers MSC and Hyundai Merchant Marine for 100 percent deployment of shore power-ready vessels.  It…

Maersk Warns Trade War Will Impact Box Shipping

Nov 14, 2018

Top U.S. importers are stocking up on Chinese goods before new import tariffs take effect, shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday, but warned a trade war would hit demand for container shipping in the coming years.Maersk's data…

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