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VOC Port Handles 335-m Container Ship from Brazil, Sets New Record

The vessel was said to have arrived from the Port of Santos, in Brazil, with 3,276 containers.

ABP invests to improve container handling safety

Associated British Ports has installed new pinning stations at its Humber container terminals in partnership with local supplier Grimsby Pipework and Engineering Ltd, addressing on...

La Spezia Container Terminal orders €90 million of new handling equipment

The container clears the port. In India, the real delay often starts on the highway

Container shipping measures performance obsessively at the ocean and the terminal: vessel schedules, berth waiting times, freight indexes, and port throughput. For good reason, tho...

ONE adds extra-loader to ease India-USEC space woes after ending 'WIN' loop

Forwarders say the extra-loader has an allocation of about 1,000 TEUs for India loading, which they believe could also cover any cargo backed up due to space constraints.

Stakeholder standoff over empties sparks congestion risk at India’s Mundra Port

The escalating tussle follows an advisory from Adani Ports eliminating the flexibility of ocean carriers to nominate off-site depots for the storage of empty containers shipped thr...

Empties handling dispute at Mundra heats up as the boxes pile up

The confrontation between Adani Ports (APSEZ) and landside logistics service providers at India’s Mundra Port over empty container operations is beginning to trickle down to the ca...

Durban Gateway Terminal waives storage charges amid congestion

Durban Gateway Terminal (DGT) has waived container storage charges as it continues ef...

Yard shutdown threat at Mundra follows ban on using off-dock container yards

A controversial move by Adani Ports (APSEZ) to prevent box lines using offsite container yards is threatening to hobble supply chains at Mundra, India’s leading container gateway....

Ports America adds Jones Act cargo handling at Jaxport

The carrier Trailer Bridge has reached an agreement with the terminal operator and stevedore to take over cargo handling for its main service to Puerto Rico.

Dole Ocean Cargo Express raises US terminal handling surcharge

Dole Ocean Cargo Express will increase its United States Terminal Handling Surcharge by US$35 per container. The revised surcharge will take effect on 25 October 2026. It will appl...

Container dwells follow import levels higher at LA-LB port complex

Chassis shortages and local street closures are also contributing to rail and truck dwells that hit their highest in over a year in July.

Mundra empty-container disruption raises questions about the implementation of the new depot policy

Supal Shah, CEO, Sarjak Container Lines, says the immediate priority should be to restore empty-container movements and protect exporters from delays and additional costs The disru...

More disruption at Mundra Port as operators refuse to move boxes

Empty-container depot owners, enraged by new regulations by Adani Ports at Mundra, have won the backing of other inland service providers, adding another layer of potential supply...

Adani Mundra Port Sets New Cargo Handling Records

Mundra Port, operated by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. (APSEZ), achieved several operational milestones in August 2026, setting new indus...

Prince Rupert’s big bulk-to-container transload facility debuts

The Canxport facility has opened three years after it broke ground, providing British Columbia’s bulk commodity exporters a new container gateway.

Three Containers Fall Off a Boxship During Cargo Ops at Port of LA

On Monday morning, three containers fell off the side of a boxship at the Port of Los Angeles, prompting a coordinated response from the Coast Guard...

Port of Vigo clears strategic space for container operations

The Port Authority of Vigo has awarded a contract for the demolition of eight former cement silos located within the port’s container terminal. The project will release approximate...

Growing backlog of empty containers hurting LA-LB port fluidity: HTA

Empties that are not being shipped back to Asia are causing congestion at the US' busiest gateway, according to the Harbor Trucking Association, though marine terminals say the sit...

B&B Attachments helps maximise container capacity

B&B Attachments has supplied Ahmad Tea with a Push Pull attachment, enabling the tea producer to handle goods efficiently on slip sheets, while improving container utilisation...

New $100M inland rail terminal will handle 60,000 TEUs a year

Alabama’s $100 million Montgomery inland container terminal will link central Alabama shippers to the Port of Mobile via CSX rail. The post New $100M inland rail terminal will hand...

Maersk revises terminal handling charges in Brazil

Maersk will revise its Origin Handling Charge (OHC) and Destination Handling Charge (DHC) for containers moving to and from Brazil. The updated tariffs will take effect on 1 Novemb...

One in 10 inspected containers still failing safety checks

More than one in 10 containers inspected by authorities over the course of 2025 were shown to have safety deficiencies, according to new data published by the World Shipping Counci...

Salalah port sets second straight monthly container record

SALALAH: Port of Salalah handled 511,209 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in September, setting a monthly container record for the second consecutive month and taking combined t...