Ports and Logistics
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LA becomes first port in the Western Hemisphere to handle 10m teu in a 12-month period
Los Angeles has become the first port in the Western Hemisphere to process 10m ten in a 12-month period. A…
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Pearl River Delta jammed
The principle goods highway to the world’s consumers is jammed. In the wake of a Covid-19 outbreak at Yantian Port…
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White House readies supply chain disruptions task force
A report issued this week by the White House, Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth,…
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Dutch government grants $2.56bn in subsidies to Rotterdam carbon capture project
The Dutch government will be setting aside €2.1bn ($2.56bn) in grant money for Porthos’ four customers, Air Liquide, Air Products,…
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Cosco in negotiations to buy minority stake in Hamburg container terminal
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) and Cosco Shipping Ports Limited (CSPL), the Hong Kong-listed terminal operator part of the Cosco…
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How the X-Press Pearl disaster could have been avoided
Shipping man and author, Carlos Luxul, questions why the X-Press Pearl was not allowed to offload a leaking box of…
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American ports press Congress for significant and sustained infrastructure investment
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has urged Congress to make a substantial investment in ports as part of…
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Yantian box disruption surpasses March’s Suez crisis
The number of containers unable to move from south China because of a Covid-19 outbreak around Yantian Port has already…
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Hapag-Lloyd cuts Oakland for several weeks due to congestion
Hapag-Lloyd is omitting the Port of Oakland from the westbound legs of two of its transpacific west coast services due…
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Fujairah port expansion inaugurated
Abu Dhabi Ports officially unveiled its $272m expansion of Fujairah Port yesterday, adding a further 720,000 teu in annual container…
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Argentinian customs and oil workers strike to gain access to vaccines
After port workers in Argentina were designated essential service providers in response to strike action in May – earning them…
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World’s first multimodal hydrogen refuelling station opens in Antwerp
CMB.TECH, the innovation arm of the Saverys shipping empire, yesterday opened the world’s first multimodal green hydrogen refuelling station in…
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Yantian expansion plans unveiled
At a time that its port is suffering unprecedented congestion brought on by extreme demand and a local outbreak of…
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OOCL Durban takes out two cranes in Kaohsiung
A giant gantry crane collapsed onto another crane today at Taiwan’s largest port as a containership came in too close…
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Protestors claim to have blocked ZIM ship from docking in Oakland
Pro-Palestinian protestors, led by the San Francisco-based Arab Resource & Organizing Center (Aroc), have claimed victory in turning a ZIM…
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PSA makes bold vessel arrival claims with latest investment
PSA unboXed, the start-up investor subsidiary of terminal operator PSA International, has invested in and partnered with global real-time supply…
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Port of Immingham pitches decarbonisation plans
Germany’s Uniper and Siemens Energy, Japan’s Toyoto Tsusho and Associated British Ports (ABP) have applied for state funding to develop…
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Virginia Port Authority offloading unwanted cranes in online auction
The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) has taken the unusual step of auctioning off cranes it no longer needs. Potential buyers…
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Port of Pecém eyes wave power
The Pecém Complex in Brazil and the Swedish-Israeli company Eco Wave Power have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to…
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Protests add to congestion woes at Hamburg forcing carriers to drop calls
Shipping companies, such as Maersk and MSC, are rerouting thier ships from Hamburg as a result of high yard density…
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