American Shipper Magazine / Ports

Dredging up dollars

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:34:00 GMT

Exasperated by the federal government’s inability to adequately maintain navigable channels and dredge deeper in major container ports, some states have opted to front their own money to jumpstart long-stalled projects amid wider cries that the lack of investment in maritime infrastructure is hurting the nation’s economic competitiveness.

Lull leads to innovation

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:28:21 GMT

Stretched

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:17:02 GMT

Unions decry ‘independent trucker’ as misnomer

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:35:12 GMT

L.A. dray

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:27:34 GMT

Fired up on Manatee

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:22 GMT

Spinning a new yarn

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:50:19 GMT

Frontier Spinning Mills is one of the nation’s largest producers of yarn, and part of a wider textile industry in North Carolina that faces a vexing transportation problem.

Prince Rupert of the East?

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:34:03 GMT

APM Terminals’ pitch to Virginia

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:45:17 GMT

Optimizing terminals

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:14:31 GMT

Navis’ system takes aim at technical issues involving bigger ships. The growing size of containerships and desire by carriers to minimize delays is resulting in increased interest in software and systems that can be used to optimize terminal operations, said Andy Barrons, a vice president at the terminal automation company Navis, which provides software at about a quarter of the world’s container terminals.

Global’s Bayonne terminal expansion

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:11:05 GMT

Global Container Terminals has announced plans for a multimillion-dollar expansion to its Global Terminal in Bayonne, N.J. that it said will make it one of the most technologically advanced container facilities in the country. James J. Devine, president and chief executive officer of Global Container Terminals USA, said the expansion will add 70 acres to the terminal’s existing 99 acres, and increase annual capacity from about 400,000 to 1 million container lifts (1.7 million TEUs) when completed in 2014.

MarAd study on Panama Canal drags out

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:30:44 GMT

Countercurrent

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:50:54 GMT

Support in Congress for better maintenance of U.S. harbors has been steadily gaining strength in recent years, but a countercurrent of opposition to the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) and designs on alternate uses for the money it collects is also quickening.

Panama Canal: Myths and Misconceptions

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:06:44 GMT

Unease on the waterfront

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:04:10 GMT

OOCL bets on Long Beach

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:49:34 GMT

The liner carrier Orient Overseas Container Line has made a huge commitment to its operations in Southern California. In late January, the Hong Kong-based line tied up a deal with the Port of Long Beach to pay $4.6 billion over 40 years to lease the to-be-completed Middle Harbor property currently being redeveloped by the port.

Dredging the mighty Mississippi

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:54:30 GMT

Overweight boxes

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:41:45 GMT

Long Beach facility for bulk grain

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:39:17 GMT

South China ports look inward

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:10:45 GMT