The British Ports Association (BPA) and Port Skills and Safety (PSS) have welcomed the publication of the Government's new skills route map. 

A group of port and maritime industry partners came together to send critical supplies to the Port of Freeport on Grand Bahama Island following Hurricane Dorian.

The Port of Virginia is on pace to another record-setting calendar year as cargo volumes through August are up nearly 95,000 TEUs - an increase of 5 percent when compared with the same period last year.

Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) Port of Richards Bay welcomed the arrival of four new 5650-ton liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage bullets on 12th September on board the vessel XIN LU. 

Before summer, the European Commission kicked off the review of the TEN-T Regulation 1315/2013 with a public consultation. The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) submitted its proposals for the review. 

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has awarded JAXPORT an additional USD35.3 million in funding for the Jacksonville Harbour Deepening project. The funding will be used toward exercising the second phase of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contract B, which will deepen the project’s next 2.5 miles.

Port-related announcements of expansions and new business accounted for nearly USD5 billion in investment and 12,000 jobs across the state of Georgia in Fiscal Year 2019, a year in which the Port of Savannah moved a record 4.5 million TEUs.

New figures published recently by the ports industry reveal the hidden scale of the industry across the UK. As well as being key trading gateways – handling 95% of UK trade – ports are the foundation of the entire marine economy and are increasingly supporting other types of valuable economic activity, from leisure to fishing, offshore energy and marine aggregates. 

Volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey has soared – solidifying its position as North America’s second largest port and an essential hub in the movement of goods in and out of the United States.