US ports chase TIGER dollars

The U.S. awards US$148 million in grants for port air quality improvements, focusing on electrification and reduction of truck emissions.

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) is to receive US$73.77M from the federal government to support the development of its Louisiana International Terminal (LIT). LIT is to be built as the port’s new container gateway and to facilitate cargo movements on the Mississippi River and inland waterways of the United States.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has started work on a U$220M expenditure programme that will radically improve access to/from Port Newark’s northern gate.

Chile’s Agencias Universales SA (Agunsa) has taken a majority stake in port operator Carver Maritime Manatee

Liebherr Group has orders for two intermodal RMGs and has just placed another LPS 420 crane in the Russian market; four Vityaz double-lever cranes from SMM SevMorMontazh have recently been delivered to the same customer

APM Terminals in Los Angeles claims a container exchange record on a North American call.