Loading docks are critical links in America’s supply chains, helping bring products from factories and fields to end consumers. They are usually one of the busiest areas in any industrial facility.

The FMCSA, through the DOT Office of the Inspector General, has initiated an audit to collect data on the loading and unloading delays that carriers experience at the shipping docks, and then to ...

When a ship goes into a commercial port, there are lots of port call-related costs. These are called things like “disbursements” and “port call expenses.” They can include port dues, towage and ...

The three cranes, which were carried by a ship across the Pacific Ocean from China, will be the tallest ever used at the Port of Oakland. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A veteran of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A container ship that made its way up the Columbia River Wednesday is the largest ever to dock at the Port of Portland's Terminal 6, narrowly edging out another massive ship that set ...