Matson Navigation earned a fourth quarter operating profit of $13.5 million, which was down 36 percent from the $21.1 million it earned in the same quarter of 2008. Matson’s revenue slid by 2 percent to $234.8 million from...
Read MoreSince the Panama Canal Authority announced plans in 2006 for a third set of locks that can handle ships twice as big as the current locks, the industry has been girding for the potential shift of trans-Pacific shipments to the...
Read MoreUnlike container ship operators in trade lanes linked to North America, which normally sign one-year contract agreements, operators serving the international automobile shipping market offer contracts lasting two to five-years,...
Read MoreEdward L. Brown Sr., who led the International Longshoremen’s Association in Hampton Roads through the port’s development into one of the nation’s top container ports, died Feb. 5 of complications from cancer. He was 83. Mr....
Read MoreLabor and environmental groups are working in Washington to find a sponsor for a provision, probably within the next surface transportation reauthorization plan, that would allow ports to regulate local harbor trucking for...
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