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IAG Cargo has launched a new cargo handling facility at London Heathrow. The terminal handles double the amount of premium loose shipments. The semi-automated New Premia facility will serve as [...]

Byline: Maritime Gateway DP World and Grupo Puntacana joined forces to develop a new air cargo logistics hub in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The new facility is being created through [...]

The UAE-based port operator, DP World has opened a new empty container park of 46,539 mà at Southampton to extend storage capacity amid the peak pre-Christmas season. The new facility [...]

Byline: Maritime Gateway * 63,000 container moves carried out at full-size proof of concept installation in Jebel Ali Port * Data gathered shows BOXBAY is even more efficient than anticipated [...]

Dubai has strengthened its role in the global trade with the expansion strategies of Emirates Airline, Dubai Ports World and Jebel Ali. DP World's terminals are experiencing new developments while Jebel Ali opened a new terminal in July 2007 and is building another one to increase its capacity. Dubai's efforts to enter the U.S. market are also presented.

S-class ships of Maersk Sealand of Denmark are the largest vessels afloat today. The current trend is to build large containerships similar to the S-class ships.

Port consultants have become crucial to the evolution and development of ports. As the face of the global supply chain alters, there are an enormous range of port projects underway. [...]

Kuwaiti Ports Face Uphill Battle The euphoria of early March among the victorious coalition countries in the Gulf War and the immediate scramble by Western companies for Kuwaiti reconstruction business [...]

When the Pier 400 landfill in the Port of Los Angeles is completed, the 540 acre facility will include the world's largest dedicated container terminal. Maersk Sealand, the world's largest [...]

East and Gulf Coast ports continue to build and expand terminals to capitalize on expected growth in Asian trade, shipper dissatisfaction with West Coast ports and proximity to Eastern population [...]

National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that Operating Engineers Local 3-represented Cemex Construction Materials L.P. employees are entitled to operate a bucket loader on an aggregate barge serving a San [...]

When the joint Georgia-South Carolina committee submits its plan for the proposed container port in Jasper County, S.C., to the governors of the two states in the next week or [...]

BYLINE: John D. Boyd When a new high-volume Pacific coast container terminal opened this month at Prince Rupert, far north of Vancouver in British Columbia, the port''s top executive tried [...]

BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher American Commercial Lines opened last week a new headquarters for its liquid transportation division in Houston, Texas. The move is in line with the company's plan [...]

BYLINE: Bill DiBenedetto SEATTLE -- Seattle's SSA Marine and the Native American Puyallup Tribe have joined forces to build a 180-acre container terminal on land owned by SSA and the [...]

BYLINE: Thomas L. Gallagher Marine transportation and service company American Commercial Lines opened a new headquarters for its liquid transportation division in Houston. The Jeffersonville, Ind.-based barge operator said it [...]

Crane Proposes EGL Buyout: EGL Inc. (www.eaglegl.com), which operates as Eagle Global Logistics, said it had received a $1.2 billion leveraged buyout offer from Chief Executive Jim Crane and General [...]

Tidewater Inc. concluded the previously announced purchase of a 27-vessel Gulf of Mexico fleet from Ensco International Inc. Headquartered in New Orleans, Tidewater owns and operates more than 550 vessels [...]

Due for completion in June 2003, new timber storage facilities are being constructed at Newport North Dock, Associated British Ports (ABP) announce. The #4.6m investment follows an agreement with Saint-Gobain [...]

Industry officials have talked for years about how southeast Louisiana can capture a greater share of container cargo market in the Gulf of Mexico. Building a system of larger container [...]

Two major groups have expressed an interest in the Puerto Rico government's plans to build a major port on the south side of the island. A consortium led by A.P. [...]

The Port of New York and New Jersey has been planning for years to accommodate bigger containerships by dredging its channels to 45 feet, and eventually, 50 feet, deep. Now [...]

The Port of Everett announced earlier last month that a major step has been taken to convert the Mukilteo Tank Farm site into a multimodal transportation facility. The Unites States [...]

We should never forget that Baltimore is a port city. Few of us would be living in this wonderfully eclectic and beautiful region if 18th century visionaries hadn't built a [...]

Oregon City-based Advanced American Diving Service has received a $6.7 million. contract to build an 800-foot-long dock for the Port of Vancouver. The work is part of a nearly $25 [...]

Dry Dock 4 began its 165-day journey to its new home at the Grand Bahama Shipyard. The Port of Portland, which built the dock as part of an $84 million [...]

Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles are in engaged in a tug of war over Carnival Cruise Lines, which announced last year it was leaving Los Angeles to [...]

* A.R. Savage & Son has opened an international cargo handling facility. It is West Florida's largest full-service intermodal [...]

The Sea Victory, a 150', 7,200-hp tug owned by Crowley Marine Services, Seattle, recently towed the 888' battleship USS Iowa from Newport, RI., through the Panama Canal to Suisun Bay, [...]

Vopak has acquired two terminals in Finland, at Hamina and Mussalo, from Helvar Merca. The facilities, with a combined capacity of 164,500 cm, handle about 1m t/y of chemicals imported [...]

Maersk Sealand says it will expand in Charlotte by midsummer. The Danish shipping line, which employs 400 people here, is relocating two Virginia-based companies -- Bridge Terminal Transport and Maersk [...]

BANDON--A major eyesore at the Port of Bandon is being dismantled as part of the city's waterfront improvement plan. The port sold the 90-foot by 153-foot inoperable Moore Mill for [...]

Expenditure of R1.3bn for a three-phase container terminal expansion at Durban harbour will reduce shipping costs and position the port competitively in global maritime trade. The project is part of [...]

The Port of Portland is ramping up its campaign to swing public support in favor of deepening the Columbia River channel to allow deeper draft ships to serve the port. [...]

Seacor Smit, Houston, is continuing its expansion into the inland barge sector. In December, the company purchased SCF Corp., St. Louis, which owns 43 barges and is 50-percent owner of [...]

It's tough being at the top As global trade continues to boom, seaports and airports around the world are developing their facilities to keep up with their customers' demands, while […]

The Port of Baltimore's largest container carrier is considering taking its business to a rival port because it is growing impatient over the stalled dredging of the Chesapeake and Delaware [...]

Shipping company will close its documentation center in Irving IRVING -- Danish international shipping company Maersk Sealand will close a portion of its offices in Irving, laying off 180 employees [...]

A blue-ribbon building team and a skeletal sphere bring a new look to Tampa When the Tampa Port Authority began considering replacing its aged operations center with a new corporate [...]

Shenzhen, China will add six additional container berths to its facilities over the next five-year period. Shenzhen, which is located just over the border from Hong Kong, is seeing a rapid expansion of its throughput.

The contract to build the long-awaited Gaza sea port has yet to be finalised as efforts continue to reach an agreement on the cost of the political risk insurance, says [...]

THE AMSTERDAM PORT AUTHORITY IS PROJECTING A 35% INCREASE, TO about 75 million m.t./year, of goods flowing through its system by 2005. The increase will be due largely to a [...]

Americana Ships and Stevedoring Services of America will invest in a 300-acre container terminal in Texas City, Texas. The terminal would be able to handle vessels drawing 50 feet of water.

Hutchison International Port Holdings Ltd. said it will expand its presence in Shanghai, China. The company is forming partnerships with three Chinese firms to develop the initial stage of a new Shanghai port container facility.

The Port of Singapore has added six berths to its existing port facilities. Up to 6 million TEUs of capacity has been added to the port.