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The bonanza of Asian cargo that East and Gulf coast ports have worked so hard to attract has finally arrived. Now the onus is on the ports to make sure [...]

For all its success, Shanghai has a problem: Its port can't handle the fully loaded 8,000-TEU vessels that are entering service in increasing numbers. Shanghai is China's largest container port--and, [...]

This year has gotten off to a fast start at the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Oakland. Container volume at the northern West Coast ports through May was approximately 20 [...]

The future of China's container ports continues to brighten as investment in manufacturing moves from South China and Hong Kong to China's central and northern regions. However, this rapid development [...]

Viewed from Cleveland or Chicago, the adjacent ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are one sprawling, homogeneous marine terminal that handles all shipments the same. Look closer, though, and [...]

Times are good at the world's container ports--too good. Rising volume of international container shipments is taxing the ability of terminals and intermodal facilities to cope with the demand. Problems [...]

When the Port of Long Beach received its first 8,000-TEU ships this year, terminal operators joined in the welcome. But the celebrations were short-lived, and accompanied by a sense of [...]

Competition for transshipment cargoes among Caribbean container ports is heating up as they strive to outdo each other by expanding their facilities and adding new logistics and distribution services. They [...]

Shippers hankering for new ocean capacity can look forward to several new all-water alternatives to carry their cargoes from China and Southeast Asia to the U.S. East Coast ports. Container [...]

East Coast ports have two strategies to cope with an expected surge in container volumes over the next 15 years. They're changing their operating practices and using technology to handle [...]

Call it progress. Or call it typical of the 'must-have-it-now' mentality that often appears in society--and industry--today. China's port infrastructure can't grow fast enough, without a lot of overseas help, [...]

This is no time for U.S. ports to be complacent. The rapid cargo growth leading up to the global recession may seem a distant memory, but for shippers that endured [...]

The first half was a crackling good start to the year, so why all the worry? Container shipping volumes and profits rebounded — first half box handling increased 15, 20 [...]

When Kurt J. Nagle, president and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities, looked at how much the federal government is investing in infrastructure, he came up with a [...]

When the Long Beach Harbor Commission this summer is presented with the final draft of the environmental impact report for replacement of the Gerald Desmond Bridge, the port staff anticipates [...]

The container shipping industry is in the midst of perhaps the longest wait for a Panama Canal lock opening in, well, a little more than a century. Since the Panama [...]

The Port of Mobile is not singing the blues these days, even though container volumes are slowing or dropping at other ports. Quite the opposite at Mobile: Volumes are growing [...]

Eastbound ships are stacked to capacity with containers filled with U.S. goods bound for Europe, while westbound ships are only running a little more than 80 percent full. But the [...]

Recent news out of the West Coast shows why some container gateways are in decline while others are inexorably on the rise. From a freight transport perspective, the news out [...]

California Lawmakers Approve Box Fee: The California state Assembly has approved a $30-per-TEU charge on containers moving through ports to pay for transportation infrastructure and air quality improvement projects. The [...]

The issue of tight capacity that's dogging roll-on, roll-off carriers at sea is also a problem for them on the ground, where most U.S. ports are struggling to find space [...]

His shrug of mild distaste is felt over the telephone. Patrice M. Pelletier dislikes the word 'ambitious' applied to his plan to triple the Port of Montreal's container volume in [...]

Much has been written and discussed about the ability of U.S. ports to handle what is expected to be significant growth in imports during the next decade. While 2008 apparently [...]

Despite dire warnings of a terminal capacity crunch and unbearable congestion at container ports, marine terminal operators on all coasts have unused capacity and are actively seeking customers for it. [...]

Strong demand for heavy equipment and a robust global auto trade are straining vessel and port capacity for roll-on, roll-off cargo. Shippers and carriers are starting to worry. The growth [...]

We've all seen the statistics on trade volume rising, ships becoming larger, more of them being built, and ports struggling to keep up. In the last five months alone, carriers [...]

Just when it looked like Philadelphia was getting its act together for development of a major new container terminal at Southport on the city's former Navy Yard, a large fly [...]

Bulk imports and exports of grain, petroleum products, fertilizers and even orange juice concentrate often take a back seat to breakbulk and container cargo, but they are still the lifeblood [...]

Something has to give. Trans-Pacific container volume exceeds 16 million TEUs a year and is growing at a 10 percent annual clip. Port capacity is tight and will have to [...]

Managing director www.amsterdamports.nl The growing trend in intercontinental trade of breakbulk and rolling stock will intensify short-sea activities with dedicated ships for conventional cargo and ro-ro. Dedicated and innovative terminals [...]

Port director and chief executive www.tampaport.com Continued growth in Asia-U.S. trade will further aggravate capacity constraints and congestion at U.S. ports, highlighting the urgent need for more investments in port, [...]

The amazing growth in U.S.-China trade since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001 has brought mixed blessings to U.S. ports. While the ports have enjoyed unprecedented growth in [...]

North Europe's main container ports are bigger, deeper and can operate faster than the biggest U.S. ports - with one exception, intermodal rail. European ports have traditionally relied more heavily [...]

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to carve out land for a new container terminal in New Jersey as part of a 10-year capital plan. The [...]

There is no secret as to what's driven the growth of the largest East Coast container ports over the last five years. It's the huge increases in imports from Asia [...]

Demand for container capacity at North American ports will double during the next decade, according to U.K.-based Ocean Shipping Consultants. No one involved in importing goods to the U.S. over [...]

South America's strong growth in exports during recent years has been fueled by global demand for its rich supply of forest products and minerals. The surge in exports also is [...]

Reconfiguration of the global supply chain is changing industrial real estate. Port diversion strategies, port capacity, water depth, canal capacity, security and rail services all contribute to changes in cargo [...]

Only 100 miles apart, the ports of Charleston and Savannah have waged a decades-long battle for supremacy among South Atlantic container ports. At times, the rivalry has been heated. Industry [...]

It's not often that a sultan pays a visit to Peru's government palace, but Ahmed Bin Sulayem had business to discuss. Bin Sulayem is president of Dubai-based terminal operator DP [...]

U.S. container ports this year have had the best of both worlds: strong growth in cargo volume and no congestion. With the beginning of the peak shipping season less than [...]

With little or no room to build more highways and only a few acres available to expand its container terminals, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is [...]

Ports and terminals worldwide bought themselves a bit of breathing room in 2005 and will continue to be able to do so in the next year or two. They have [...]

The Port of Charleston is at a crossroads as it wades into 2006. The South Carolina State Ports Authority is working to juggle robust growth in its container business with [...]

As cymbal players danced atop the dragon-shaped trucks that paraded along its waterfront amid the noise and smoke of fireworks, the Port of Shanghai celebrated the opening of the first [...]

Maersk Inc. and CMA CGM surprised the maritime industry in early December i with their announcement of a joint venture to build a $300 million container terminal in Mobile, Ala., [...]

In keeping with the tradition that NYK has sustained for 120 years, the company's 'New Horizon 2007' calls for boosting the total hauling capacity of NYK's container ship fleet from [...]

As global supply chains have become longer and less predictable, companies have been carrying higher-than-ideal levels of inventory, according to the annual State of Logistics Report issued last week by [...]

The voting is over; the results are in. All mail ballots have been tallied, no recount required. When The Journal of Commerce asked industry leaders to briefly discuss what they [...]

Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach are learning the hard way: No matter how rapidly cargo volumes grow and how scarce land becomes, environmental concerns trump commercial interests in Southern [...]