On a sunny afternoon in June a dozen trucks line up on North Marine Drive in Portland, waiting to turn into marine Terminal 6 where they’ll drop off or load up large shipping containers. It’s a fairly ...

For centuries, control of the world’s biggest shipping centers helped expand empires, spark and settle wars, ease poverty and build middle classes while giving international companies access to cheap ...

Maritime transport carries close to 90 percent of global trade by volume, and container ports alone handle more than 80 percent of non-bulk merchandise. Today, these ports are undergoing a profound ...

The shipping terminal in Portland — currently the only such service in trade-dependent Oregon — was in jeopardy of closing if the Port couldn’t find a third party operator. An undated image provided ...

Container ports are critical nodes in globally connected supply chains, handling merchandise and semi-finished products. The Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) measures the time container ships ...

Karachi's Port Qasim has achieved a significant global milestone by being ranked 9th among the world's most improved container ports according to the World Bank's latest Container Port Performance ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Creation of Lake Michigan’s first international container terminal serving the Chicago area is underway since U.S. Customs and Border ...

Beth Ann Branch knows what will define success or failure in her new job leading the Port of New Orleans. The port's board made it clear when they lured her away earlier this year from a top post at ...

The operators of Louisiana's five deepwater ports on the lower Mississippi River have known for years that the region needed investment to stop bleeding container shipping market share to Gulf rivals.

This week, container ship ordering news was dominated by the order by Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) for eight 13,400 TEU container ships. In a newly released report, the International Federation of ...

A trade war with the U.S. did not stop China's biggest ports from setting records for container handling in 2025-all with one month still in play. The two top port complexes in the country, the Port ...