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Ports America Appoints New CEO

Ports America announced the appointment of Matthew Leech as President and CEO, effective November 2022. He will succeed Mark Montgomery, who will retire as CEO and continue to support the company in an advisory role.Mr. Leech is a seasoned ports and terminal executive with more than 25 years of experience in the maritime industry. Previously, he was CEO and Managing Director for the Americas at DP World, a provider of ... [+]

Port of VA processes 341,000 TEUs

The Port of Virginia® continues processing record-setting amounts of cargo having handled nearly 341,000 TEUs in August and in doing so making the month the second most productive month in the port’s history.August’s TEU total was only 685 units shy of the previous all-time monthly ... [+]

AAL Triumphs again in 2022 at AFLAS awards

AAL Shipping (AAL) has been named ‘Best Shipping Line – Project Cargo’ at the 2022 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards, held in Hong Kong on September 7. The AFLAS Awards are a celebration of Asia’s freight, logistics and supply chain industry, and AAL ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Previews Path to Zero Emissions

The Port of Long Beach and its industry partners showed on September 13 how one port trucking company is converting to a full zero-emissions trucking fleet three years from now, a full decade before the 2035 zero-emissions goal set by the Clean Air Action Plan. The ... [+]

Port of Mobile headed for busiest year on record

The Alabama Port Authority announced its container volumes at APM Terminals are on track for a record year. With 364,687 TEUs moved year-to-date, the container terminal is tracking more than 10% above its 2021 numbers, the terminal’s busiest full year to date. If the current ... [+]

Port of Savannah handles 575,000 TEUs in August

In its busiest month ever, the Georgia Ports Authority handled 575,513 TEUs in August, an increase of 18.5% or 89,918 TEUs over the same month last year. “The Port of Savannah’s geographic and capacity advantages remain a driving force behind current and new customers deciding to ... [+]

AAPA Grows Government Relations Team

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) welcomes Jen Armstrong and Matt Wiggins to manage AAPA's navigation policy and infrastructure portfolios, respectively. Armstrong oversees seaport waterside infrastructure issues, including the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) and AAPA’s Quality Partnership Initiative (QPI) with the U.S. Army Corps ... [+]

cargo-partner opens branch office in Barcelona, Spain

The international logistics provider cargo-partner continues its expansion in Western Europe and is opening a branch office in Barcelona, Spain. The new office provides ideal connections to the country’s main transport hubs and allows cargo-partner to offer a wide range of air, sea, land transport ... [+]

Pasha Hawaii marks historic milestone

On August 31, Pasha Hawaii and the Port of Oakland made its inaugural call of the MV George III to the Oakland Seaport.The George III is the first Liquefied Natural Gas (“LNG”) powered vessel to call Oakland. The 774-foot LNG-fueled containership was built in Brownsville, ... [+]

Port Canaveral Security Upgrades

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) has awarded $1,941,285 in federal grant funding for several projects at Port Canaveral to protect the Port's critical infrastructure from terrorism and other security threats. The Canaveral Port Authority ... [+]

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