Driven by container and dry bulk volumes, throughput at leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos totalled 86 million tonnes last year – a 3% increase on 2009 despite lengthy nationwide strikes over the government's port and retirement age reforms. Passenger numbers dipped 2% overall to 2.06 million, but cruise passengers rose 8% to 700,000 to confirm Marseilles as France's top cruise port. Although other French ports averaged only 1% cargo growth in 2010, Marseilles Fos stressed that its volumes were up 8% to the end of June – just above the European average – before being hit by the second-half strike action. Container traffic grew 9% to 953,435 TEU. 

The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia has awarded a contract to Norfolk Dredging in Chesapeake, Virginia for dredging works at the south...

The ports in Egypt are beginning to feel the impact of the current political unrest in the country. Some port operations are being affected...

2011 has started well for Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd with the company announcing several scheduled deliveries of their STS cranes to various parts of...

CEO Paul Anderson recently joined JAXPORT pledging to position the port to ensure future growth. Anderson, a former Federal Maritime Commissioner, has held senior...

Port of New Orleans President and CEO Gary LaGrange announced container volumes at the Port rose 31 percent in 2010, compared to 2009. LaGrange...

PD Ports has announced it has reached another major milestone at Teesport – handling its 150,000 container through its container terminals for the first time in history within a calendar year. To have reached this record number from a steady throughput of around 80,000 containers only some two and a half years ago is a testimony to the success of our portcentric logistics strategy and the hard work that went into making it a success.

Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT), one of the world's leading container transhipment ports, operated by Sharjah-based international ports and logistics group Gulftainer on behalf of the Sharjah Ports Authority, recently welcomed some unusual guests – two French naval vessels. The French aircraft carrier ‘FNS Charles de Gaulle’ and frigate ‘FNS Tourville’ berthed at KCT – which is usually concerned exclusively with container shipping – as part of a goodwill visit to the UAE.

Metro Ports, a holding of Nautilus International Holding Corp., recently announced the promotion of Brian Johnson to vice president of business development from director of strategic analysis and contracts. In his new position, Johnson will focus mainly on the U.S. West Coast, playing a key leadership role in identifying new business development opportunities, ranging from individual accounts to mergers & acquisitions; marketing various Nautilus companies to facilitate effective operating solutions for customers’ needs; executing new business transactions; and maintaining client relationships.

Chief Executive Officer Alec G. Dreyer reported to the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority at its January 25 meeting that December was a good month for the Port Authority in steel and containers, with improvements in other cargo categories as well. The Port Authority handled 249,000 tons of steel in December 2010 — reflecting an increase of 174 percent over December 2009. “For the year, steel finished 2 percent above the 2009 level based upon strong growth in the last nine months of 2010,” Dreyer said. “At present, we expect a 13-to-14 percent increase in steel volumes in 2011 over 2010, with the annual level approaching 3.1 million tons.”