Ports and Logistics
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Søren Toft lays out MSC’s position on path to decarbonisation
Nearly seven months into the job and Søren Toft is getting his views across this week. The CEO of Mediterranean…
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Gothenburg expands shoreside power to tankers
The Port of Gothenburg is extending its shoreside power network to its Energy Port. Auxiliary engines on tankers currently powered…
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Methatug approved for operation at Port of Antwerp
A tugboat, called Methatug, will become the first methanol-power vessel to operate at a European port. Methatug is part of…
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Yantian to return to full operations from midnight, box backlog expected to take many weeks to clear
Yantian Port is set to resume normal operations from midnight tonight after a month-long cut in productivity brought about by…
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South Africa takes steps to improve port productivity in wake of damning World Bank verdict
The president of South Africa has taken heed of damning container port ranking study issued last month by the World…
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Maersk’s VC arm joins funding of Egyptian digital freight platform
Egyptian start-up Trella, a digital freight platform that connects truckers with shippers and freight loads, has raised $42m in a…
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European ports join forces on onshore power supply for containership giants
The ports of Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Haropa and Rotterdam have announced their joint commitment to provide shore power for the…
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Elon Musk eyes subterranean container transport
Elon Musk is reportedly looking into getting into the red hot container transport sector, but from a typically different angle.…
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Boxship ploughs into Santos passenger jetty
Hamburg Sud’s 10,500 teu , while en route to Paranagua, took out a passenger jetty at Santos in Brazil yesterday.…
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Enstructure acquires Patriot Ports to expand its US southeast terminal network
Enstructure, a US terminal and logistics company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Patriot Port Holdings, the ports…
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Liner congestion spreads across the planet, 304 ships queuing for berth space
The ebb and flow of record global liner congestion is neatly encapsulated in two maps provided below from Seaexplorer, a…
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Nine Argentine port unions hold another strike to gain access to vaccines
Port workers across Argentina will strike for 24 hours, starting at 12:00 am on Friday, in a continuation of their…
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More than 600,000 teu impacted from Yantian fallout
Estimates suggest more than 600,000 teu has now been affected from the fallout of an outbreak of Covid-19 around Yantian…
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Stockholm Norvik Port begins testing of smart navigation marker
A new, futuristic navigation marker has been installed in the fairway leading to Stockholm Norvik Port, Sweden, and will undergo…
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Biden pressured to fix US port congestion issues
America’s National Retail Federation (NRF) yesterday asked president Joe Biden to step in and help fix port congestion as retailers…
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Los Angeles terminal operator transitions container handling equipment to renewable diesel fuel
Fenix Marine Services, a container terminal at the Port of Los Angeles that handles about 2m teu a year, has…
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Controversial proposed methanol plant at Port of Kalama in Washington is nixed
A methanol plant that was in the planning for the Port of Kalama for seven years was cancelled last week,…
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Home Depot charters in ship to battle supply chain pitfalls
The enormous strains felt by retailers in the US, struggling to get stock on their shelves, has taken an extraordinary…
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Report highlights the challenge California faces in creating zero-emission ports
A recently released report from global infrastructure advisory firm Moffatt & Nichol looks at the challenges California’s container and roro…
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More than 300 liners waiting for berth space, container congestion mapped globally
From Shekou to Seattle, Amsterdam to Auckland, containerships are backing up like never before in the 65-year history of the…
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