May 09 2022 at 09:56 AM | Ports & Terminals | Ports
There has been no major dislocation of imports from China due to the COVID lockdown in Shanghai
May 09 2022 at 09:52 AM | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Jim McKenna, president and CEO Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), is hopeful that contract negotiations set to begin with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will avoid a work stoppage.
Apr 28 2022 at 09:30 AM | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals
The Port of Redwood City’s success in persuading the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to provide annual dredging of the port’s ship channel will enhance revenues and tonnage according to Kristine Zortman, executive director, Port of Redwood City.
Apr 25 2022 at 10:46 AM | Ports & Terminals
The California Inland Port project proposes to develop four inland logistics hubs in California’s San Joaquin Valley stretching from Bakersfield in the south to Sacramento in the north helping to reduce congestion at California ports, according to Lois Yates, a partner at Global Logistics Development (GLD) Partners.
Apr 22 2022 at 11:31 AM | Ports & Terminals
Smaller U.S. West Coast ports, including the Ports of Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma are experiencing ocean carrier service cutbacks that are adversely impacting U.S. agricultural exporters, according to Paul Snell, president of Huntington Beach, CA-based British-American Shipping.
Apr 20 2022 at 07:48 AM | Project / Heavy Lift
Two University of Delaware researchers say that U.S. ports, designed to support offshore wind farm construction, are currently too small and will not support the growing number of wind farms and wind turbines that have blades over 300 feet long.
Apr 15 2022 at 10:39 AM | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals
On April 7th, the U.S. Coast Guard coordinated a successful effort to prevent a 1,700 TEU container ship, which lost power, going aground on Northern California’s Point Reyes National Seashore.
Apr 13 2022 at 10:11 AM | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Willie Adams, president International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), said he expected a contract agreement between the ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) will be reached but will take time
Apr 06 2022 at 11:07 PM | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project
Andrew Meredith, president, State Building Trades Council of California is concerned that California environmentalists’ opposition and the State’s lengthy permit approvals process will delay construction of floating offshore wind farms for years.
Apr 05 2022 at 10:25 AM | Logistics
Dave Arsenault, president of Oakland, Ca based GSC Logistics and a former president of Hyundai Merchant Marine America, warned that container space has become a more important factor than cost for booking imports and exports on ocean carriers:
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