East and Gulf Coast ports are upgrading rail infrastructure to boost capacity, despite fluctuating cargo volumes and leadership changes.

A drone strike on the tanker 'Elbus' near Turkey caused damage but no injuries, prompting an investigation into its regional security implications.

Yemen Coast Guard detains four traffickers and seizes drugs, signaling a shift in regional power dynamics.

The WHITE LINE cargo ship, which ran aground near Marmaraereğlisi, has been successfully refloated with expert assistance and salvage operations.

A Chinese fishing vessel, Liao Dong Yu 578, was hijacked off Puntland, Somalia, on New Year's Day, raising maritime security concerns.

Coral Adventurer ran aground off Papua New Guinea on its first voyage after a previous incident, but all passengers and crew are safe.

LADEN import boxes increased eight per cent on the east coast as the increased seven per cent as the west coast was only up five per cent an indication how cargo is moving permanently from one side of America to the other.

WITH the expanded Panama Canal nearing its first full year of operation, some ports are already benefiting as a result, particularly those along the US east coast, according to a Panama Canal Authority (ACP) report.

A DISPUTE over work assignments at a terminal in Seattle is casting shadows on the outcome of talks to reach a new labour contract between 22,000 dockers at 29 US west coast ports and 70 employers, reports Bloomberg

US east coast vessel volumes are up because of fears of a west coast dock strike, reports CNBC News

Seattle's new Terminal 5 modernisation project has a lot riding on it, as the port continues to see strong competition from Canada's Vancouver and Prince Rupert, reports Port Strategy, of Fareham, Hampshire, England

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM will levy a US

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FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM will increase rates from Asia to the east coast of South America by US$500 per TEU.

JAPANESE shipping giant MOL has announced that it will implement a general rate restoration (GRR) programme applicable to all kinds of cargo moving from Asia to the east coast of South America, starting June 1.

IMPORTS through the two major US west coast ports have surged more than 30 per cent in the first two months of the year compared to the same period in 2015, according to Datamyne, a provider of web-based international market intelligence.

THE International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have agreed to a three-day break from negotiations on a new US west coast labour contract talks, according to a joint statement.

THE Canaveral Harbour and Canaveral Sand Bypass projects along the Florida coast is to receive priority funding totalling US

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US West coast seaports are bracing to bear the brunt of the Sino-American trade war, and it does not look good, reports London's Daily Telegraph

On March 11, 2018, the SAR helicopter Helimer 401 of Salvamento Maritimo medevaced a sick passenger from the 'Ventura' amidst a storm at night

SINGAPORE's Japanese shipping giant Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced the launch of the Indian Ocean Service 3 (IO3) to cover South East India, the Mediterranean and North Europe

THE US Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) has announced that a tentative agreement has been reached by US east and Gulf coast

THE International Longshoremen's Association's (ILA) 14,500 dockers working the US Atlantic and Gulf coast ports have ratified by an overwhelming majority.

A REPORT by Canada's International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has concluded that automating British Columbia's ports without government intervention will result in heavy job losses and a big loss of tax revenue

THE International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), representing US east coast and Gulf Coast dockers, and the employers' group the New York Shipping Association (NYSA) say they have reached an agreement on a six-year contract covering local issues in the Port of New York and New Jersey