SouthPort plans

Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in Philadelphia enhances operations with Advent eModal’s PreGate, integrating it with Drayage Truck Registry.

Following an earlier order for two STS cranes from ZPMC, two more similar cranes, capable of handling ships up to New Panamax size, have been ordered by the Port of Philadelphia, which now uses the trading name PhilaPort. It is not known if Nos. 3 and 4 are options under the first contract, but they represent a new investment of US$23.5M. The first two are scheduled to arrive in March 2018, and the next two in April 2019.

MSC SOPHIA CELESTE, with a capacity of 8819 TEU, recently became the largest container vessel to call at the port of Philadelphia to date

Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) has issued a request for qualifications for its Southport Marine Terminal Complex. This project has a difficult history, including something of a turf battle between the Holt family, which operates the neighbouring Packer Avenue container terminal, and the owners of Philadelphia’s JH Stevedoring over a lease.

The woodpulp industry is highly competitive so port operators have to match shippers’ service expectations.

The Port of Philadelphia is developing warehouses to capture a share of the forest product business currently handled in Baltimore, raising concerns about unfair competition