Ports News
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Create world’s first transpacific green shipping corridor between ports in the United States and China
The Port of Los Angeles, Port of Shanghai, and C40 Cities will work with leading industry partners to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the movement of cargo throughout the 2020s including a goal to begin transitioning to zero-carbon fuelled ships by 2030 in a bid to slash emissions from one…
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Port of Los Angeles : PORTS KEEP ‘CONTAINER DWELL FEE’ ON HOLD
Los Angeles, Long Beach to Reassess Activation on Feb. 4 SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach announced today that consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” will be held off another week, until Feb. 4. The two ports have seen a combined…
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Port of Los Angeles Student Engineer Program
Throughout the year, the Port of Los Angeles employs college engineering majors as student engineers or architecture majors as student architects. Student engineers or architects may assist in the design and construction of major Port and LA Waterfront projects. Duties and Responsibilities Student Engineers and Student Architects may be assigned to…
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Port of Rotterdam : World Hydrogen 2022 Summit & Exhibition change of date
The Sustainable Energy Council (SEC) in partnership with the Province of Zuid Holland, the City of Rotterdam, and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have announced the World Hydrogen 2022 Summit & Exhibition will now take place on 9-11 May 2022 at the Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands. World Hydrogen…
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UPM sets its sights on Rotterdam for new biorefinery
The Finnish company UPM has selected Rotterdam as the desired location for constructing a new bio-refinery. This was announced by UPM when the company presented its annual figures. UPM wants to increase its production capacity and has recently been exploring two possible sites where it can achieve this ambition. UPM…
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Rotterdam port adds 34 billion euros to export value of Dutch products
Dutch seaports are an important gateway to the world for Dutch-made goods. In addition to their established economic value, they make a major contribution to Dutch export revenue. The ports in the Rhine and Meuse estuary area contribute some 34 billion euros to the export value of Dutch products. The…
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GPA : A record level of container trade in Year 2021
The Georgia Ports Authority achieved a record level of container trade in Calendar Year 2021, handling more than 5.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units of cargo. By June, the GPA will grow the Port of Savannah’s annual container capacity by 1.6 million TEUs, an increase of 25 percent. Expanding…
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Hutchison Ports Sohar Welcomes Its Largest Container Ship
Sunday was a big day for Hutchison Ports Sohar as the port received CMA CGM’s APL RAFFLES, its largest ship ever. The 398 m long, 17,000 TEU container vessel was welcomed by the Hutchison Ports Sohar and Sohar Port & Freezones management with a cordial ceremony. Anacin Kum, CEO of…
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Port of Oakland import volume hit new record in 2021
Emissions inventory shows Port exceeded air quality goals Supply chain snarl dropped export totals 8 percent Oakland, Calif. – January 20, 2022: Containerized, loaded import cargo volume hit a new record at the Port of Oakland in 2021. The Port today reported that it handled the equivalent of 1.05 million 20-foot import containers…
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Port of Corpus Christi Finishes Fiscal Year 2021 with Record Tonnage
The Port of Corpus Christi ended 2021 with record tonnage, mainly attributable to an 81.2 percent increase from 2020 in shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG), while crude oil exports averaged a record 1.76 million barrels per day in 2021, a slight increase over its 2020 record performance. The Port…
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