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Port of Oakland approves Seaport Air Quality 2020 and Beyond Plan

Port of Oakland Commissioners have approved an air quality plan intended to drastically cut diesel and greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the Port’s maritime operations. The plan, called the Seaport Air Quality 2020 and Beyond Plan, envisions a zero-emissions operation in the future. The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners voted last week to approve the 259-page plan. The Port said that the plan would provide a framework for maritime development for ... [+]

Port of Brownsville Channel Deepening Project

The Port of Brownsville is closer to deepening the Brownsville Ship Channel after receiving a key permit June 6 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to advance the Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project (BIH) to its construction phase. The USACE permit is the ... [+]

AMPORTS expands acreage at JAXPORT

The Governing Board of the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has approved two new long-term agreements with AMPORTS, one of the largest automobile processors in North America, significantly expanding the company’s lease space at the port in Jacksonville, FL. AMPORTS and its predecessor companies have operated at ... [+]

Fednav partners with CargoMetrics Technologies

Fednav Limited announced that it has entered into a Development Services Agreement with CargoMetrics Technologies LLC, a maritime innovation company. Under this agreement, the two companies will work in collaboration to build systems and tools to optimize Fednav's dry bulk fleet. Drawn from the CargoMetrics performance ... [+]

CMA CGM DALILA Makes Inaugural Call at Port Tampa Bay

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, has first call at Port Tampa Bay today with the arrival of the 8,469-TEUCMA CGM DALILA on the PEX3 service. Port Tampa Bay is the closest port to Florida’s fastest growing region and its largest ... [+]

Port of Oakland – exports up and more time for truckers

Containerized export volume at the Port of Oakland spiked last month, again turning trade war logic on its head. The Port said today that exports, primarily to Asia, were up 8.4% compared to May 2018 totals. Imports were up, too, climbing 4.2% over last year. The ... [+]

Port Freeport receives federal grant for Phase 2 of rail project

On June 12th, Port Freeport was awarded $6.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program to assist with funding the second phase of the Parcel 14 Rail Development. "These investments in intercity passenger and freight ... [+]

Port of Oakland: Tariffs the big ‘if’ in cargo outlook

Cargo volume is up again at the Port of Oakland in 2019, but for how long? That’s the question Maritime Director John Driscoll posed this week to 50 trade executives assembled at the port. Driscoll warned the Port’s Efficiency Task Force that tariffs are squeezing customers ... [+]

Port of Virginia posts busiest May; FY-to-Date volume up nearly 4%

Record cargo volumes are moving across The Port of Virginia® and doing so with efficiency as a result of expanded container handling capacity at its two primary container terminals. In May, the port processed nearly 261,000 TEUs making it the busiest May in the port’s history. ... [+]

Sealand launches Hispaniola Service

Sealand, the Intra-Americas regional ocean carrier of the Maersk Group, today introduces Hispaniola, a new direct, all-water service that connects South Florida's Port Everglades with the Dominican Republic (Rio Haina) and Haiti (Port-au-Prince). This service provides another connection to the entire Sealand network. The first sailing ... [+]

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