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Friday, October 14, 2022
Hapag-Lloyd Among Shortlisted Bidders for GCT Terminals in New York and New Jersey
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Hapag-Lloyd Among Shortlisted Bidders for GCT Terminals in New York and New Jersey

By Gillian Tan, Kiel Porter and Kamaron Leach (Bloomberg) — Ports America, Terminal Investment Ltd., Carrix and Hapag-Lloyd AG are among shortlisted

October 14, 2022
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
Port of Savannah Sees Signs of Market Correction
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Port of Savannah Sees Signs of Market Correction

Cargo volumes through the Port of Savannah tumbled more than 7 percent in September in part due to impacts related to Hurricane Ian. Even so, the port closed

October 13, 2022
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Liverpool Dockers Strike as Peel Ports Issues Redundancies
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Liverpool Dockers Strike as Peel Ports Issues Redundancies

By Eamon Akil Farhat (Bloomberg) — Dock workers in the Port of Liverpool resumed a strike over pay Tuesday as their employer Peel Ports Ltd. issued

October 12, 2022
Total Views: 1425

South Africa's Transnet strike continues in Cape Town
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Labor Strike Hobbles South Africa’s Busiest Port

(Reuters) – Staff shortages caused by an ongoing strike over wages are impacting container and car terminals at South Africa’s Durban

October 12, 2022
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
an overhead view of port of los angeles docks
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U.S. Import Volume Heads South in September, But Still Above Pre-Pandemic Levels

U.S. container import volumes have finally started to fall off the proverbial cliff that some in the industry have been predicting for months. Data analytics

October 11, 2022
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Sunday, October 9, 2022
Port Towns Should Get Energy Discounts Says Italian LNG Commissioner
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Port Towns Should Get Energy Discounts Says Italian LNG Commissioner

by Silvia Ognibene (Reuters) Companies and households in a Tuscan town chosen to host a new regasification terminal should be offered a 50% discount on their

October 9, 2022
Total Views: 587

Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Crowley Closes Land Deal for Massachusetts Offshore Wind Port
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Crowley Closes Land Deal for Massachusetts Offshore Wind Port

Jacksonville, Florida-based Crowley has completed the purchase of 42 acres in Salem, Massachusetts, where it will develop state’s second major offshore wind

October 5, 2022
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Hapag-Lloyd Expands Terminals Business with $1 Billion Acquisition of SM SAAM
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Hapag-Lloyd Expands Terminals Business with $1 Billion Acquisition of SM SAAM

Hapag-Lloyd is continuing to spend its pandemic profits to expand and modernize its business. The German container shipping company announced Tuesday it has

October 4, 2022
Total Views: 1068

port of los angeles and long beach
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Containership Backup Sets Port of Long Beach Back on Emissions

Last year’s unprecedented containership backup in Southern California caused greenhouse gas emissions at the Port of Long Beach to rise above a 2005

October 4, 2022
Total Views: 1445

Port of Durban south africa.File photo: Shutterstock/michaeljung
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South Africa Port, Rail Workers Threaten Strike After Rejecting Wage Offer

By Felix Njini (Bloomberg) — Labor unions at South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight-rail company threatened to begin a strike this week after

October 4, 2022
Total Views: 546

Saturday, October 1, 2022
Putin Ceremonial Guards
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Putin Wrecked Mykolayiv’s Shipyards But Not Its Spirit

By Marc Champion (Bloomberg) As Russia’s President Vladimir Putin formalized his annexation of a swathe of Ukrainian territory on Friday, the governor of

October 1, 2022
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind container cranes at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 14, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
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West Coast Dockworker Talks Imperiled by Seattle Terminal Dispute

By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — A dispute over the assignment of work at a terminal in Seattle is casting a shadow on the outcome of talks to reach a

September 27, 2022
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Monday, September 26, 2022
containerships anchored off port of los angeles
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Checking Back In On Southern California’s Containership Backup

As U.S. import demand fades and inbound cargo increasingly shifts away from Southern California ports, the highly publicized containership backup at the

September 26, 2022
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Saturday, September 24, 2022
Nigeria Pins Hopes On Deep Sea Port To End Cargo Congestion
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Nigeria Pins Hopes On Deep Sea Port To End Cargo Congestion

(Bloomberg) –Nigeria is betting a deep sea port set to open early next year will help revive an economy grappling with soaring inflation, stagnating

September 24, 2022
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Grain ship in Ukraine
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Ukraine Ports Have Shipped Just 4.7 Million Tons Of Grain

by Pavel Polityuk (Reuters) A total of 211 ships with 4.7 million tonnes of agricultural products on board have left Ukraine so far under a deal

September 24, 2022
Total Views: 1568

Friday, September 23, 2022
U.S. Imports: East-West Cargo Gap Widens in August
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U.S. Imports: East-West Cargo Gap Widens in August

With U.S. port data from August trickling in, we’re getting greater insight into the West to East cargo shift that continues to play out in the United

September 23, 2022
Total Views: 2459

A containership being loaded at the Port of New York and New Jersey at night.
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Port of New York and New Jersey Claims ‘Busiest Port’ Title in August

The numbers are in. The Port of New York and New Jersey has officially surpassed the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to become the top container port

September 23, 2022
Total Views: 1196

Thursday, September 22, 2022
Port Houston container terminal aerial
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Port Houston a Big Winner from West to East Cargo Shift

The Port of Houston has smashed its record for the highest number of containers handled in a single month as some U.S. imports have shifted from West to Gulf

September 22, 2022
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china cosco ship
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Hamburg Port Backs COSCO Terminal Acquisition Over German Government’s China Concerns

By William Wilkes and Arne Delfs (Bloomberg) — Hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG said the German government shouldn’t block a Chinese acquisition of a

September 22, 2022
Total Views: 1043

Port of Charleston Handles Deepest Draft Ship to Date After Harbor Deepening
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Port of Charleston Handles Deepest Draft Ship to Date After Harbor Deepening

South Carolina Ports is putting Charleston Harbor’s new 52-foot depth to good use, handling a container ship at the deepest draft to-date. The 12,119

September 22, 2022
Total Views: 1648