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| Oakland lures away Long Beach's port director Lytle |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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The Port of Oakland pulled off a major coup Thursday with the announcement that Chris Lytle, who heads the Port of Long Beach, will move up the coast to become its executive director in late July. The news came as a surprise to many in the maritime industry because Lytle held the prestigious position of running day-to-day operations at the second largest container port in the nation and, along with officials at the adjacent Port of Los Angeles, was at the center of national...
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| DCLI adds chassis to CCM's South Atlantic pool |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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Starting June 1, the container chassis provider Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (DCLI) will contribute all of its chassis in the South Atlantic region to the Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM) pool, known as the South Atlantic Consolidated Chassis Pool (SACP). CCM said the addition of more than 7,000 former Maersk-owned chassis will increase the pool size to over 50,000 units, making the SACP the single largest cooperative chassis pool in the United States. DCLI was sol...
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| Executive moves |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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Americold, a temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider to the food industry, appointed Jed Milstein to executive vice president and chief human resources officer, and Jeff Hogarth to senior vice president for Asia-Pacific. Milstein joins Americold after serving as executive vice president of human resources for TransCentra, a billing and payments provider. Prior to this, he was the head of HR for Cerberus Operations and Advisory Co. Hogarth, a 23-yea...
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| Va. maritime industry to tap military labor pool |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Maritime industry officials in Hampton Roads are discussing how to take advantage of the large military presence in the area to attract people leaving for civilian life to become truck drivers and help the Port of Virginia move containers to and from the docks. The Norfolk area is home to the world's largest naval base, which supports the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. The complex also includes a major naval air station. Oceana Naval Air Station is located nearby in Virginia Beach, and th...
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| Subaru: 15,000 cars through Brunswick annually |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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The Georgia Ports Authority said Subaru will start importing five of its models through the Port of Brunswick. Subaru National Transportation Manager Larry Strug said the deepwater port at Brunswick will serve two zones in Subaru’s national distribution network. The zones cover an area from North Carolina to Florida. Other import terminals include Vancouver, Wash., Richmond, Calif., and Baltimore, Md. The Japanese-based carmaker announced at a national dealer meetin...
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| Houston awards crane contracts |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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The Port of Houston Authority's commission Tuesday awarded a contract worth nearly $50 million to Konecranes Finland Corp. for four electric wharf cranes at Barbours Cut Container Terminal. The commission also amended a contract with Konecranes for eight diesel electric container yard cranes for Barbours Cut to include three additional diesel electric container yard cranes for the Bayport Terminal at a cost of $5.9 million. Len Waterworth, the port's executive dire...
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| West Memphis port to expand freight rail handling |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday awarded a $10.9 million TIGER 2012 grant to the City of West Memphis, Ark., to expand the city’s port. “Once the expansion is complete, the port will be able to handle increased freight rail capacity, helping businesses send more goods to markets across the country. It will also help position the port and the region as a freight transportation leader, attracting development and creating new jobs for those living in and around West ...
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| Subaru taps WWL for Georgia port facility |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics will manage vehicle processing for the 78,000-square-foot Subaru facility at the Port of Brunswick, Ga., starting in July. With the agreement, WWL becomes the automaker’s supplier for the Southeast United States. The contract includes import processing, accessory installation, transportation preparations and pre-delivery inspections. The company also manages Subaru holdings in Lafayette, Ind., and Baltimore. &n...
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| Stake in container manufacturer being sold |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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The COSCO Group of Chinese shipping companies plans to shuffle its holdings in China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. Ltd. (CIMC), the world's largest maker of shipping containers. COSCO Pacific has entered into a conditional agreement to sell its 21.8 percent indirect interest in CIMC for $1.2 billion to Long Honor Investments Ltd., which today has a small 0.95 percent stake in the company. CIMC said the equity interests and percentage of shar...
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| Washington Notebook: Virginia transport politics, Commerce's export awards |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Va. Gov. McDonnell signs landmark transportation bill. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell last week signed the breakthrough transportation funding bill passed by the General Assembly in March. The "Virginia's Road to the Future" bill, the first comprehensive transportation funding plan in 27 years, provides an additional $3.5 billion in funding by 2018 for new road and bridge construction, mass transit, rail and other needs, along with several reforms to improve project development. &...
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| Florida Gov. Scott's budget favors ports |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Gov. Scott The budget signed Monday by Florida Gov. Rick Scott includes a record $278 million for development of the the state's 15 seaports. Port directors applauded Scott for making ports and trade a priority of his economic agenda. Florida is providing $112 million toward the $181 million cost of dredging the Port of Miami's main channel from 42 to 50 feet, including $77 million for the federal share of the project at Scott's direction. The governor has also committed t...
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| Georgia Ports has record April |
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) moved 2.4 million tons of cargo in April, a 4.7 percent increase -- or 108,532 tons –- over the same month a year ago. “Our total tonnage makes April the highest volume month on record,” said GPA Executive Director Curtis Foltz The GPA handled 258,951 TEU, 10,040 TEUs more than April 2012. The port also handled 57,709 auto and machinery units in April, its third highest month for roll-on, roll-off cargo. Foltz said four ne...
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| Contractor picked for Miami dredge project |
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday awarded a $122 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. for deepening the entrance to the Port of Miami to 50 feet, the company said. Excavation is expected to commence in August and be completed in time for the opening of the expanded Panama Canal in 2015, which will enable 14,000 TEU container vessels to reach the U.S. East Coast from Asia via the Pacific Ocean. Miami would become the third port on...
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| Bayonne Bridge fix can move forward |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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The Coast Guard has completed an environmental assessment of a plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to increase the clearance or "air draft" beneath the Bayonne Bridge from 151 feet to 215 feet and found no significant impact, meaning a permit can be issued so work can begin on the project. Raising the roadway will allow larger container vessels to traverse the Kill Van Kull to reach terminals in Newark and Elizabeth, N.J. More big ships are expected to ca...
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| Senate approves water infrastructure bill |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a Water Resources Development Act reauthorization bill by a vote of 83 to 14 that sets the stage for Congress to appropriate money for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend on maintenance of harbors and inland waterways, and for deepening and other water-related projects. Congress has not passed a WRDA law since 2007, which has put a freeze on new projects that industry groups insist are necessary to maintain efficient commerce and trade.&...
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| Alabama port authority's Sheppard, 61, dead |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Mark Ivey Sheppard, vice president for trade and development for the Alabama State Port Authority, died Tuesday at his home following a brief illness. He was 61 years old. "Mark Sheppard’s sudden passing comes as a deep shock to our maritime and international trade community," said James K. Lyons, director and chief executive officer. "We are deeply saddened by Mark’s passing. He was a key member of our team and a good friend." Recruited by the port authority in Feb...
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| VPA box growth continues in April |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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The upward trend in cargo volumes at the Port of Virginia continued as the number of TEUs handled in April grew 5.7 percent when compared with the same month last year. In April, the port handled 179,370 TEUs, an increase of 9,726 units compared with April 2012. Export TEUs tallied 96,261 and import TEUs were 83,109, an increase of 6.1 and 5.3 percent, respectively. Year-to-date TEU volume is up 6.1 percent, an increase of almost 40,000 TEUs. Rail containers in Apr...
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| Port of Montreal open to post-Panamax ships |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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The Montreal Port Authority said the Canadian Coast Guard has authorized the passage of vessels up to 44 meters wide in the Quebec-Montreal section of the St. Lawrence navigation channel, which will allow post-Panamax vessels carrying 6,000 TEUs to reach Montreal. Previously, the maximum width of ships allowed to travel in the channel without restrictions was 32.1 meters. The change follows a study commissioned by the port authority and conducted jointly with the C...
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| Liners reshape Asia-South America services |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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A half dozen container shipping lines say they will restructure their services between the Far East and South America east coast. The Chilean carrier CSAV said the changes are being made "in view of continuous challenging trading conditions" in the trade. It said that effective from July, CSAV, China Shipping, CMA CGM, Hamburg Süd, Hanjin and Maersk Line will restructure their services between the Far East and South America East Coast by launching three new joi...
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| Executive moves |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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NYK Line (North America) has appointed Greg Meisenheimer to vice president of North America sales. He started his career at NYK Line (North America) in 1990 as sales manager for Western region sales in the Los Angeles office. He progressed through various management roles until 2002 when he relocated to Hong Kong as NYK’s international sales manager. Upon returning to the Secaucus, N.J. headquarters in 2009, he became director of corporate sales and then senior director of sales...
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| Long Beach issues revised EIR for grain transload facility |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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The Port of Long Beach is recirculating a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed grain export facility at Pier T on Terminal Island. The public is being encouraged to comment on the EIR in writing or at a public hearing scheduled for June 5. The grain transload facility proposed by Total Terminals International would receive railcars with 53-foot domestic containers full of grain and dried distillers grain with solubles, a byproduct of ethanol pro...
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| Box ship sets depth mark in Virginia |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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The Port of Virginia set a record Saturday for handling the heaviest containership on the U.S. East Coast when the MSC Chicago sailed through the 50-foot channel with export cargo at a draft of 49 feet, according to the port authority. Export cargo often consists of grains, waste paper, machinery and other heavy products that typically weigh more than imports of consumer goods, making it difficult for ocean carriers to fully load vessels with full containers in many ports....
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| Port of Seattle names Beckett deputy CEO |
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Monday, May 13, 2013
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The Port of Seattle promoted Kurt Beckett to deputy chief executive officer with primary responsibility for port infrastructure development and internal operations. The move will allow Tay Yoshitani, the port’s CEO, to focus on business development, attracting new shipping lines and air services to Seattle, and advancing policy issues central to the port’s competitiveness. “We’re facing stiff competition from ports throughout North America,” Yoshitani said in a sta...
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| Virginia port poised to support offshore wind projects |
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Monday, May 13, 2013
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Maritime industry officials in Virginia remain actively involved in efforts to promote the development of offshore wind farms and say the Port of Virginia represents an ideal staging area for the massive equipment and infrastructure necessary to produce energy from wind. The port has lay-down space for wind towers, blades, cable and other hardware and equipment at its 285-acre Portsmouth Marine Terminal, which recently was converted to a breakbulk and roll-on/roll-off cargo...
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| Port of Virginia reforms moving quickly, officials say |
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Friday, May 10, 2013
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The Virginia Port Authority has an aggressive timetable for making structural changes designed to improve the competitiveness of the Port of Virginia and justify the recent rejection of private bids offering guaranteed income to operate the port for up to 48 years, officials said at Thursday's Virginia Maritime Association conference in Norfolk. The VPA Board of Commissioners expects to announce how it will reorganize the VPA and Virginia International Terminals (VIT), the...
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| Hong Kong terminal working to restore operations |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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Hutchison Port Holdings Management said a wage increase proposal put forth by the external contractors at its Hongkong International Terminals, providing a 9.8 percent pay rise, has been accepted by their workers and the external contractor workers have voted to return to work. HIT said it's now working quickly to return its operations back to normal capacity. A report posted on the Sea News Turkey Website indicated there may still be tension between worke...
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| New liner service offered between Houston and Puerto Rico |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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National Shipping of America (NSA) will start a new fortnightly service between Puerto Rico and the Port of Houston on May 29. The company will operate its “Isla Verde Express” service using National Glory , a U.S. flag-ship with a capacity of 570 TEUs, including 96 plugs for refrigerated containers. Torey Presti, the president of NSA, said the ship has been on charter to APL for four years as a feeder ship, and operated in several different areas—in the Arabian Gu...
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| Milwaukee port’s wind turbine pays off |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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A wind turbine commissioned in February 2012 at the Port of Milwaukee resulted in $5,000 net revenue for the port within the first nine months of operation, according to a recent update by the port authority and the City of Milwaukee's Office of Environmental Sustainability. The Northern Power 100-kilowatt turbine provides 100 percent of the port administration building’s electricity needs with the excess sold to We Energies. The estimated annual savings to the city are $14,000 ...
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| Ship strikes control tower in Port of Genoa |
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
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Jolly Nero As many as 10 people are feared dead and others injured, some seriously, following an accident at the Port of Genoa late Tuesday night. The accident occurred at around 11 p.m. in Genoa, and Wednesday morning press accounts were giving varied numbers for the dead, missing, and injured as new victims were found, some buried in rubble or possibly underwater. Press accounts say a container/roll-on, roll-off ship, Jolly Nero , struck a “control towe...
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| Black Sea box terminal completes rail upgrade |
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
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NUTEP, a container terminal operator in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, has finished the latest phase of its development program by completing an upgrade to its rail facilities. The company removed the original rail lines, constructed a new yard at the rear of the terminal, and increased overall block-train capacity at the terminal to 30 trains, or about 112 TEUs each, a month. Two new loading sidings allow NUTEP to handle two block-trains a day, and two dedicat...
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| Pep Boys begins transload service in Savannah |
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
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National Retail Systems is adding transloading to the suite of logistics services it performs for Pep Boys, a large automotive aftermarket service and retail parts chain. NRS said Tuesday it will deconsolidate ocean containers at its Pooler cross-dock facility four miles from the Port of Savannah and repack them into larger, 53-foot containers for the trip to Pep Boys' distribution center in Atlanta. The third-party logistics provider currently handles domesti...
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| Dig phase of Miami port tunnel completed |
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
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The international consortium responsible for building the $1 billion underwater tunnel connecting the Port of Miami to local highways has completed boring the twin tubes that will carry cruise passengers and container trucks, according to port officials and the Miami Herald . The tunnel is on schedule to be completed one year from now, well before the Panama Canal Authority finishes adding new locks and wider channels that will enable much larger ships from Asia to deliver...
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| Kalmar buys Spanish crane refurbish firm |
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
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Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has acquired total ownership in the Spanish crane refurbishment and maintenance company Mareiport, S.A. The acquisition is an important step for Kalmar to become a larger global crane refurbishment and services provider. Kalmar has held a 30-percent share in Mareiport since 2007. Mareiport is a privately owned company established in 1985 in Algeciras, Spain. The company has been providing maintenance services for ports and terminals an...
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| Hong Kong strike ends after 40 days |
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
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Dockworkers in Hong Kong have decided to end a 40-day strike after securing a promise of a 9.8 percent wage increase and improved working conditions. The Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD) said it had received on Monday a written confirmation jointly signed by the four contractors at Hongkong International Terminal - Everbest, Comcheung, Lem Wing and Pui Kee - via the Hong Kong Labor Department that confirms the 9.8 percent increase in the basic wage for all their employees ...
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| Toyota begins exporting from Port of Brunswick |
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Monday, May 06, 2013
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Toyota exported its first shipment of Venzas through the Port of Brunswick, Ga., last week. The cars departed on a "K" Line vessel for Russia and Ukraine, according to the Georgia Port Authority. The move underscores the growth of exports by U.S. auto manufacturers as the industry rebounds from the 2008 global financial crisis and the United States becomes more competitive as a manufacturing center. The Venzas are produced at Toyota's plant in Georgeto...
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| Zim adds call in Norfolk |
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Monday, May 06, 2013
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Zim said last week that it's revising port rotations to better serve customers in the United States. Speaking during a reception for customers held at Maher Terminals in Elizabeth, N.J., Lea Bogatch-Genossar, president of Zim America, said the company’s Zim Container Service Pacific (ZCP) is adding the Port of Norfolk in Virginia to its rotation. The ship Zim Mediterranean is scheduled to arrive in Norfolk on June 15. The new rotation will be Savanna...
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| ACL ship damaged in fire |
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Monday, May 06, 2013
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Atlantic Cartier, one of the combination container-roll-on/roll-off ships operated by Atlantic Container Line in its transatlantic liner service, was damaged last week during a fire in Hamburg. The Website for the television station Hamburg 1 said Sunday that 200 firefighters helped extinguish the fire and that thermal imaging cameras were being used to see if there were any other hot spots on the ships. The fire reportedly broke out on the car decks of the ship, and ...
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| Kuryla turns down Jaxport CEO job |
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Monday, May 06, 2013
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Juan Kuryla has rejected the Port of Jacksonville's offer to serve as its executive director, opting to remain at the Port of Miami where he has been deputy director since 2009. The sudden development was disclosed during a special meeting this morning of the Jacksonville Port Authority. Kuryla Details about his change of heart remain unclear, but search firm Heidrick & Struggles said Kuryla had been granted a better offer to stay in Miami. In an interview ...
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| N.C. port touts new Latin American connections |
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Monday, May 06, 2013
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North Carolina’s Port of Wilmington will now offer shippers direct access to Manzanillo, Panama, and Puerto Moin, Costa Rica, in addition to Puerto Cortes, Honduras, and Santo Tomas, Guatemala, in northern Central America, via vessel calls added by Maersk Line to its weekly South Atlantic Express (SAE) service. New trade lanes to South America’s west coast and the Caribbean for Port of Wilmington users are also open via transhipments at Manzanillo, the North Carolina State ...
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| ILA maintenance locals approve new contract |
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Friday, May 03, 2013
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Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association's Local 1804-1 and Local 1814 have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with employers represented by the Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractors Association. Members voted in favor of a new six-year contract by a vote of 632-18, according to an announcement by Dennis A. Daggett, the president of Local 1804-1 and the chief negotiator for the maintenance locals. The ratification vote was held on Tuesday, April...
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| WWL bids for Melbourne auto dock |
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Friday, May 03, 2013
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has been selected as a bidder for the redevelopment of the Webb Dock West automotive terminal by Australia’s Port of Melbourne Corp. WWL currently operates 11 terminals throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. The company said the Webb Dock West’s proximity to Melbourne’s Central Business District provides a “unique chance for a new port operator to demonstrate how a terminal operation can integrate with Melbourne’s residential and commerci...
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| Pittsburgh port building wireless network |
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Friday, May 03, 2013
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The Port of Pittsburgh Commission is building a wireless broadband network along the rivers in Pittsburgh and is seeking partners to explore new applications for transportation, safety, security and environmental monitoring. The Wireless Waterways project consists of both the network system infrastructure (NSI), which will be scalable and expandable, and an interoperability test bed (ITB). The project has been under construction for nearly a year by the port commission’s contra...
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| Business groups push Senate to act on WRDA |
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Friday, May 03, 2013
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Thirty-four national trade associations representing port authorities, water carriers, retailers and other shippers, the construction industry and unions, along with dozens of state-level business groups, signed a letter this week urging members of the U.S. Senate to support quick passage of the Water Resources Development Act. The Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee unanimously approved the bill in late March and forwarded it for Senate consideration. It spells...
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| Hong Kong port strike drags on |
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Friday, May 03, 2013
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A port strike at one of Hong Kong’s container terminals has dragged into its second month, as more dockworkers join the protest over what they deem inadequate pay increases. The dockworkers have directed strikes against contractors doing work at the Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), which is part of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH). In the latest development, the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD) said that employees of Comcheung Ltd. at another of Hong Kong’s ter...
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| Shippers bemoan proposed California ports tariff increase |
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
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Freight and shipping interests in California are decrying plans by ports in the state to adopt general rate increases in accordance with California Association of Port Authorities (CAPA) recommendations. CAPA recommended the 11 ports in the state raise tariffs by 1.7 percent by July 1 as part of its annual rate increase guidelines. Recent or pending hearings on the increase are occurring in Oakland, Los Angeles and Long Beach, the three biggest container ports in California. &nb...
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| Wilhelmshaven says rail rates will match other ports |
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
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Eurogate said its container terminal in Wilhelmshaven is enhancing its competitiveness by offering hinterland connections by rail at the same prices as other German ports. “Eurogate Group rail operators Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) and ACOS Group are offering hinterland connections to/from Wilhelmshaven at the same fair prices as to/from the two other German seaports Bremerhaven and Hamburg," the terminal said. "Via the EGIM and ACOS transport networks, any destination i...
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| Iron ore exports moving via Long Beach |
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Wednesday, May 01, 2013
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Iron ore exports are moving through Southern California's Port of Long Beach for the first time in 40 years. The port said SA Recycling, a long-time exporter of scrap metal through the port, is working with CML Metals Corp. to send iron ore from mines in Utah, California, Arizona and Nevada to Asian steel makers. ( However, the U.S. Geological Service notes that in 2012, mines in Michigan and Minnesota shipped 97 percent of the usable ore produced in the Unit...
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| Hong Kong dock talks expected to resume Thursday |
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Wednesday, May 01, 2013
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Hong Kong Radio Television said striking dockworkers are expected to return to the bargaining table on Thursday for a fifth day of talks after little progress was made in resolving a dispute with subcontractors at the port. "Striking dock workers and port contractor Everbest held eight hours of talks at the Labour Department offices in Kwai Hing on Tuesday, but little progress was reported," it said. "The workers initially demanded a pay increase of more than 20 percent. However...
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| Cross to lead Maher Terminals |
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Wednesday, May 01, 2013
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Maher Terminals has appointed Gary Cross as president and chief executive officer. Cross joined Maher in 1978 as a management trainee in the safety department and has held positions of increasing responsibility throughout his tenure with the company. He joined the sales and marketing team in 1996, eventually becoming head of marketing and business development in 2009. Cross was promoted to executive vice president in 2011. Under his marketing leadership, Maher said...
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| Obama taps Charlotte mayor as next DOT head |
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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President Obama has named Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to succeed Ray LaHood as secretary of transportation. Foxx must now be confirmed by the Senate before taking his post. LaHood, who has served as transportation secretary since 2009, announced in late January that he would resign his post as soon as a successor was confirmed. In a letter to DOT employees at the time, LaHood noted his successes over the previous four years. The contentious pilot fatigue rulin...
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| Washington Notebook: Calif. lawmakers side with Long Beach in SCIG dispute |
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Two members of Congress from Southern California are urging the City of Los Angeles and BNSF Railway to take further steps to mitigate the environmental effects of a planned intermodal container transfer facility to protect the health of Long Beach residents who live close by. The Southern California International Gateway is planned for construction on property owned by the Port of Los Angeles a few miles from the marine terminals. It is designed to shorten the drive for trucker...
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| Analysis: Florida's deep-dredge projects face new hurdles |
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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Two South Florida ports, Miami and Port Everglades, are prime examples of the dysfunctional approach in the United States for improving the waterborne transportation system. Projects undergo a series of congressional approvals and feasibility studies that easily can take longer than a decade to complete before dredging even starts. Cargo interests worry the Army Corps of Engineers' slow bureaucracy and the paucity of congressional appropriations for increasing ...
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| Executive moves |
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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Ports America has appointed John Carver to executive vice president of business development, effective May 1. Carver, a 20-year industry veteran, will be responsible for expanding the terminal operator’s business both domestically and internationally, working closely with port authorities and government officials. For the past five years, he served as director of port infrastructure for financial services firm Jones Lang LaSalle. He was also a founder and managing d...
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| NY/NJ port authority awards contract for Bayonne Bridge |
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded a $743.3 million contract to a joint venture of Skanska Koch and Kiewit Infrastructure Co. as part of a $1.29 billion program to increase the navigational clearance of the Bayonne Bridge. The project will raise clearance below the bridge, or "air draft," from 151 feet to 215 feet, so larger ships can call at container terminals in Newark and Elizabeth, N.J., and on Staten Island, N.Y. The contract ...
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| DOT opens TIGER V |
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
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The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday notified the public of the fifth round of funding availability for the popular TIGER grant program , which is aimed at multi-modal transportation projects that have a high benefit-cost ratio and don't normally get funded through traditional highway aid to states. There is $474 million available for the next round, with applications due by June 3. Decisions are expected by late summer or early fall, according to DOT officials....
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| DP World's volume contracts in 1Q |
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
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The global terminal operator DP World on Wednesday said first quarter container volumes at its global facilities fell 7 percent year-on-year to 12.8 million TEUs. The operator noted that due to divestments in its portfolio over the last year, the adjusted drop in volume was 3.5 percent. DP World said it divested stakes in terminals in the United Kingdom, Australia, Yemen, and Russia during that period. The volume at terminals over which DP World has major...
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| 3 injured in gasoline barge explosion in Mobile |
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
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The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday morning that the Port of Mobile was open following an explosion Wednesday evening aboard a gasoline barge owned by Kirby Inland Marine. The agency said it received the initial notification at 8:40 p.m. that there was a barge explosion between the George Wallace Tunnel and Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile Bay. A total of seven explosions were reported, and the fire has been put out. Three people were transported to USA Medical Center ...
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| Maersk planning changes to U.S.-West Med services |
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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Maersk Line will discontinue its participation in two direct services, its West Med and Med Gulf strings, later this spring in favor of a feeder network to serve Mediterranean ports in Italy, France, and Spain. Moshe Loberant, the trade manager for Maersk’s services between North America and the Black Sea and Mediterranean, said the carrier is “strengthening our backbone” between the United States and Mediterranean, Middle East and Indian subcontinent - the so-ca...
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| Houston port buys 4 dockside cranes |
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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The Port of Houston Authority’s port commission has ordered four dockside electric container cranes from Konecranes Finland Corp. as part of a $700 million plan to modernize the 36-year-old Barbours Cut Container Terminal. The cranes will be installed at Wharf No. 1. Konecranes was selected as the winning bidder during a recent meeting of the port authority. At the meeting, Commission Chairman Janiece Longoria also announced a trade partnership with the Port of Ist...
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| Executive moves |
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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Pacer International/Ocean World Lines has appointed Al Benki to senior vice president of international logistics in the United States and Europe. He formerly served as the company’s senior vice president of international logistics for Asia and Europe. Taking Benki’s place in Asia is Danny Yang, who will serve as managing director for Asia. Benson Chua has become Pacer International/OWL’s managing director in China, while Andrew Luk continues to manage t...
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