Ports

By Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — A little more than a decade ago, Hong Kong was the world’s busiest port. Giant vessels competed to get into the

SYDNEY, March 10 (Reuters) – Australia passed legislation on Thursday to enable the longterm lease of its largest shipping container terminal, the Port

The Port of London says more larger ships than ever called at the port in 2015, helping the total tonnage of cargo handled at Thames terminals climb to 45.4

The number of vessels arriving at the Port of Rotterdam has increased for the first time since 2007. According to the Port of Rotterdam Authority, 29,122

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Feb 29 (Reuters) – Oman aims to expand shipping and trade links with Iran and get ahead of rivals after the lifting of

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Saint Petersburg’s new deepwater port aims to become Russia’s major hub for cargo and container

CHICAGO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Outer Harbor Terminal LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, two weeks after terminating its lease held in

Svitzer signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Guangzhou Port Group to create a towage and marine services joint venture for the world’s 5th largest

By Joseph Ax and Daniel Bases NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters) – New York and New Jersey’s cargo terminals shut down on Friday after more than a thousand

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) saw a significant growth in container volumes last year. On Monday, the authority reported that it achieved record container

Construction of a second Poe-sized Lock is critical to Michigan and the United States, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said in his State of the State address

New Jersey-based stevedore and terminal operating company Ports America will invest in Los Angeles, Long Beach, the Pacific Northwest and western Canada as

By Alexandra Alper and Dave Graham MEXICO CITY, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Port operator APM Terminals, part of Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, has dropped

By Caroline Stauffer and Reese Ewing SAO PAULO, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Up to a dozen containers carrying chemicals caught fire at a terminal at

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Five years after it passed Singapore to become the world’s largest container port by throughput, Shanghai is finding it

  SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Shanghai International Port Group Co Ltd, the operator of the world’s busiest container port,

  Shippers, forwarders, shipping lines and container terminals “urgently” need to begin discussions over the practicalities of implementing the

  By James Nash and Matthew Winkler (Bloomberg) — Electronics, auto parts and clothes from Asia are streaming through the second-busiest U.S. port

  By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S’s terminal unit said Tuesday it agreed to buy a Spanish rival to expand its port

  BY Anurag Kotoky (Bloomberg) — A southern Indian port has established the nation’s newest facilities to handle the world’s largest ships. The