Ports & Terminals
Hurricane Dorian: Florida transportation delays expected
| August 30, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Transport delays are expected across the southeast coast of the US as Florida's Atlantic cost prepares for Hurricane Dorian to make landfall early on Monday.
UK government pledges £30 million to bolster ports for Brexit
| August 30, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Administrator Quijano bids the Panama Canal farewell
| August 30, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
Upon taking over as the Administrator of the Panama Canal in September 2012, the future appeared to be full of challenges. I was just the third Panamanian to lead the waterway, tasked with navigating the organization through a shifting industry and uncertain global economy. We were also mid-way through our Expansion Program, the largest enhancement project ever undertaken by the waterway, and beginning to advance new projects like the construction of a new bridge over the Canal on the Atlantic side. While we still had a long way to go in our transformation, I assured the international maritime community that the Canal’s legacy was rooted in embracing challenges. Our workforce was committed to ushering in a new era for world commerce and for our country. Seven years later, I can look back and say our team surpassed even our most ambitious expectations. Since its inauguration in 2016, the Expanded Canal has proven itself as a tremendous feat of engineering and transformative force for global trade. Key segments like liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LPG) have taken advantage of the route's ability to accommodate the larger vessels, offering a highly competitive route for U.S. gas deliveries to major Asian, South and Central American importers with significant reductions in voyage time. Further, the Expanded Panama Canal has contributed to significant infrastructure investments across U.S. ports in order to capitalize on economies of scale. Through this time, we have also secured a strong financial standing, as recognized by Fitch this month with an A credit rating. Over the past seven years, the waterway has also exponentially increased tonnage while continuing to invest in its operations infrastructure and equipment thus enhancing capacity, transit efficiency, reliability and safety. Even as we celebrate our 105th year in operation, the team continues to achieve new remarkable records across segments. In the past year alone, we welcomed the transit of the first Q-Flex LNG tanker and the largest containership to-date exceeding the 15,000 TEU threshold. Just this month, we also set a new daily tonnage record with 1.706 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS) on August 16, and have reached the 7,000th Neopanamax transit since the inauguration of the Expanded Canal. This month we also completed the construction of the iconic pre-stressed concrete cable-stayed Atlantic Bridge over the Canal. The Canal's strategic geographic location has enabled vessels to shorten the distance compared to alternate routes, thus reducing costs and greenhouse gas emissions. In combination with the introduction of the Expanded Canal, which offers greater cargo carrying capacity and requires less cargo movements, the waterway is estimated to have saved more than 800 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over the course of its history. This is in addition to the 140 million tons of CO2 captured through conservation measures in the Panama Canal watershed, and 3.5 million tons of CO2 reduced through the Canal’s Environmental Economic Incentive Program. While my time as Administrator will come to a close next month, I am deeply thankful for the performance of our dedicated workforce, supportive fellow Panamanians and loyal customers who made the past seven years so fruitful. I will leave the Canal well-positioned for its next era of growth and have tremendous confidence in the new leadership’s ability to build off our strong foundation. If my 44-year long career at the waterway taught me anything, it’s to never underestimate our team’s ability to exceed expectations, and I look forward to watching the waterway’s next chapter unfold.
Federal Maritime Commission approves Puerto Nuevo Terminals venture
| August 30, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals
France to stage Brexit rehearsal in Port of Calais with Gove
| August 30, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
The French government is holding a rehearsal for Brexit in the port of Calais Friday afternoon with U.K. minister Michael Gove as a special guest, Agence France-Presse reported.
Kalmar’s proven RTG technology selected by DP World for Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal in India
| August 29, 2019 | Ports & Terminals
ONE IBIS arrives at the Port of NY&NJ
| August 29, 2019 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals
As a top tier port, the Port of New York and New Jersey can handle the industry’s newest and largest vessels. On August 20, 2019, it welcomed ONE IBIS, a state-of-the-art 14,000 TEU class vessel built in 2016, to the Global Container Terminal (GCT) Bayonne. GCT Bayonne is part of a comprehensive port complex of six container terminals, modern on-dock railroad systems, easy-to-access highways, and nearby distribution centers and warehouses.
ICTSI Mexico hits milestone 4 million TEUs
| August 29, 2019 | Ports & Terminals
Contecon Manzanillo S.A. de C.V. (CMSA), the Mexican subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) at the Port of Manzanillo, recently achieved its first year-to-date, four-millionth twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) milestone even as the company embarks on expansion works to increase capacity.
Coastal resiliency among key topics at 2019 AAPA convention
| August 28, 2019 | Ports & Terminals
Mboweni draws battle lines with new South African growth plan
| August 28, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail | Ports & Terminals
Konecranes to deliver two ship-to-shore cranes to Lithuania
| August 27, 2019 | Ports & Terminals
Faster turnarounds, better services seen at CA-4’s busiest port
| August 27, 2019 | Ports & Terminals
Customers and port stakeholders of Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), the Honduran subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) operating Puerto Cortes, Central America 4’s (CA-4) largest port, can expect faster cargo movement in and around the terminal with OPC beefing up its partnership with Honduran authorities for improved and more efficient port services.
Port of Esbjerg becomes an international heavyweight
| August 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech
Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers to improve eco-efficiency at Lineas Intermodal’s Antwerp hub
| August 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a contract to supply leading European rail operator Lineas Intermodal with two Kalmar Hybrid Straddle Carriers.
Chesapeake Bay Islands to be restored with sediment from port shipping channels
| August 23, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Gov. Edwards appoints Joseph Toomy to Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans
| August 23, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | People | Appointments
The veteran lawmaker who previously served a term as a Port NOLA Commissioner represents Jefferson Parish on the seven-member board
MSC change of terminal in Houston
| August 22, 2019 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals
Port of South Louisiana urges Congress to fix the Harbor Maintenance Tax
| August 22, 2019 | Ports & Terminals
Port of Halifax new President and CEO announced
Missouri Port Authorities collaborate to advance container-on-vessel initiative
| August 22, 2019 | Ports & Terminals
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