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The Port of St. Louis and eight locks on the major shipping artery from northern Iowa to St. Louis have been closed by the U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers following record rains around the U.S.
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June 3- The Mississippi River was effectively closed to barge traffic from northern Iowa to St. Louis as flooding shuttered several locks on the major shipping waterway and stranded at least 70 barges, the U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers said.
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*Batam Island route follows use of Labuan, Malaysia. LONDON, May 9- Iran is using an Indonesian port in a strategy to keep up sales to buyers in Asia in the teeth of Western sanctions, according to shipping data and industry sources.
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*Iran reliant on shipping for many imports. Feeder services, which transport ship containers to Iran especially from larger ports in the United Arab Emirates, are also used.
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HONG KONG, May 6- About 500 striking workers at a Hong Kong port operated by billionaire Li Ka- shing agreed to a 9.8 percent pay rise on Monday, ending one of the city's longest-running industrial disputes.
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Lee Cheuk-Yan, Hong Kong Legislator and Chairman of the Labour Party, calls the agreed wage increase for Hong Kong port workers a "half win", saying the union will continue to work for a collective bargaining agreement.
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*Port operator backed by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka- shing. HONG KONG, April 10- Striking dock workers at a port operator backed by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka- shing failed to reach a deal for higher pay on Wednesday, prolonging a dispute that could cost the city its position as the world's third-largest container port.
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*Port operator backed by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka- shing. HONG KONG, April 10- Striking dock workers at a port operator backed by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka- shing failed to reach a deal for higher pay on Wednesday, prolonging a dispute that could cost the city its position as the world's third-largest container port.
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*Corn lower ahead of expected large planting estimate. CHICAGO, March 26- U.S. soybeans rallied for the first time in three sessions on Tuesday as port congestion in Brazil during the harvest of its bumper crop helped drive up cash prices in the United States. Soybeans for May delivery gained 9 cents to $14.46- 1/ 4 per bushel as of 12:10 p.m. CDT.
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PORT SAID, Egypt, March 9- Egyptian protesters in Port Said untied moored speedboats used to supply shipping on the Suez Canal on Saturday, apparently hoping the boats would drift into the waterway and disrupt passing vessels, witnesses said. The Suez Canal is a major local employer.
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PORT SAID, Egypt, March 9- Egyptian protesters untied moored speedboats used to supply shipping on the Suez Canal on Saturday, apparently hoping the boats would drift into the waterway and disrupt passing vessels, witnesses said. Military police recovered five boats and brought them back to shore in Port Said, but two were still drifting, one witness told Reuters.
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LONDON, Feb 29- Cargill made its first grain shipment using an electronic freight document this week as the U.S. agribusiness group seeks to cut paper documentation and speed up the processing of deals, the officials involved said. Port of Houston to Veracruz, Mexico on the dry bulk vessel UBC Bremen, the company said.
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SYDNEY, Feb 28- The iron ore shipping hub Port Hedland escaped the brunt of a powerful cyclone that swept across the northwest Australian coastline on Thursday, with emergency officials lifting evacuation alerts as the storm veered east and lost much of its punch. Australia's three main iron ore ports, Port Hedland, Dampier and Cape Lambert, were closed on Monday.
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*Cyclone veers away from Port Hedland. PERTH, Feb 27- A powerful cyclone that brought half the world's seaborne-traded iron ore to a halt spared Australia's Port Hedland shipping hub on Wednesday, making landfall about 120 km to the east. "Port Hedland will escape Rusty's worst winds," the Bureau of Meteorology said.
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*Cyclone veers away from Port Hedland. PERTH, Feb 27- A powerful cyclone that has brought half the world's seaborne-traded iron ore to a halt has veered away from Australia's Port Hedland shipping hub, possibly averting a direct hit, and should make landfall some 100 kms away late on Wednesday.
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ISLAMABAD, Feb 18- China took over management on Monday of Pakistan's Gwadar port, en route to key Hormuz Straits oil shipping lanes, in a move which has prompted nerves in India about its fellow Asian giant's growing strategic clout.
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*Causeway to be built by Hyundai for $2.6 billion. KUWAIT, Feb 13- Freight trucks trundle down the dusty, potholed roads of Kuwait's busiest port, running into traffic jams as they emerge into the surrounding streets.
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Australia's Port Hedland, which handles about a fifth of the world's seaborne-traded iron ore, will reopen on Wednesday after being spared the brunt of a cyclone that has also shut other major ports in Western Australia.
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TRIPOLI, Jan 9- Libya's oil ministry has reached agreement with the country's army chief and defence and interior ministries to secure exporting terminals, Oil Minister Abdelbari Al-Arusi said, after several protests have caused shipping disruptions.
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NEW YORK, Dec 27- Oil terminals in the New York Harbor are expected to operate through a dock workers strike scheduled for later this week, traders and sources close to port operations said on Thursday.
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