Container volumes at the Port of Los Angeles continued to bounce back in June and were just 5% below the record number seen a year earlier.

Hutchison Ports’ Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) has invested $9.9m (HK$78m) in two new solar panel equipped quay cranes.

PSA Vietnam Pte Ltd (PSA) and Saigon Newport Corporation (SNP) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on sustainable port development and supply chain connectivity.

Canada’s Minister of Labour Seamus O’Regan has intervened in labour negotiations between dockworkers and employers asking federal mediators for a recommended settlement to end the strike which has paralysed west coast ports for 11 days.

The Port of Long Beach will receive a $383.35 million grant from the California State Transportation Agency to complete a series of construction and clean-air technology projects to accelerate the transformation to zero-emission operations.

Some C$7.5 billion (US$5.56 billion) worth of cargo has been disrupted by the dockworker strike at Canadian west coast ports according to employers.

Ships diverted from Canadian west coast ports to US facilities will not be handled by US ILWU longshoremen who have vowed to back the striking workers north of the border.

Five days after it erupted, the deadly fire aboard Grimaldi’s vehicle carrier Grande Costa d'Avorio, docked at Port Newark, New Jersey, has now been contained.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is mulling further investments in related parts of the container shipping supply chain as it looks reduce volatility in its earnings.

The Chinese port machinery manufacturer Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) is planning to sell part or all of its stakes in Qingdao Port and Cosco Shipping Holding to optimise its asset structure.