The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has earmarked nearly $400 million, or 37 percent, for its Capital Improvement Program as part of its $1.1 billion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2013-14.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has announced the appointment of Al Moro, chief harbour engineer, as the US port’s interim executive director.
The Pacific Northwest Port’s of Seattle, Tacoma and Port Metro Vancouver, Canada, will set draft goals to reduce diesel emissions by 75 percent per ton of cargo by 2015 and 80 percent come 2020.
The Port of Jawaharlal Nehru is once again seeking bids for the long awaited fourth box terminal at India’s largest deepwater port.
China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) has completed the purchase of its 49 percent equity stake in CMA CGM’s container terminal business Terminal Link for €400 million.
Transas Marine Pacific has been awarded contracts to supply and install Vessel Traffic Management Systems for the Indonesian ports of Samarinda and Banjarmasin.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced that it plans to build a £200 million distribution centre at DP World London Gateway’s giant logistics park.
Port of Kiel now has a third berth for the call of large cruisers following the opening of the German port’s revamped Berth 1 in the Ostuferhafen.
A US$40 billion canal project in Nicaragua to rival the Panama Canal has moved one step closer to being realised after the president of the Nicaraguan National Assembly announced that a Chinese company will be responsible for its construction.
The Port of Los Angeles and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance trade relations between the two ports.
The Port of Felixstowe has officially opened a new rail terminal which doubles rail capacity at the UK’s largest container port.
Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal has this week welcomed the arrival of four giant super post-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes.
