The terms "port" and "seaport" are used for different types of port facilities that handle ocean-going vessels. Global trade is largely dependent on maritime transportation into these destinations. There are major ports in six of the seven continents, from Port Said in Egypt to Australia’s Port of Melbourne, to the Port of Santos in Brazil. Asia is home to many of the world’s busiest seaports; the Port of Shanghai is the largest in the world in both cargo tonnage and activity, followed by the Ports of Singapore and Hong Kong.
May 2024 U.S. Containerized Imports Break 2.3M TEUs
Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, released its June Global Shipping Report for logistics… Read More
U.S. Secretary of Labor to Assist in Port Labor Negotiations
The White House has dispatched Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to San Francisco in an effort to broker an agreement… Read More
What We Learned This Week
Enough Already … Like so many dysfunctional relationships, the uneasy marriage between the Pacific Maritime Assn. that manages the major… Read More
PMA Announces Suspension of Terminal Operations at West Coast Ports
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) said this afternoon that its member ocean carriers and terminal operators will suspend U.S. West… Read More
Port Labor Negotiations Creating Long-Term Negative Effects
The imposing threat of a shutdown of U.S. West Coast ports has led to a surge in import volumes at… Read More
West Coast Ports To Suspend Operations
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) today said that weekend vessel loading and unloading operations will be temporarily suspended at U.S…. Read More
U.S. West Coast Port Negotiations Continue Under Threat of Lockout
Cargo activity at 29 U.S. West Coast seaports could come to a grinding halt in the coming days if a… Read More
New LNG Export Terminal Coming to Louisiana
Energy developer Live Oak LNG will invest $2 billion to develop a liquefaction facility and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export… Read More
PMA, ILWU Reach Tentative Agreement on Container Chassis Maintenance
Providing some light at the end of a very long tunnel, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore… Read More
BNSF Railway Lifts Embargo on Westbound Interchanging Containers
The BNSF Railway has lifted an earlier embargo on interchanging westbound ocean containers headed to U.S. West Coast on-dock facilities…. Read More
Hopes Sink for Federal Mediation in West Coast Port Labor Negotiations
Hopes are rapidly fading that a middle ground will soon be agreed upon to bring seven months of labor contract… Read More
Congestion “No Longer Sustainable” at Long Beach and Los Angeles Ports
Los Angeles, CA – The increasing congestion at the largest container ports on the U.S. West Coast has reached a… Read More
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