World Distribution Services will invest $6.2 million in collaboration with Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners on the project in Virginia Beach.
The cranes are the first of eight similar machines that will be delivered over the next few weeks.
The cranes are part of a $60 million terminal expansion and modernization project at its Honolulu hub.
Work began in October on the $63 million project, which was expected to take 18 months to complete.
The Class I railroad’s $2.9 billion capital investment plan also includes another $505 million to be invested across four other states.
The two have reportedly agreed “to meet soon,” according to White House spokesman Judd Deere.
Bethann Rooney is promoted to deputy director and Andy Saporito is named senior adviser for special projects.
Consolidated Chassis Management will run the chassis pool to give customers “a cost-effective and efficient supply chain that eliminates choke points and increases velocity.”
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Wednesday defended the proposed budget, a 4 percent decrease from FY 2019-enacted levels.
Report from Menon Economics and DNV GL predicts Dubai will climb into the top five by 2024.
French company is increasing its warehousing space in Vietnam almost tenfold.
The shipping line signed a memorandum of cooperation with Nansha officials last week.
The House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee also received requests Wednesday for the same cost share for inland waterways that was set up for deep draft ports.
Despite a 4.7 percent year-over-year decline in cargo movement, the port still recorded the second-busiest first quarter in its history.
The projects in Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Louisiana are part of the Class I railroad’s $2.9 billion capital investment budgeted for 2019.
The auction of the terminals in the state of Pará to private operators netted $115.9 million and included leases ranging from 15 to 25 years, according to The Rio Times.
The cranes, on order to Konecranes for about $1.9 million each, are expected to be delivered next year to the Port of Savannah.
The ProStar discharged 442,131 barrels of jet fuel at the Florida port before heading to New York.
Three small business executives spoke Thursday during a call organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about how the nation’s infrastructure impacts their companies.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance also approved a 32-year lease with SSA Terminals, which will begin operating the terminal once the first phase of construction is complete.
The Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technology Deployment grants for “early deployments of cutting-edge technologies” go to 10 projects.
The Deutsche Post DHL Group subsidiary will invest $100 million to construct 1.7 million square feet of warehousing space at its South Carolina site.
The number of structurally deficient bridges in 2018 fell at the slowest pace in five years, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.
The port’s board of commissioners approved a $23.4 million contract to Shanghai Zenhua Heavy Industries for the two 100-foot cranes.
Lone Star Ports, a joint venture between the Carlyle Group and Berry Group, will lease about 200 acres on Harbor Island to develop a petroleum export terminal.
The two new cranes, identical to the pair delivered in March 2018, are part of the port’s $300 million in Packer Avenue Marine Terminal improvement projects.
The plan, which includes more than $650 billion in federal funding, would be the Democratic presidential hopeful’s “top budget priority” should she be elected in 2020.
Emmanuelle Verger and Rick Revoir are tapped to take the helms.
Sen. Susan Collins criticizes the president’s Transportation Department budget for offering “no path forward after the FAST Act expires.”
The $6 million project is expected to reduce diesel-related air pollutants by 45 tons annually.
The 16,500-square-meter facility is located within a three-mile radius of all six container ports at Busan New Port and less than 10 miles from Gimhae International Airport.
The project, which is scheduled to begin in September and be finished by December 2020, will nearly double the terminal’s current annual handling capacity to 600,000 TEUs.
The nine all-electric RTG cranes and three reach stackers are “the first part of $100 million to be invested in the first year” of a $500 million plan, GT USA […]
The ITS MARAD study found off-site staging areas with autonomous shuttles or virtual gates offer ports the best benefit-cost ratios.
The report found the nation’s seaports’ contributions to the economy have increased since the previous nationwide report published in 2014.
The federal funding will help pay for the multiphase project, which will allow Conley Container Terminal to handle vessels up to 12,000 TEUs once completed.
The acquisition of Poland’s largest container terminal is worth more than $1.1 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The 11,000-TEU Cape Sounio, operated by ZIM on a service offered by the 2M alliance, arrived Monday after transiting the Panama Canal.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the immediate availability of the “quick release” funds to help repair damaged roads in Tennessee and Ohio.
The 430-acre Logistics Center Hudson, located northeast of downtown Denver, is part of BNSF Railway’s $65 million investment in Colorado this year.
The Florida Ports Caucus met Tuesday to discuss the priorities and needs of the state’s ports.
The executive committee of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department set an agenda Monday that also eyed rail safety and combating commercial driver fatigue.
Huarong Energy, formerly known as Rongsheng Heavy Industries, which was China’s largest privately owned shipbuilder, sold the assets to the bond holder for HK$1.
Korea Development Bank will transfer its Daewoo stocks to a subholding company to be established by Hyundai Heavy in return for equity stake in the company.
The project, which is set to double the capacity of the largest container port on Sweden’s east coast, is expected to be completed by the fall of 2020.
Witnesses gave a Senate committee recommendations on how to streamline the permitting process to expedite project delivery.
A National Association of Manufacturers survey, which coincided with a speech by Vice President Mike Pence, found concerns remain about infrastructure.
The 25-year contract, which includes a facilities lease and equipment sublease, calls for a $238.7 million investment, including the operator putting $28 million toward the harbor deepening project.
The Swiss engineering group’s MoorMaster systems are scheduled to enter service in 2020.
A facility expected to be finished in 2020 will move about 120,000 vehicles annually through the Tradepoint Atlantic terminal.
Shipping lines with direct service calls to the port and that do not transship within 250 nautical miles are eligible for the incentives.
Built at a cost of $1 billion, the Moín terminal will be used to move refrigerated cargo to Europe and Asia
The reduction, effective March 29, is the fourth one of 2019 announced by the Panama Canal Authority following low rainfall in December.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Wednesday voiced support of the federal government investing in infrastructure while also streamlining the permitting and approval process to speed up the delivery of road and […]
Witnesses gave the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety a variety of recommendations to improve intermodal infrastructure.
The service will be paired with APL’s Eagle Express X transpacific service.
The ship Kauai will be moving cargo to and from Hawaii while Matsonia undergoes repairs.
Congress asked to stop any legislation allowing larger and heavier trucks on U.S. highways.
The project, which is expected to be completed by March 2020, will deepen the harbor from 35 to 40 feet.
JAXPORT leaders at the annual State of the Port address report work may be completed two years ahead of the original schedule.
With deeper channels, longer and wider ships will be able to move to and from berths without having to wait for high tides.
The ship, which was damaged by a container fire in early January, currently is at a yard in the Bahamas.
A study finds year-over-year growth of 8.2 percent for freight traffic and 3.6 percent for number of vessels that transited the waterway.
The call will be a part of the company’s Pacific Express 3 service, which will create the “first direct connection” between the Vietnam market and central Florida.
Maritime groups tell California legislators not to give special treatment to Oakland Athletics.
SSA Terminals, operator of Oakland International Container Terminal, submitted a $30 million order last week for three 300-foot tall gantry cranes.
The expansion project will lengthen the deepwater turnaround area by about 1,500 feet and allow for up to five new cargo berths.
The $17 million dock and crane rail extension is expected to be completed this summer, according to operator GT USA Wilmington.
More than two-thirds of the Class I railroad’s $3.57 billion plan is going toward railroad maintenance.
The agreement was reached last week to double-track a four-kilometer section that links south shore terminals to the national rail network.
The expansion has doubled the terminal’s annual container throughput to 1.2 million container lifts a year.
The port handled 14.51 million TEUs and had a total throughput of 469 million tons, both of which were record highs.
While contaner volumes were flat in 2018, more cargo is moving to and from the port by rail.
The Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development program receives funding for grants for the first time in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019.
The rule is a revision of an existing one and requires railroads to establish geographic response zones and ensure personnel and equipment are staged and prepared.
The record-setting stow took place at the PSA Singapore terminal on the ultra large containership’s westbound departure to North Europe.
An increase in the gas tax and maintaining balanced economic regulation in railroading also were discussed during Wednesday’s Senate committee hearing.
The Port of Long Beach, however, had decreases in total volume, imports and exports in January.
The terminal, which also is acquiring lifting and container yard equipment, has the option to buy another crane this year.
A vehicle miles traveled program is the country’s “only viable future” for fixing the Highway Trust Fund, Ranking Member Sam Graves says.
P3s incentivize on-time and on-budget projects and harness the innovation of the private sector, Nossaman LLP partner says.
The port handled more than 7 million TEUs in one year for the first time in its six-decade history.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, the president says investing in the nation’s roads and bridges “is a necessity.”
Northwest Seaport Alliance may lease to Stevedoring Services of America and MSC’s Terminal International Ltd.
Vessel discharge of the Ever Summit, which struck a crane on Jan. 28, is expected to be completed by Thursday morning.
House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio highlighted the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and gas tax as critical issues that must be addressed.
The port authority says the project proposed by Fraser Surrey Docks failed to show substantial progress on construction had been made by Nov. 30, one of 83 conditions.
The Class I railroad says it has seen an increase in efficiency and improvement in quality of customer service since implementing scheduled railroading.
Recovery efforts following the Jan. 28 crane collapse have been slowed by high winds and the discovery of more extensive damage to the crane’s boom.
The investments could facilitate new trade lanes despite looming economic uncertainty.
Port handled 9.5 million TEUs in 2018 and believes technology can help solve “persistent systemic problems.”
Container volumes increased 7.5 percent; the port is dredging and adding cranes, truck gates and rail capacity to accommodate more growth.
No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred early Monday morning, but both the crane and Evergreen ship sustained damage.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union says plan to automate Pier 400 puts robots ahead of people.
Numerous flights in and out of New York’s LaGuardia Friday morning were canceled or rerouted due to a shortage of federal air traffic control and safety personnel.
Executive Director Mario Cordero says even after a record 2018 the port is hopeful for additional volumes.
SpaceX’s lease on a 19-acre site at the port will end in February, while Cal Cartage will close its warehouse on an 85-acre site in July.
The barge would move containers between the Wando Welch and Hugh K. Leatherman terminals.
The port handled a record amount of container volumes in 2018, but the outlook for the coming year is uncertain, according to the port’s maritime director.
The Port of Rotterdam, which ranks 10th worldwide in terms of total throughput, can transport goods to a consumer base of about 40 million people.
