Ports & Terminals

Crane seismic isolation system provided by Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc.

AJOT | August 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

A revolutionary seismic isolation system—provided by Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CPA)—has been installed on two quayside container cranes for the first time this year.

Port of Oakland A+ and A ratings affirmed by Fitch this week

AJOT | August 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Port of Oakland A+ and A ratings affirmed by Fitch

AJOT | August 09, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Ports & Terminals

Stas Margaronis | Top Story | August 06, 2021

Long Beach’s Cordero predicts LA/LB will process 19 million TEUs in 2021

Mario Cordero, executive director, Port of Long Beach, predicted the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports combined will process 19 million TEUs in 2021.

Freight rates continue to rise due to the container shortage and the economic pull of the USA

AJOT | August 06, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for July has once again grown at a rate of 9.19%, making it the first year of growth in export freight from Valenciaport.

Mika Vehviläinen selected as President and CEO of the Future Company as from completion of the merger between Konecranes and Cargotec

Mika Vehviläinen selected as President and CEO of the Future Company as from completion of the merger between Konecranes and Cargotec

President and CEO Rob Smith to leave Konecranes

Coastal Trident 2021 demonstrates collaborative success

AJOT | August 06, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

State of the art port and maritime program counters port & maritime threats

Cargo surge continues at Port of Long Beach

AJOT | August 06, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The port achieves ‘best July’ with almost 800,000 TEUs moved

Galveston Wharves cargo, labor hour totals growing in 2021

AJOT | August 05, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Grain, new car imports, bulk liquids all up

Horisont Energi and Port of Rotterdam sign memorandum of understanding regarding blue ammonia

AJOT | August 05, 2021 | Energy | Ports & Terminals

The new electrical substation of the Port of València closer to completion

AJOT | August 05, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

CBP issues Withhold Release Order on seafood harvested with forced labor by the Hangton No. 112

AJOT | August 05, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity | Ports & Terminals

ICTSI 1H2021 net income up 73% to US$196.7M volume, revenues, EBITDA across all three geographic segments exceed 2019 pre-pandemic performance

AJOT | August 05, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Ports & Terminals

Bloomberg | Top Story | August 04, 2021

China typhoons create latest supply-chain threat as ports shut

Extreme weather in China is becoming the latest challenge to global supply chains, as a heavy typhoon season threatens to further delay goods stuck at some of the world’s busiest container ports.

Maritime

AJOT | Top Story | August 04, 2021

Port of Oakland gets two big firsts in new Matson service

Shipping line's first NorCal link to China will be a first call

ICTSI Honduras, Big Creek Terminals ink mutual benefit pact

AJOT | August 04, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), the Honduran subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc., has signed a sister port agreement with the Port of Big Creek in Belize to strengthen relations and promote interconnectivity between the two Central American ports. The partnership benefits both ports and their respective areas of influence.

Ports & Terminals

Leo Ryan | Top Story | August 04, 2021

Takeaways from Laurentia’s demise

Though Canada’s federal government earlier this summer firmly rejected the Port of Quebec’s dream of building a second container port on the St. Lawrence River on the basis of serious environmental issues, there were big question marks already on the commercial viability of the Laurentia project.

US seizes oil tanker used to violate sanctions against North Korea

AJOT | August 03, 2021 | Energy | Ports & Terminals

A New York federal court today entered a judgment of forfeiture regarding the M/T Courageous, a 2,734-ton oil-products tanker used to make illicit deliveries of petroleum products through ship-to-ship transfers with vessels flagged in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.