ICTSI’s Contecon Manzanillo has set a record for Mexican ports handling 14,400 teu during the recent call of the APL Vanda.

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded some $653 million for projects as part of its Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), which is seen as having become a critical source of funding for the country’s ports.

Washington has awarded more than $653 million in funding for the development of port infrastructure across the US through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).

With the Panama Canal implementing sharp cuts in the number of booking slots for transits in the coming months tankers are set to be squeezed out of using the key waterway.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has expanded its terminals footprint on the US West Coast and in Europe with the completion of the acquisition of stakes owned by parent Japanese companies.

The Liberian Registry has hosted a 2023 a meeting of recognised classification societies in Virginia.

The nascent US offshore wind business continues to see fallout from the inflationary pressures which have emerged over the past year in the States.

The countdown to the next edition of CMA Shipping has officially begun as professionals representing every subsector of the global shipping industry prepare to reunite from March 12 – 14, 2024, in Stamford, Connecticut.

A series of analyst reports over the last week from Xeneta, HSBC Global Research, and Sea-Intelligence present a downbeat picture ahead for container shipping with overcapacity leaving carriers subsidising shippers on key routes.

Concessions to operate container terminals around the globe are coming to an end and the competition between terminal operators to win the new contracts on offer is intensifying in a number of locations.