U.S. Ports

The second busiest container port in the United States just had its first best quarter ever. The Port of Long Beach kicked off 2018 with its marine terminals

By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO, March 29 (Reuters) – Four women dockworkers have filed federal discrimination claims against the shippers’

The first two super post-Panamax cranes for the Port of Philadelphia arrived at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal on Saturday after a ninety-day journey from

APM Terminals Pier 400 Los Angeles has set new world record for single vessel cargo operations during the call of the 13,600 TEU capacity Maersk Evora, with a

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Financial investors in North American ports and operating terminals may face difficult choices in the next few years,

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $213 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company as part of the project to deepen the entrance

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container exports from North Europe to North America increased 5.7%, year-on-year, in the first five months of the year,

APM Terminals facility in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey has welcomed the 8,700 TEU capacity CMA CGM Bianca, marking the first call of the weekly Ocean Alliance US

By Rebecca Spalding (Bloomberg) — Southern ports are experiencing a record foreign trade boom thanks in part to an expanded Panama Canal that permits

New vessel-sharing alliances and increased use of terminals pushed the number of containers flowing through the Port of Long Beach in May to a record high for

South Carolina Ports’ project to deepen Charleston Harbor to 52 feet has received the funding needed to begin construction as planned this fall, the port

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Shipping companies and a powerful dockworkers union have agreed to discuss a possible extension to a

By Ed Hammond and Kiel Porter (Bloomberg) — Ports America, the closely held maritime-terminal operator, is exploring a sale, people with knowledge of the

By Edward Krudy NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) – The Port of Long Beach, the second largest port in the United States, will see 5 percent growth in cargo

French container shipping company CMA CGM has confirmed that starting in the end of May it will deploy six 18,000 TEU ‘megaships’ between Asia and

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) — Christmas saw the 17,859 teu CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin become the largest container vessel ever to call at a US port

The largest containership ever to visit North America arrived at the port of Los Angeles early Saturday morning, marking the U.S. debut of a new breed of

(Ship and Bunker) — Alongside news that the CMA CGM S.A. (CMA CGM) 18,000 TEU Benjamin Franklin will become the largest containership to call at any U.S.

  By Lauren Etter (Bloomberg) — Tired of waiting for Congress, states racing to deepen seaports before the opening of the enlarged Panama Canal next

  The Port of Miami is now the only major logistics hub south of Virginia capable of handling fully laden post-Panamax vessels with the completion of a