The US has a new ‘Ports Czar’, officially Port and Supply Chain Envoy in the US Department of Transportation with Stephen Lyons, US Army General (Retired), succeeding John Porcari.
The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released its ranking of Latin American ports in 2021 with Panama Caribbean Coast port area leading from a list of 102 terminals.
New research into container port performance last year has thrown into relief recent efficiency gains achieved by Middle East ports, with four facilities in the region positioned in the global top five.
The former head of US shippers’ organisation National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) Ed Emmett describes OSRA 2022 as a “cure worse than the disease”.
Crowley has inaugurated an LNG loading facility in Puerto Rico.
MSC is set to operate a new container terminal at the Panama Canal after the plans and concession for the port changed hands.
Reefer rates between the US west coast and Far East rose by almost 60% in April, as typical year-long contracts expired and new ones were negotiated.