Ports and Logistics
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Evergreen drops Ever Given’s Hamburg call
The giant boxship will not be making its usual Hamburg port call due to concerns surrounding navigation safety, the operator…
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Swamped Union Pacific halts all rail shipments from US west coast for a week
Shippers in America, slammed by record rates and delays, have been hit with another mini black swan event.Railroad operator Union…
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New York offshore wind hub presses ahead
Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management have struck a deal for the exclusive right to invest in the…
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New Fortress Energy opens LNG terminal at Port of Pichilingue
Global energy-infrastructure company New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) has begun commercial operations at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in…
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Durban and Richards Bay ports suffer major disruption over violence
Operations at South Africa’s major ports, Durban and Richards Bay, and a freight rail line connecting Durban with the Gauteng…
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Container congestion registered in every corner of the planet
The state of global container congestion continues to roil supply chains right across the world. Exclusive data from maritime intelligence…
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APM Terminals and ENNA win Rijeka terminal concession
Dutch-based port operator APM Terminals (APMT) in a consortium with Croatian Energia Naturalis (ENNA) has been awarded the concession to…
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Rail disruption continues to cause vessel congestion at Port of Vancouver
Although CP and CN railways have resumed service to the Port of Vancouver, the impacts of wildfires in British Columbia…
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DP World wins ruling over Djibouti port dispute
Dubai-headquartered terminal operator DP World has won another legal hearing against the government of Djibouti over the Doraleh Container Terminal.…
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Port of Gdynia collaborates with turbine maker Vestas on Polish offshore wind hub
Port of Gdynia in Poland and Danish wind turbine maker Vestas are looking into a potential upgrade of the port’s…
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New Zealand rules to make vaccines mandatory for port workers
The New Zealand government has decided to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for the country’s port workers. Government officials had hinted…
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Haiti seeks US and UN support to secure ports after president’s assassination
Haiti’s acting prime minister Claude Joseph has asked both the US and the UN to send troops to help secure…
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Montreal Port Authority proceeding with Contrecoeur expansion
With financial support from both the federal and provincial governments, a favourable report from the Canadian Impact Assessment Agency, and…
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New Zealand considering making vaccinations mandatory for port workers
The New Zealand government is mulling making Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for the nation’s port workers, a frontline workforce where take-up…
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Ports and carriers plan to add up to 50,000 chassis in southeast US
The ports and carriers that are part of the South Atlantic Chassis Pool (SACP) have signed a letter of intent…
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Provincial government moves to end construction workers’ protest at Argentina’s Port of Rosario
Construction workers at the Port of Rosario in Argentina’s Santa Fe province began a protest on Tuesday, setting up roadblocks…
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TAQA and Abu Dhabi Ports unveil plans for green hydrogen to ammonia project
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) and Abu Dhabi Ports are looking to develop an industrial scale green hydrogen to…
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Jebel Ali port rocked by containership explosion
An explosion and subsequent fire rocked DP World’s Jebel Ali terminal in the United Arab Emirates last night. Social media…
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Parana River dredging plan meets with opposition from grain exporters
The government of Argentina decided this month to subcontract the dredging of the Parana River – whose dropping water level…
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Hyperloop box system unveiled
German port operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and America’s Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) will showcase a new way…
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