Please note the following important message to the entire Port of New York and New Jersey community:  The new global ocean carrier alliance and service structure takes effect April 1, 2017. This new structure may update the name of the service strings you do business with, and therefore could change how you track your cargo. All customers are encouraged to verify the new service information and terminal location with their ocean carrier before dispatching  trucks to the port The port’s Terminal Information Portal System (TIPS) can also serve as a valuable resource for tracking cargo. TIPS functionality is available to truckers, beneficial cargo owners, andRead More →

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All terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey will reopen for business, Wednesday March 15, 2017. Please observe the following specifics: GCT Bayonne will open at 6 AM and require no appointments. AMPT will open at 7 AM. Maher, PNCT, RHCT, & GCTNY will open at 8 AM, as will the Polaris St. Depot.  An important notice for all truckers. Please note: There will be no queuing overnight to facilitate snow removal. Queuing may begin 15 minutes before terminals open. A slow start should be expected. Plan accordingly. As always, no snow on container roofs. As always, stay safe.Read More →

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To all port patrons: Due to blizzard conditions forecast to affect our region, all terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey will be closed on March 14, 2017. The port’s Winter Weather Plan will be in effect. Please make use of the following extra hours today: PNCT and Millennium Rail’s gates will remain open until 1800 today.  GCT Bayonne, APMT, & Maher will all be open until 1900 today.Read More →

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Cargo volumes at the Port of New York and New Jersey beat several records in January 2017. Container volumes hit a new monthly high with a total of 296,432 lifts or 517,668 TEUs for an increase of 8.3 percent over totals logged in January 2016. Loaded import containers hit 149,757 lifts for an increase of 5.5 percent over January 2016. Loaded export containers hit 61,740 lifts for an increase of 8 percent over January 2016. Export empties also topped monthly totals from the previous year, logging 83,731 units for an increase of 14.6 percent. Complementing these tallies, rail volumes saw their best January ever withRead More →

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A state-of-the-art computer simulation has confirmed that both new classes of ultra large container vessels (ULCVs) – those handling 14,000 and 18,000 TEUS — can safely navigate the Port of New York and New Jersey. The critical components to facilitate such transits will be communication and coordination among the various port stakeholders, said officials in the Port Department of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The simulation was conducted in two phases during the second half of 2016 at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. The port’s major stakeholders – specifically a partnership between theRead More →

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