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Cargo activity through Jacksonville's seaport positively impacts tens of thousands of jobs and supports nearly $27 billion in annual economic output for the region and state

Commissioner A. Lidinsky announced the second annual update of the FMC's 2012 "Study of U.S. Inland Containerized Cargo Moving through Canadian and Mexican Seaport

Ports of Helsinki and Tallinn have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to develop a relevant cargo route between Vuosaari and Muuga harbours in the near future.

For the first six months of Fiscal Year 2014, the Georgia Ports Authority logged an impressive 8 percent growth in total tonnage.

Iran: Construction of Shadegan port completed

India: Growth of Cargo Handling in Port Sector

Containerized cargo measured in tons increased 8.3 percent from a year ago The Georgia Ports Authority handled a record 2.37 million tons of cargo in March, including 2.03 million tons of containerized cargo.Containerized cargo measured in tons increased 8.3 percent from a year ago. Overall cargo tonnage for the month beat the previous record, set in October 2010. Container volume totaled 259,795 20-foot-equivalent units in March, up 9.1 percent from a year earlier.During the first nine months of its fiscal year, GPA terminals at Savannah and Brunswick handled 19.5 million tons of cargo, an increase of 280,035 tons from a year earlier. Containers accounted for 16.5 million tons in 2.2 million 20-foot-equivalent container units,, with an export-to-import ratio of 53.71 percent to 46.29 percent.Shipments of auto/machinery units totaled 57,001 units, a 30 percent increase from a year earlier and a 79 percent increase from March 2010. For the fiscal year to date, the Port of Brunswick has handled 388,192 units, ranking it third behind Los Angeles and New York-New Jersey.Source: The Journal of Commerce