Ports and Logistics
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Container facilities get the airport code touch
Like airports have codes such as LAX or HKG, container facilities now have a standardised 9-letter identifying code as of…
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The time is now for a vaccine distribution ecosystem
The Covid-19 supply chain challenge is of a scale and magnitude no one alive today has ever seen. How best…
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Acute container shortages roil global supply chains
Container surcharges are piling in as global supply chains shudder from an extraordinary shortage of available forty foot boxes in…
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ICTSI connects 31 terminals to TradeLens
Manila-based port operator ICTSI has connected all of its 31 terminals to TradeLens, a blockchain platform jointly developed by IBM…
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Zhuhai Port expands into wind power equipment manufacturing
China’s Zhuhai Port has announced a plan to take control of Tianneng Heavy Industries by acquiring a 18.37% equity stake…
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New container terminal to be built at Italian port of Augusta
A newcomer on the Mediterranean container terminal market is set to arrive in the near future in Sicily, Italy. The…
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The China – EU rail network and the US election
It may well be asked what the two things in the headline above have in common. Simply put, they both…
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Shanghai first port in the world to handle more than 4m teu in a month
Shanghai has obliterated its own monthly container handling record, becoming the first port in the world to handle more than…
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Hong Kong terminal operators vow to cap charges
The Competition Commission of Hong Kong has announced the acceptance of commitments from members of Hong Kong Seaport Alliance. The…
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DP World faces Shreyas shareholder opposition to acquisition
Dubai-based port operator DP World is facing trouble with the minority shareholders of Shreyas Shipping who have objected to the…
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APM Terminals signs agreement to develop bulk facility in Georgia
APM Terminals and Poti New Terminals Corporation (PNTC) have signed an agreement for the joint development of a new bulk…
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China Merchants allocates $24.4bn for Liaoning ports restructuring
China Merchants Group is accelerating the restructuring of ports in Liaoning province, having allocated a total of RMB163bn ($24.4bn) in…
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IAPH and IMO collaborate on GHG reduction initiatives
A new strategic partnership to strengthen cooperation between ships and ports to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been signed this…
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Zhonggu Logistics buys PSA stake in Dongguan Container Terminal
Chinese domestic container shipping major Zhonggu Logistics has take over a 49% equity stake of Dongguan Container Terminal (DCT) from…
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China opens up 10 ports for foreign crew changes
China has opened up 10 ports for foreign crew changes as the country eases entry restrictions for foreign nationals. According…
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Vale forming joint venture with Ningbo port
The industrial conveyor belt between Brazil and China has just added another key supply chain component to the south of…
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Westports slapped with additional tax bill
Malaysian port operator Westports Holdings has been served, vis subsidiary Wesports Malaysia (WMSB), with a notice of additional assessment for…
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FESCO president attacked as Vladivostok port strike takes ugly turn
A strike at Vladivostok port has turned violent. Senior management of FESCO, the main shareholder in the Commercial Port of…
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PSA vows to transform new Saudi concession into a global mega hub
Singaporean terminal operator PSA International has laid out plans to create a 7.5m teu hub in Saudi Arabia. Subsidiary Saudi…
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Lebanon seeks arrest of owner and captain of the ship that brought deadly ammonia nitrate to Beirut port
Lebanon requested yesterday international arrest warrants against Igor Grechushkin and Boris Prokoshev, the Russian owner and the captain of the…
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