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Amid Trade War, Busiest U.S. Port Readies for Robots

20 May 2019

nntMaersk postpanamax container ship heads for the berth at Pier 400 Los Angeles. It is the largest single proprietary terminal in the world.

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Maersk postpanamax container ship heads for the berth at Pier 400 Los Angeles. It is the largest single proprietary terminal in the world.

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Opinion: Trans-Pacific Beneficial Cargo Owners Deserve 18,000 TEU+ Container Vessels

13 March 2019

By Albert A. Melvin (Opinion) – The deployment of 18,000+ Ultra Large Container Vessels in the Trans-Pacific trade would substantially decrease the operating costs of shippers, consignees and ship owners. There is a proposed port in Sonora, Mexico that has the potential of being the first...

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Ports That Boomed on China May Never Be the Same as Trade Shifts

8 March 2019

By Shruti Date Singh (Bloomberg) — An industry that saw dramatic growth in the decade before Donald Trump took office is now concerned his administration’s trade tussle with China, and the lack of a deal with Japan, will cut future growth short. Ports in the Pacific Northwest have invested hundreds...

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Port of Virginia Completes First Phase of $375 Million Expansion

8 March 2019

The Port of Virginia announced Friday it has completed phase one of the $375 million expansion project at the Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) terminal with the addition of 12 new container stacks. Construction on the NIT expansion got underway in January 2018, with the project completion...

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Georgia Ports Authority Unveils ‘Big Berth, Big Ship’ Expansion Plan for Savannah

5 February 2019

The Georgia Ports Authority unveiled a plan Tuesday to expand the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024. The plan, called the Big Berth/Big Ship program, was unveiled Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch speaking at the Georgia Foreign Trade...

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Port of Los Angeles On Track to Surpass 9 Million TEU This Year, But November Volumes Down

14 December 2018

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FMC Commissioner Issues Final Report on Demurrage and Detention Practices at U.S. ports.

12 December 2018

By J. Michael Cavanaugh (Holland & Knight) – Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye has issued her Final Report for the Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) fact finding investigation into demurrage and detention practices at U.S. ports (i.e., FMC Fact Finding 28). In the Final Report issued on Dec. 7, 2018,...

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Port of Long Beach Tops 8 Million TEU in FY2018

12 October 2018

The Port of Long Beach closed out its 2018 fiscal year having handled 8,000,929 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) during the previous 12 months. This figure represents a new annual record and is 10.7 percent increase over fiscal year 2017. “We are poised to break our calendar year record at the...

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Port of Savannah Sets 8 Million TEU Capacity Goal by 2028

21 September 2018

The Georgia Port Authority on Thursday unveiled a $2.5 billion plan to expand the capacity at the Port of Savannah to 8 million TEUs by 2028. Georgia Ports Authority handled a record 4.2 million TEUs at Savannah’s Garden City Terminal in Fiscal Year 2018, representing an impressive 8.4% increase...

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