Freight News

Port of Oakland July container volume on the rise

The Port of Oakland’s loaded container volume climbed to its highest level in July since October 2022.Full TEUs grew 16.8% in July 2023 with the port handling 136,181 TEUs compared to 116,629 TEUs in July 2022.Full imports rose 12.5%, with 78,122 TEUs transiting Oakland marine terminals, versus 69,463 TEUs in July 2022. Full exports jumped by 23.1%, with 58,059 TEUs traversing port facilities, compared to 47,166 TEUs in July 2022. Although ... [+]

WFS invests in Madrid to provide growth capacity

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of The SATS Group, is to open a fifth cargo handling terminal at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport to provide additional growth capacity and secure its position as Madrid’s largest independent handling provider.Construction of the new 6,500m₂ terminal has now ... [+]

Crowley, Port of San Diego celebrate groundbreaking

Crowley and the Port of San Diego broke ground recently for the shoreside charging station designed to provide clean energy for the company’s forth-coming zero-emissions tugboat, eWolf.The charging station is a microgrid charging facility that will allow vessels to recharge quickly while reducing peak loads ... [+]

Fresh Del Monte, Port Freeport sign lease agreement to start next year

Port Freeport recently announced the execution of a Lease Agreement to commence in 2024 with Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. (Del Monte), one of the world’s leading producers, distributors, and marketers of fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, with products sold in more than 80 ... [+]

Georgia Ports earns AQUA Lane certification with US Customs

The Georgia Ports Authority recently obtained certification for all GPA terminals from US Customs and Border Protection to unload cargo from vessels prior to being cleared by CBP.To participate in the Advanced Qualified Unlading Approval Lane benefit, ocean carriers must be enrolled in the Customs ... [+]

MSC’s Sentosa service returns to Southeast Asia and India

MSC has revised the rotation of its Sentosa service.The service will now include port calls at Port Klang, Singapore and Busan, as well as reinstating its India connections, providing MSC customers with improved interconnectivity and transit times between Southeast Asia, China and the U.S. West ... [+]

Port of Baltimore welcomes largest ever container ship to visit Maryland

The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore welcomed the largest container ship ever to visit Maryland with the arrival of the Evergreen Ever Max at Seagirt Marine Terminal on August 19.The vessel weighs 165,350 tons and has the capacity to handle 15,432 TEUs.The Port of ... [+]

Cargo Volume Dips in July at Port of Long Beach

Trade dipped at the Port of Long Beach in July due to adjusted trade routes, full warehouses and a shift in consumer spending to travel, entertainment and other experiences. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 578,249 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last month, down 26.4% from July ... [+]

Georgia Ports container volumes up 17% from June/July

The Georgia Port Authority handled 447,590 TEUs in July, up 17 percent from 381,825 TEUs moved in June. “I would like to thank our customers, and commend our employees, our partners at Gateway Terminals, and the Savannah and Brunswick ILA for achieving one of our busiest ... [+]

Pasha Hawaii celebrates the inaugural arrival of ‘MV Janet Marie’ 

Pasha Hawaii and the Port of Oakland celebrated the arrival of MV Janet Marie to the Port of Oakland with a christening ceremony, marking the company’s second Liquified Natural Gas (“LNG”)-powered container ship to call the Bay Area. The Oakland Seaport is considered the gateway for containerized ... [+]

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