Ports and Logistics
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US east coast empty container congestion due to ‘lack of accountability’: FMC commissioner
Carl Bentzel, a commissioner with the US Federal Maritime Commission, issued a statement on August 9, after FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei’s…
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APM Terminals shoots up the global port leaderboard
APM Terminals has shot up from fourth to second place in the latest global terminals rankings created by UK consultants…
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Truck drivers at Port of Baltimore protest long waits at container terminal
A group of truck drivers, most of them owner-operators, spent the day yesterday protesting at the Port of Baltimore and…
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Biden’s FLOW initiative streams ahead
Yesterday, at the Department of Transportation (USDOT) , secretary Pete Buttigieg and Port Envoy Stephen Lyons hosted a convening of…
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Organisational overhaul at COSCO
Citing the growing supply chain delays around the world and the need for greater digitalisation, COSCO Shipping Holdings, the Chinese…
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Spat between Canadian maritime unions goes public
An ugly spat between two maritime trade unions in Canada has gone public. The president of the International Longshore Workers’…
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NYK retrofitting LNG-powered tugboat to run on ammonia
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has moved to retrofit its liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled tugboat to run on ammonia fuel.…
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Australia looks at developing coastal trades
The issue of coastal shipping Down Under is making headlines again. The matter had been brought up in national elections…
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US Inflation Reduction Act passed by Senate allocates $369bn for clean-energy programs
The Inflation Reduction Act passed on Sunday by the US Senate includes $369bn in investments to advance America’s clean-energy programs,…
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Massive fire at Cuba’s largest port for crude oil and fuel imports threatens electricity generation
Lightning struck a crude oil storage tank at Cuba’s main oil terminal in Matanzas on Friday, sparking a massive fire.…
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Green hydrogen plant at Felixstowe port on the cards
ScottishPower, part of Spanish utilities giant Iberdrola, together with Hong Kong operator Hutchison Ports, is looking to develop, build and…
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AD Ports and India’s Adani unveil Tanzania investment scheme
Abu Dhabi-based ports and logistics giant AD Ports Group and India’s largest private ports and logistics company, Adani Ports and…
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FMC chairman says lines should compensate shippers, truckers forced to store containers because of port congestion
After a meeting last week at the Port of New York and New Jersey, US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) chairman…
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Eight-day strike at Felixstowe announced
Details of the latest big port strike to further destabilise European container operations have been revealed. Around 1,900 workers at…
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Quah Ley Hoon to step down at Singapore’s MPA
Quah Ley Hoon will be stepping down as chief executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) next month…
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Maersk Project Logistics to launch with acquisition of Martin Bencher Group
Cash-rich A.P. Moller – Maersk has reached an agreement to acquire Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based project logistics company for…
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FMC unveils plan for data collection initiative mandated by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is seeking public comments on its proposed plan for gathering import and export information…
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Singapore suspends Glencore’s bunkering licence
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it will suspend Glencore’s bunker licence for two months after a…
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Singapore and Rotterdam move to establish world’s longest green corridor
Singapore and Rotterdam have joined forces to develop the world’s longest green shipping corridor for low and zero carbon shipping.…
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AD Ports and Hutchison Ports join forces
Abu Dhabi-based ports and logistics giant AD Ports Group and Hong Kong operator and one of the leading port investors,…
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