Ports and Logistics
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Port delays expected in Canada as border employees begin strike action on Friday
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) served strike notice to the Canadian…
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Africa the big loser as global liner patterns shift to focus on more profitable east-west tradelanes
Africa is the big loser in the hugely reshaped global liner patterns over the course of the pandemic-strewn last year.…
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NY State submits funding proposal for offshore wind staging and assembly port at Arthur Kill
New York State, through its Empire State Development (ESD) agency, has applied for financial support from the US Department of…
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Shipping braces as China goes into lockdown mode
Shipping will need to start to make contingency plans if cases of Covid-19 continue to escalate in China, the world’s…
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Maersk reveals record quarterly performance, predicts Q3 will be stronger
A.P. Møller – Mærsk has revised its full-year guidance once again as the red hot container market shows no sign…
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Vietnamese supply chain dislocation worsens
Soaring cases of Covid-19 are seeing ships back up in greater numbers along Vietnam’s southern coastline, while ports are now…
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Maersk invests further in Aussie start-up
Sydney-based logistics start-up Ofload has raised an additional A$3.8m ($2.8m) following increased backing from seed investors Maersk Growth and Global…
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Belgian rail line out of action for another week following floods
Since severe floods damaged large parts of the Wallonian rail network two weeks ago, the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor through Belgium…
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Study launched to ship hydrogen on chemical carriers
Europe’s largest port is involved in a study that looks at shipping hydrogen using existing infrastructure. Port of Rotterdam Authority,…
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AmmPower to provide green ammonia energy solutions to Brazil’s Porto Central
Vancouver-based AmmPower Corp. has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Porto Central in Brazil’s state of Espírito Santo, for…
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Port Houston container terminals back in operation after computer hardware failure
Port Houston, the top US port in waterborne tonnage, “experienced a major failure of the storage devices that support all…
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Boers offering free Covid-19 jabs at German and Belgian ports
Crew services specialist Boers is launching seafarer vaccination programmes at German and Belgian ports. Seafarers arriving at ports in Antwerp,…
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American port congestion worsens
Summer is proving to be fearsomely hot for dockworkers on every coast of America, working record volumes of boxes with…
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South African port operations get back to normal eight days after cyber attack
Transnet, South Africa’s main port operator, has got operations back up after being struck by a cyber attack last week.…
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FMC discusses recommendations to improve supply chain issues
Recommendations to address ongoing port and supply chain congestion, and proposed changes to agency regulations related to refunds for cancelled…
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South African ports chaos sees ships start to reroute
Ships are backing up along the coastline of South Africa, a nation hit by severe civil unrest and a cyber…
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Cagliari terminal comes out of hibernation
Amid a scorching summer which has seen wild fires rip across the island, Sardinia’s top boxport facility has come out…
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Further port disruption possible as Canada’s border services officers plan strike
Canadian border services officers (BSOs) have voted in favour of strike action, although the impact of their decision is still…
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Force majeure declared at South African ports
South African logistics group Transnet declared force majeure at the country’s key container terminals following a cyber attack. The measure…
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Global boxport capacities to remain tight through to 2025: Drewry
Global container port utilisation rates – stretched thin this year – are set to remain tight through to 2025, a…
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