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SCPA Shows Strong Growth

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) saw strong container volume growth during the first quarter of the 2016 fiscal year, with TEU volumes 9.5% higher than the same period last year. SCPA handled 167,549 TEUs last month, an 11.1% increase from September 2014 volumes. Since the 2016 fiscal year began in July, SCPA has moved 513,299 TEUs. As measured in pier containers, 289,610 boxes have moved across SCPA docks fiscal year to date. ... [+]

Port Freeport Executive Announces Retirement

Port Freeport CEO Glenn Carlson announced his decision to retire to the Commission effective March 15, 2016. During Mr. Carlson’s time as CEO Port Freeport has experienced significant growth, including the adding of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Hoegh Autoliners as tenants. Carlson ... [+]

Multi-million Dollar Helicopters Move Across JAXPORT’s Heavy Lift Dock

Highly trained master riggers moved three multi-million dollar helicopters and 10 ambulances through JAXPORT’s heavy lift and project cargo berth at Blount Island Marine Terminal, one of the nation’s highest weight-bearing capacity docks. Workers employed by stevedoring company Portus used specialty lift and lashing gear to ... [+]

GPA October Container volumes Up 3%

Board approves new truck program The Georgia Ports Authority handled a total of 321,094 TEUs in October 2015, an additional 9,335 units, or 3% increase over the same period last year. For the fiscal year to date (July-October), the GPA has moved 1.27 million TEUs, up ... [+]

Steve Tyndal Joins Port of Brownsville Staff

Veteran port executive Steve Tyndal has joined the staff at the Port of Brownsville as senior director of marketing and business development. He comes from Port Manatee, Florida, where he held a similar position for 20 years. At the Port of Brownsville, he is responsible for ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Surpasses Previous TEU Records

Speaking out to a sold-out crowd at the 29th Annual State of the Port Address hosted by International Freight Forwarders & Custom Brokers Association of New Orleans (IFFCBANO), Port of New Orleans President and CEO Gary LaGrange revealed that the port surpassed the half-million mark ... [+]

North Carolina Port Potential

Adam Wasserman Managing Partner at Global Logistics Development Partners LLC (GLDPartners) recently commented that the potential of the North Carolina State Ports Authority has been debated and well-overhyped in the past, but comments: “The reality is that over the next few decades, the NC transport ... [+]

POLB Delivers Best October in Eight Years

The docks continued to be busy at the Port of Long Beach in October as cargo volume rose 6.3% compared to the same month last year, making for the best October in eight years. The gains also come on the heels of the top quarter ... [+]

Little Increase for Rotterdam Port Tariffs

The tariffs which visiting sea-going vessels pay in Rotterdam will increase by 0.5% next year. That is half of the past year’s inflation rate. This is in accordance with the three-year agreement made last year between Deltalinqs, VRC, VNPI and the Port Authority on changes ... [+]

Port of Houston Commissions New Super Post-Panamax STS Crane

The Port of Houston Authority has commissioned the first of four new Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at its Barbours Cut Container Terminal. The four 30-story high electric cranes are the largest ever constructed by Konecranes, and currently stand taller than any other marine cranes in ... [+]

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