While Freeports disappeared in Britain almost a decade ago, they were revived by consecutive Conservative Party administrations in the aftermath of Brexit.

The Port of Los Angeles long ago ran out of room to design and build new container terminals from scratch. 

The settlement does not include any damages for the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

As negotiations between the ILA and USMX continue, the issue of automation at ports remains a point of contention.

Freight traffic between the U.S. and its neighbors is increasingly via truck, Bureau of Transportation Statistics figures show.

Roughly two million import and export containers are expected to move through the Port of Coos Bay each year once the new terminal is up and running.

Prior to this new expedited process, it would take months to remove a sanctioned vessel from the Panama Ship Registry.

The LA and Long Beach ports, which together account for roughly a third of all U.S. container imports, each had their busiest ever peak season.

Vesselbot's data shows that Mexico's Manzanillo Ensenada and Lazara Cardenas ports have seen record-breaking container volumes over the last year.

In early October, the CUPE claimed that talks had stalled out over how the MEA manages scheduling, with the union pushing for a better work-life balance.